Legal practice management, or Law Practice Management (LPM), includes all administrative and business tasks included in running a law practice. These tasks range from management of clients and staff to office accounting and budgeting to document management and storage. Due to the extent of LPM, there are even organizations devoted to supporting professionals involved in law firm management, and many bar associations provide resources to help with legal practice management. Efficient law firm management is an essential part of running a successful firm.

Law firms can be automated using technology and software. The first step of law firm automation is identifying areas of your law practice that are time-consuming, complex, and repetitive. Using technology can provide real benefits to your firm, helping to improve productivity, efficiency, and reduce errors. Commonly automated practice management sectors include:

• Document creation, storage, and sharing
• Form creation, population, and storage and case synchronization
• Office accounting, client billing, and trust accounting
• Client management, communication, and scheduling
• Time tracking and recording
• Email management and storage

Organizing files electronically will declutter your practice and save you time flipping through manilla folders and stacks of paper. Law firms should organize electronic files just like paper files, but should take advantage of the increased ability to segment documents with subfolders. Using software to organize files further enhances the process by allowing you to easily store emails and other extraneous documents associated to the matter as well as upload documents through a scanner or your phone.

LEAP makes it easy for you to switch even if you are under contract with a different provider. Our team of experts can migrate your law firm and data to LEAP and the cloud from an existing accounting or practice management system in as little as two days. This includes your firm’s contacts, matter details, client details, staff details, opening balances, and transaction history. LEAP is available for demonstration, purchase, installation, and training entirely online to ensure you can start working now from anywhere while maintaining positive cashflow and minimal downtime during the transition.

LEAP is an all in one legal practice management solution providing document management, accounting and billing, a full library of legal court forms, and a service portal so your clients can fill out intake forms and pay bills online. LEAP provides all these features plus many more in one system for one price. Contact a legal practice management specialist today to find out how LEAP can reduce your overhead.

LEAP is available to lawyers and law firms in the conterminous United States.