Indeed, consolidation is one of the most important organizational aspects of our day to day lives. When you make a grocery shopping list, do you make a separate list for each aisle, or do you make one single list for everything you need for your trip? When you’re moving to a new home, do you throw everything into random boxes, or do you strategically fit everything into as few categorized boxes as possible, in order to be more efficient (as well as cost-effective) in the process of bringing everything from point A to point B? When you are running your legal practice, do you want to conduct your day-to-day agenda by clicking in and out of different apps and tabs, or do you want to conduct your business efficiently, through the usage of a single, all-inclusive platform?

This is made possible by utilization of a platform that touts the ability to manage software integrations. Essentially, these integrations streamline day-to-day tasks, and make it easier to not only organize your firm from the top-down, while also improving the cost-effective efficiency with which your firm operates. Think about how much frustration and stress in the day that you can mitigate by not constantly sifting through different platforms just to accomplish one task for one case. Again, referring to the previous analogy- how hard would it be to unpack in your new house or apartment if all of your belongings are spread across multiple mixed-item boxes, when you could’ve just put specific belongings for specific rooms into a single box? With the properly organized moving boxes (properly coordinated integrations), you never have to stress out trying to think about whether you have lost or forgotten something again. Integrations are a proactive measure for any legal practice.

For example, think of a communication integration with a Case Management Software, such as chatter. According to a recent blog from ActiveCampaign, “[software integration] adoption increases the quality of communication between [employees] and managers by 56.9% — meaning less time spent on misunderstandings and more time spent selling.”  Additionally, the blog continues on to state “[Practice management] apps can increase sales productivity by up to 34%. The learning curve can be steep — although a strategic implementation process softens it — but the results are more than worth it and can save your sales team tons of time.” Why continue using a system that continually clutters and otherwise complicates your day, when you can bring in a new system that improves upon finance and efficiency for your practice?

NuLaw understands that consolidation is key to running any business more efficiently than ever before. That is why we have so many integrations available with our software. Powered by Salesforce, manage your firm’s day-to-day operations while utilizing software such as SharePoint, Outlook, Office 365, Gmail, Google Calendar, Quickbooks, airSlate, Adobe Sign, Docusign, and NuPay- all from the single NuLaw dashboard! Managing your firm from a single all-inclusive platform has never been easier, or more efficient. With NuLaw, enjoy the time-saving power of software that just works.

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LawSites contributor Bob Ambrogi published a great piece in late December 2018 that dovetails nicely with our thoughts on the short-term future. His article covered 20 of the most important developments in legaltech in 2018. Let’s look at a few of those developments and how they will affect legal software in 2019.

Analytics Takes Center Stage

Ambrogi’s first development centered around how analytics took center stage in 2018. We cannot disagree. A number of important players delved into the analytics space by announcing new platforms capable of analyzing everything from court opinions to litigation statistics.

Strong analytics will be vital to legal case practice management software for a couple of reasons. First, analytics focused on the litigation side of things to help attorneys better prepare their cases. The right data lets them know what they’re up against before they ever enter the courtroom.

Secondly, analytics in the marketing realm equips law firms to better address case acquisition. Analytics data tells them what clients will likely need and how they can utilize their resources to bring new cases into the office.

Legal Research Getting More Attention

Hand-in-hand with analytics is legal research. If there’s one clear advantage case management software has over legacy systems it is its ability to open up doors to research only accessible online. The internet age has given attorneys access to so much more information than ever had before, which will be very important to attorneys big moving forward.

By the way, NuLaw not only enables extensive online research, it also provides a built-in law library where research documents can be stored. Combining our library with the vast resources of internet research makes any attorney a better litigator.

Developer Competition Heats Up

Further down on Ambrogi’s list of developments is his observation that competition among software developers really heated up in 2018. We can certainly attest to that. Moreover, we think it’s a good thing. Competition in the legal case and practice management arena leads to better products and lower prices. That is good for attorneys, their clients, and even our industry.

Not too long ago the legal software market was dominated by a small number of major players. That’s no longer the case. 2018 saw a plethora of new players enter the market with their own takes on case management software. We see no reason competition among developers will not continue throughout 2019 and into 2020.

More States Expect Technology Competence

One last point we want to bring up is the fact that more states now expect legal competence among attorneys. Following the ABA’s formal decision to adjust its Model Rules of Professional Conduct to address technical competence back in 2012, states began imposing the obligation on attorneys. According to Ambrogi, the number of states expecting technical competence among attorneys has now reached 35. It could get a lot closer to 50 during 2019.

Legal case practice management has fully entered the arena of technology. At this point, there is absolutely no looking back. That’s why we created NuLaw. It is why we think your law firm should take a serious look at our legal software.

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