<s>
Law	B-Application
practice	I-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
software	O
designed	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
law	O
firm	O
's	O
case	O
and	O
client	O
records	O
,	O
billing	O
and	O
bookkeeping	O
,	O
schedules	O
and	O
appointments	O
,	O
deadlines	O
,	O
computer	O
files	O
and	O
to	O
facilitate	O
any	O
compliance	O
requirements	O
such	O
as	O
with	O
document	O
retention	O
policies	O
,	O
courts	O
 '	O
electronic	O
filing	O
systems	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
Solicitors	O
 '	O
Accounts	O
Rules	O
as	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
Solicitors	O
Regulation	O
Authority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	B-Application
Management	I-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
used	O
properly	O
,	O
improves	O
efficiency	O
,	O
provides	O
for	O
conflict	O
checking	O
,	O
and	O
enables	O
a	O
law	O
office	O
to	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
the	O
physical	O
file	O
each	O
time	O
a	O
client	O
calls	O
with	O
questions	O
,	O
thereby	O
helping	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
callbacks	O
since	O
the	O
client	O
can	O
get	O
answers	O
on	O
an	O
as	O
needed	O
basis	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
their	O
inquiry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
software	O
systems	O
that	O
are	O
useful	O
for	O
law	O
firms	O
include	O
:	O
Password	O
security	O
,	O
Disk	O
encryption	O
,	O
Mindmapping	O
,	O
desktop	O
notes	O
,	O
word	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
email	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
firms	O
use	O
modified	O
versions	O
of	O
Open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
largest	O
legal	O
databases	O
are	O
Westlaw	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
West	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
)	O
and	O
LexisNexis	B-Library
,	O
but	O
other	O
databases	O
also	O
exist	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
free	O
Google	B-Library
Scholar	I-Library
,	O
and	O
the	O
newer	O
Bloomberg	O
Law	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Loislaw	O
(	O
operated	O
by	O
Wolters	O
Kluwer	O
)	O
and	O
several	O
smaller	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
