As the company's General Counsel, do these questions from top management sound familiar?

What have we spent on this case so far? How many litigations are still open? How much did we spend with this law firm last year? Which of our law firms is best for this litigation?

Need an answer, go to your Dashboard

With LAWTRAC Matter Management, the answers are all online. 22 real-time Dashboard reports are right at your fingertips. You can compare last year's spend to this year's.

You can see the current status of all open matters. You can filter by matter type, by lead attorney, by outside law firm, by geography. See spending by matter, by company division, by region. Get variance reports that show you where you are versus where you should be in your budget.

See the forest and the trees

With LAWTRAC, you can make your decisions based on accurate information that's up-to-the-minute.

You can see the Big Picture—the broad trends, the law department's performance as a whole. But you can also see the details—the individual matters, the performance of each lead attorney, and of each outside law firm.

See your department with new eyes

With so much information readily available—and organized so well—LAWTRAC Matter Management gives you new insight into the workings of the legal department.

You can clearly see the workflow bottlenecks, the inefficient processes, the outside law firms that aren't pulling their weight. LAWTRAC can help you understand these issues. And help you decide what to do about them.

Negotiate Alternative Fee Arrangements with new confidence

Every legal department has certain matter types that recur on a regular basis. With LAWTRAC Matter Management, you can easily compare what these recurring matters are costing you, how the costs differ from law firm to law firm, and how each law firm compares in terms of performance.

With this information in mind, you can develop benchmarks for a standard set of tasks associated with these matter types. And you can use those benchmarks to negotiate alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) with one or more of your outside law firms.

What are the components that make up LAWTRAC Matter Management?