Welcome to my blog on PCLaw which is a feature-rich legal accounting software for small to medium law firms. In my opinion, PCLaw is about the best value product of its kind on the market but, of course, one system is not suitable for all practices so consult an expert before investing in a […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A couple of years ago I wrote about the Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner and I'm still blown away by how good they are. A client of mine recently installed 5 of them (the S1300i model) and I have one on my desk. Just a couple of things to add about this scanner: From what I can […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I’m not really a big fan of cloud computing (or SaaS: Software as a Service) for legal firms given the recent security breaches against Sony and Nintendo. Having a legal firm’s data out there, somewhere, who knows where (yet occasionally hackers seem to find where) seems fraught with danger. Just one breach could be enough […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The newly released PCLaw version 11 now includes integration with Fujitsu ScanSnap. ScanSnap is one of the most popular scanners amonght legal firms because of its simplicity of use, speed (duplex) and value especially when you consider that some versions come with a full copy of Adobe Acrobat. Don’t take my word for it. Do […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...On the Billing tab, if you select both “Apply Discount to Fees” and a Quoted Type of Fixed Fee, the invoice seems to issue incorrectly. That is, the resulting invoice seems to overbill. I found this issue for one of my clients, I’ve tested it on my own dataset and I contacted PCLaw Support […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...PCLaw 11 is due to be released sometime in Q2 of 2011. A couple of new features are worth discussing Web-facing mobility service: basically, this will be a replacement for the old travel edition. It is designed to be used with any mobile device that has web browser capability and will give access […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I recently read a blog by Craig Bayer on how to stop users from seeing their colleagues time entries in PcLaw. It’s very well explained so rather than me rehash it, you can read it here… Craig Bayer: How to stop Users from seeing another users time entries in PCLaw In my next entry, […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...If you’ve had the role of issuing invoices in PCLaw, you would know that PCLaw comes with a multitude of invoice templates. I see this as a good thing as PCLaw has already created many invoice templates for various scenarios. However, it annoys users as there are too many templates to choose from when […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...PCLaw’s new BillFlow Manager can help streamline the billing process. Prior to the introduction of the BillFlow Manager, standard practice was to print pre-bill, give this to the appropriate lawyeer to review and mark-up any changes, return this to the Billing department to effect the changes who would then issue the final invoice. In […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Yesterday I was called up by a client regarding a “problem” where one of the client’s lawyers couldn’t re-open a de-activated matter. The client is a small firm and administration of the PCLaw system is the role of the Finance team. Under the firm’s own guidelines, the opening and closing of matters is done […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Probably the most common problem call I get from clients is “Hey, I can’t save my emails to Pc Law. My Outlook isn’t connected to Pc Law anymore.” Normally (not always) the solution is simple. In MS Outlook, go to the Help menu. There should be a “Disabled Items” menu item. If there is […]
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