Law Firms

Managing the entire matter lifecycle

The practice of law has transformed into the business of law, forcing law firms to continually evaluate and update their business processes in order to remain competitive in today’s global legal environment. Firms are challenged to attract and retain clients, employ top talent, streamline administrative functions, ensure compliance, reduce malpractice risks and, of course, improve productivity and generate increased revenue. To achieve this, they must have an easy and efficient way to create, access, share, store, retrieve and retain critical information firm wide. Further, firms need to leverage tools that provide relief from information overload (e.g., email management; electronic records declaration) and provide lawyers with fully-featured anytime, anywhere access, thereby enabling them to focus on client service.

OpenText ECM Suite applications for law firms were developed to specifically support firms’ business practices and proactive compliance needs throughout the matter lifecycle – from client intake through to final disposition. Firms have a choice of interfaces (Outlook, Windows Explorer, SharePoint), all integrated with the OpenText ECM Suite for a full range of archiving and records management solutions, including document content, email and digital media. As OpenText moves toward supporting the Law Firm of the future, you can be assured that social media tools such as wikis, blogs, and “twittering” will become an integral part of OpenText ECM Suite applications for law firms.

OpenText ECM Suite Applications for Law Firms

OpenText ECM Suite applications for Law Firms include:

• OpenText Conflicts Management, LegalKEY Edition is the most thorough, flexible, and powerful conflicts checking software available to law firms today.

• OpenText Document Management, eDOCS Edition provides a centralized repository, feature-rich functionality, and intuitive interface for the effective and secure management, organization, and sharing of documents.

• OpenText Email Filing, eDOCS Edition is a rich set of user friendly and time saving add-on modules developed for organizations that want to maximize the value of the business content captured in emails.

• OpenText Email Lifecycle Management for Law Firms, eDOCS Edition meets the demanding requirements of IT and Records Management professionals while also enabling users to reclaim personal productivity by simultaneously simplifying the capture of messages as business content or records.

• OpenText Legal Content Management for Microsoft® SharePoint® provides complete matter lifecycle management integrated with Microsoft SharePoint Server.

• OpenText Records Management, LegalKEY Edition provides law firms with a single interface for the comprehensive management of all electronic and physical information related to a client or matter, regardless of source of origin or media type including email, images, electronic documents, voice mail, and facsimiles.