Remote teams have become part of the everyday work landscape. To support businesses offering off-site and hybrid work arrangements, plenty of remote-friendly ap...
Remote teams have become part of the everyday work landscape. To support businesses offering off-site and hybrid work arrangements, plenty of remote-friendly apps and tools are now available to help teams connect and collaborate.
With so many apps and tools to choose from, finding the right apps and cloud-based solutions for your law firm can be challenging. It’s important to select powerful, reliable solutions that offer your team the convenience and flexibility needed to allow them to work from home, on the road or in the office seamlessly Finding the right tools will help everyone stay organised, connected and on the same page to ensure that your firm succeeds.
Here are 5 apps that can empower startup law firms to work remotely. These tools come with a wide range of features and capabilities to help your law firm thrive in the remote working space.
For communication to be effective in a law firm, you have to send and receive information on time.
Dialpad is an effective communication cloud-based tool. It connects your team and clients through video, voice, messages and meetings from anywhere.
Dialpad integrates well with Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365 and more. The app works on PC’s, Macs, iPhones, Android and iPads.
Dialpad transcribes active phone calls (real-time); you don't need another app to take notes.
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It’s important to know when recording a call is appropriate. Keep in mind confidentiality and privilege rules in your jurisdiction. Dialpad uses its Chrome extension to make the automatic pausing of a recording simple. You can keep your client’s data secure regardless of your technical ability.
Email is a great way to get people’s attention and deliver your message. However, using emails to communicate to your team conversationally can quickly lead to death by email and create a confusing trail of threads that are hard to follow.
Here is where Slack comes in, with many features to make daily conversations manageable. Slack enables team communications via messages, voice and (or) video.
Slack enables both one on one and company-wide communications. Uploading files and sharing links is also possible on this app, especially with creating multiple threads.
Slack also supports many integrations with software like GoToMeeting, which offer more advanced characteristics.
Make signing documents a breeze with Docusign. No need for printing, physically signing and scanning. Docusign allows for electronic signing across most devices, from computers to smartphones.
Your team can feel confident in being paperless, even in an industry that has historically relied on a lot of printed paperwork. DocuSign also helps save money and time with the ability for quick turnaround times between you and your clients with the available applications and integrations for automating and connecting entire agreement processes across Docusign.
This modern appointment scheduling app makes it easier for your clients to book and manage their appointments with your firm.
No more emails back and forth trying to find the perfect time for you to discuss your client’s matter. Calendly uncomplicates this process by presenting all your available appointment slots professionally and efficiently. When your client books a time slot, this will update your calendar and all required integrations in real-time so that double booking and missed appointments will be a thing of the past. You can also create automated reminders for your client’s so they’re prepared and ready for their next appointment.
mattero is the perfect app for legal startups and legal teams that offer hybrid and remote working.
mattero simplifies work by managing and organising matters at an affordable rate. mattero gifts legal firms with a 14-day free trial mode to start using the app.
Features of mattero that powers remote firms
Documents, emails, forms creation, storage and management in one central place. mattero has a drag and drop feature that automatically saves your emails and files to a document folder.mattero is an all-in-one app, with many features that a remote law firm will surely appreciate. Sign up for a free trial with mattero today and learn how easy remote working can be with our legal software.
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