Five Reasons to Throw Away Your Old Calendars

1. How do you reschedule a trial date and all of the related deadlines?

THE OLD WAY: You've just been notified that a trial date has been pushed back 3 months. What about related deadlines for motions, jury fees and discovery? Time to pull out the local rules and start counting days, right?

THE NEW WAY: AbacusLaw's Timelines makes rescheduling automatic. Simply change the trial date and AbacusLaw will automatically recalculate and change the related dates. No counting days or missing deadlines. You'll even have an audit trail of when and why the changes were made, even if you change a date more than once.

2. How do you find a convenient time for a meeting with three busy associates?

THE OLD WAY: You want to schedule a meeting with 3 of your associates and one paralegal. Do you play telephone tag until you find a mutually convenient time?

THE NEW WAY: AbacusLaw comes with a graphical Free Time Display that shows you available time for up to 16 people at once. Eliminate wasted time, effort and phone calls.

3. How do you handle an associate going on vacation?

THE OLD WAY: As if you didn't have enough to do, now you've got to keep track of her caseload too!

THE NEW WAY: One quick change to your AbacusLaw settings allows you to view any or all events in her database right on your screen. You can easily print her calendar, then handle or reassign those responsibilities.

4. How do you instantly review the history of a case?

THE OLD WAY: You're on the phone and you need to find the date you filed a particular complaint, served it and mailed interrogatories. Do you jump up from your desk and hope that the file is available?

THE NEW WAY: It's easy to view a complete history of any matter in your database. No need to pull a file or check the master calendar, everything is right there in front of you.

5. How do you know something hasn't slipped through the cracks?

THE OLD WAY: Do you periodically review all your case files to make sure nothing has been overlooked? What happens if a file is on an associate's desk or you miss one?

THE NEW WAY:AbacusLaw exclusive Malpractice Alert ReportT is one calendar that you'll always want to be empty. Run the report to find any matter that doesn't have any future event scheduled.

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