"REPORT: Selecting and Implementing a Computerized Case Management System: A Guide for Managers." By Julia Gordon and Colleen Cotter. The study was completed for Legal Aid of East Tennessee and funded by an LSC TIG grant.
POWERPOINT: This is the powerpoint presentation by Julia Gordon and Colleen Cotter that was presented in the NTAP 4/9/04 Training.
CMS104 Recording Part 1 and Part 2
eClear Project Presentation: This presentation describes what the eClear project does to help case transfer using XML. The eClear TIG grant was written to enhance and improve the transfer of case and referral information from the CLEAR statewide hotline to the many legal services providers in Washington State who accept cases. This project is in coordination with the XML Task Force.
Links to Case Management Systems
CASS: The Client Advocacy Support System or CASS, is a centralized intake & referral application and Attorney desktop case management system. CASS is designed to automate the intake and referral business process while streamlining the daily case management functions within your organization. It offers a new look at the complexities of managing multiple funding sources, leveraging the data collected through standardized and ad hoc reporting features to simplify monthly/quarterly billing cycles. Built on a robust Microsoft SQL server framework CASS operates on both a client server and thin client Citrix environment.
Kemp’s Caseworks: KCW handles cases for legal services, law school clinics, legal aid, domestic violence shelters and pro bono offices that represent low income people. Functions include reports, calendaring, form letters, intake questions, time keeping, and many others. It is unique because it allows you to customize its forms, reports, and even structure to fit your needs. Clients is designed to improve the quality and quantity of representation. It is in use in over forty states and several other countries.
Legal Files: Legal Files case and office management software includes timekeeping, litigation support and document management and assembly features, along with integrated calendars, ticklers, contact management and reporting.
Pika Software: Pika is user friendly, centralized case management system, tailored to meet the specific needs of the not-for-profit legal services program. Pika is a website-based system; if you know how to use a web browser, you know how to use Pika.
Practice Manager: RealLegal is the legal community leading provider of litigation and practice management software and services. For over 20 years, we have been developing innovative solutions to help legal professionals manage the complex world of law by working smarter, not harder. The result? Easy-to-use software and services that provide our clients with an improved bottom-line and a real return on investment. We understand that todays new business world requires a new approach. That is why we focus our solutions and our people on helping you to succeed in this challenging new economy. Learn more about these solutions by choosing a product listed below, or click here to find out about products specifically for law firms, corporate legal departments, courts, court reporting firms, or government entities.
ProLaw: One central concept has made ProLaw the heavyweight in practice management software - integration. There are a lot of great little software programs out there a law firm could use. But if programs do not talk to each other, if the same data has to be entered over and over, if the maker could be here today - gone tomorrow, do you really want to build your practice around them? With ProLaw, everyone in the office can enter information once and see the whole picture - check case status and calendars, run reports, find expert witnesses, track time, generate bills - all quickly and easily. ProLaw is the truly integrated answer to automating your firm, combining Front Office and Back Office so that you can manage your firm as One Office!
TIME: TIME was created at the Western New York Law Center, a legal services office, as a simple-but-effective system for tracking cases and generating documents and reports. Because it was designed in an office environment, its creators boast, the system is intuitive and very little training is needed. Again, TIME provides the same basic features as other systems.
