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From imagination to implementation: here's how Carpmaels and Ransford became a more 'knowledge centric organization', leveraging Generative AI and human experience.

From the stage at the recent Microsoft 365 Conference held in Orlando, Microsoft released some staggering new usage metrics for its Microsoft 365 productivity cloud. These numbers underscore how rapidly the tech landscape is scaling to previously unimaginable heights and should make knowledge managers and IT professionals take notice.  

Managing documents effectively is crucial for law firms. A robust document management system (DMS) can streamline workflows, improve collaboration, and enhance productivity.

In the rapidly evolving legal sector, efficiency and accuracy are paramount. Legal document management software has emerged as a critical tool. However, with numerous options available in the market, selecting the right document management software for your law firm can be a daunting task. This blog aims to guide you through the process of choosing the right legal document management software.

In this blog:

• Intro to legal Document Management software
• Align your legal document management software requirements
• How does legal document management software fit in a Digital Workplace
• What should you be looking for in legal document management software?
• What to watch out for when deciding on legal document management software?
• Trends in legal document management
• Conclusion on legal document management software

Innovative law firms know that improving efficiency and better collaboration gives them a competitive edge. They are on the lookout for technology that enhance their operations and provide high quality client experiences.

With examples from some of our legal customers, this blog explores how law firms use technology like Atlas to streamline their processes and enhance user and client experiences – and how this impacts productivity. 

Strategies for gathering and harnessing knowledge have existed in law firms for decades. And one of the key reasons is that the ability to access, share and leverage knowledge effectively can make a significant difference in client service, efficiency and the firm’s overall success.

We’ve spoken to dozens of law firms over the past half year or so and there are several common challenges and themes we hear when talking about intranets, knowledge management systems and all things Microsoft 365. 

Digitizing case law documentation is one thing, but can you actually find anything in those millions of bytes of data? Here’s how custom metadata in Atlas saves time and quite possibly the legal professional’s sanity. 
 
Case Law – when previous legal cases constitute a binding precedent where the rationale, judgements, legal principles and interpretations of previous cases are documented so they can be applied to new cases – ensures the same practice and application of the law over time. A famous example from the United States is Roe v Wade, but each political jurisdiction, whether local, regional, or national will have hundreds, if not thousands, of cases lawyers are able to review.  

With remote working or work from home practices growing, filing cabinets are hardly fit for purpose when it comes to SharePoint document management. So how do legal firms create a SharePoint document management system where previous case law can be collated, stored, and easily accessed online?

Uploading digitized case law documentation is one thing, but without a powerful search and easy-to-use filtering configuration, that particular case you so urgently need becomes the proverbial ‘needle in a haystack’. An intuitive, user-friendly experience here could be essential to a lawyer finding the right case law document … and winning their case.