This document provides an overview of tools that are useful for building out a law firm. It discusses considerations for choosing tools, such as what problems need to be solved, integration with existing tools, security, and cost. Communication tools like email, chat/IM, phone, and video conferencing are covered. The document also summarizes workflow management, practice management, document management, billing/time tracking, intake CRM, security, and additional resources. Panelists provide their recommendations for specific tools. Polls are included to gauge interest in learning more about Clio and related products.

1. Building Out Your Law Firm Tool Box
Building a Successful Law Firm: Session 10

2. Housekeeping
● Session length: 60 minutes
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Agenda
● Meet the panel
● Considerations for tools
● Tools you need and why
● Clio’s offerings & polls
● Helpful resources
● Additional Q&A

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Nicole Sproule
Affinity Partnerships Manager, Clio
nicole.sproule@clio.com
Today’s Speakers
Christy Granieri
Founding Partner,
Freeburg & Granieri, APC
christy@fgfirm.law
Kathi Tirelli
Attorney, Kathi Tirelli Law
kt@ktirellilaw.com
Erin Pickar
President & COO, Uptime Legal Systems
erin.pickar@uptimelegal.com

5. Considerations

6. Seeing the Forest through the Trees
○ Ask:
■ What you are solving for
■ What are your deal breakers
● Review workflow and deal breakers with (other) key roles
■ Does new tool integrate with existing tools (efficiency) or would there be duplicate
entry
○ Keep security in mind
■ Is MFA (multi-factor authentication) offered
■ How is data backed up
○ How do you want to access the tool: a web browser, in a hosted server environment, hosted
on a server you own and manage
○ Sustainability and support of the tool
○ How can you get your data out if you decide to change tools

7. Communication

8. Communication
○ What are we solving | Why you need it
■ Basic day-to-day communication (phone, email, chat) with clients,
colleagues, and other related parties
■ Communicating assignments to staff
○ Considerations
■ Visibility for whole firm into client communication
■ Integration with calendar
■ How to maintain good communication while working remotely

9. Types of Communication Tools
How do you communicate with clients, with staff, with other third parties?
Tool/App Email Chat/IM Phone Meeting / Video
Outlook ✓
Teams ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Slack ✓ ✓ (internally) ✓ (internally)
Ring Central ✓
Zoom ✓

10. Communication
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Outlook
■ Teams
■ Nextiva
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Zoom
■ WhatsApp
○ Additional tools:
■ Ruby (external comm)

11. Workflow
Management

12. Workflow Management
○ What is it
■ A centralized tool to manage your firmʼs assign, manage and prioritize
tasks and day-to-day workflow
○ What are we solving | Why you need it
■ Managing day-to-day tasks and priorities
■ Assigning work, handing tasks off
○ Considerations
■ Automation
■ Building proper process into the tool (enforces consistency)
■ Efficiency & Time Tracking

13. Workflow Management
○ Christyʼs picks and why
■ Clio Tasks
○ Kathiʼs picks and why
■ Clio Grow and Manage
○ Additional tools:
■ Asana
■ Trello

14. Practice
Management

15. Practice Management
○ What it is
■ Workflow management specifically geared toward law firms
■ Help track and manages client and matter relationships and details,
contacts, calendaring, tasks, time tracking, billing, and more
○ What are we solving | Why you need it
■ Workflow management thatʼs out-of-the box ready for a law firmʼs
workflow
○ Considerations
■ Web-based, hosted software, on-premise
■ All-in-one solution or just contact and task management

16. Practice Management
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Clio Manage
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Clio Manage
○ Additional tools:
■ TimeMatters
■ ProLaw

17. Document
Management

18. Document Management
○ What it is
■ Document storage with features to track version history,
check-in/check-out features, robust document searching and filtering
○ Why you need it
■ Centralized location for firm documents (versus living in each userʼs
email or desktop)
■ Structure and organization
○ Considerations
■ What features do you need: Document numbering, version history,
document tagging, Email management, OCR, robust searching, client
portal

19. Document Management
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Sharepoint
■ Dropbox
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Clio Manage
○ Additional tools:
■ LexWorkplace

20. Billing & Time
Tracking

21. Billing & Time Tracking
○ What it is
■ Tool and add-ins (such as Word or Outlook add-in) that assist in capturing time
spent on tasks.
■ These time entries then feed into an invoicing system to bill your clients
○ Why you need it
■ The easier it is to track your time, the more automated it can be, the more time
youʼll be able to capture and bill for. aka More Money
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Clio Manage
■ Clio Payments
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Clio Manage
■ LawPay

22. Intake CRM

23. Intake CRM
○ What it is
■ Process and tools to manage client intake tasks such conflict-check
○ Why you need it
■ Efficiency and consistency
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Clio Grow
■ Dropbox
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Clio Grow
○ Additional tools:
■ TimeMatters

24. Security & Data

25. Security Considerations
Convenience Security
○ Security and convenience are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
○ Know your compliance obligations - based on your insurance carrier, your client
agreements, FNRA , HIPAA, and more
○ Security is a combination of ongoing awareness and training, and tools to backup
your data and protect your computers
○ Terms to know
■ Ransomware
■ Phishing
■ Antivirus
■ Malware / malware protection
■ MFA / TFA (two-factor or multi-factor authentication)

26. Security Considerations
○ Christyʼs picks
■ LastPass
○ Other options:
■ Uptime Practice Next
■ Remember - itʼs less about additional tools and more about ensuring the
tools you are using are focused on security

27. More Key Tech for
Running a Firm

28. Our picks
○ Kathiʼs picks
■ Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
○ Christyʼs picks
■ Lawyaw
■ LegalMation
■ Adobe Pro DC
■ Westlaw
■ Quickbooks Online

29. An all-in-one solution for
legal practice management
and accounting
Eliminate manual work
and focus on your clients.
● Automatically sync transactions and stay on top of your firmʼs
financials.
● Make trust accounting easier and less intimidating with journal
entries and reports compliant with your bar association.
● Get more work done outside of the office with two cloud-based
tools. Work on the go and keep your records up to date.
Clio is a QuickBooks
Solution Provider
Get a 30% monthly discount off your QBO
subscription for your first 12 months.
Learn more about the QuickBooks Online
integration at Clio.com/Quickbooks

30. More tools
○ The basics (ex. Internet, laptop, monitor, headphones, webcam, portable printer/scanner, e-filing, VPN, company
website w/ contact form)
○ Email (ex. Gmail, Office 365)
○ Internal communication software (ex. Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams)
○ Video conferencing software (ex. Zoom, GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts)
○ VoIP phone provider (ex. Vonage, Corvum, Nextiva, Jive)
○ Virtual receptionist services (ex. Ruby Receptionist, Smith.ai, Answer1, and others)
○ Document management & E-Signatures, cloud-based (ex. Lawyaw Netdocs, WealthCounsel, DropBox, Docusign,
HelloSign)
○ Case management software, cloud-based (ex. Clio Manage)
○ CRM & client Intake software, cloud-based (ex. Clio Grow)
○ Secure client portal (ex. Clio Connect in Clio Manage)
○ Online payment services (ex. Clio Payments)
○ Accounting software (ex. Quickbooks, Xero)
○ Legal research software (ex. Fastcase, Practical Law, Westlaw)
○ Marketing (JurisPage)

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Clio’s Offerings &
Additional Resources

32. Clio EasyStart
Track your time and get paid
Everything you need to track your time, bill your clients, and get paid—plus some extras!
Clio Essentials
Optimize firm operations
Includes critical law practice management tools that allow you to work smarter, customize
how your firm gets organized, and communicate with clients and co-counsel.
Clio Advance
Scale your impact
Introduces unlimited access to new productivity tools and more business and financial
oversight. Priority on-call support ensures you get the most out of Clio.
Clio Complete
Grow your business
Scale your business by adding Clio Grow to improve and automate your client intake with
online forms, online appointment bookings, automated emails follow-ups, and more.
Lawyaw
New software for solo, small- and mid-sized legal practices that can help streamline
information gathering and document assembly, along with built-in e-sign and other features.
Visit clio.com/pricing to learn more.
Clio’s Offerings

33. Clio Payments
Clio Manageʼs new online payments platform makes it easy for
your clients to pay online using a credit card, debit card, or
eCheck—without the need for a third-party payment processor.
Clio Drive
Securely create, access, edit, store, and collaborate on
documents without ever leaving your desktop.
Clio for Clients
Clio for Clients, Clioʼs new secure client portal allows you to
streamline communication with your clients.
Text Notifications and Reminders
Use text notifications and reminders to avoid the costly
no-shows and unnecessary administrative overhead that comes
with organizing client meetings.
Visit clio.com/features/whats-new to learn more.
What’s New In Clio

34. Polls for Non-Clio and Clio Customers
Poll 1: For Non-Clio Users
Would you like to learn more about Clio?
a. Yes, I would like to learn more
about Clioʼs products
b. Clio Cloud Conference
c. No, Iʼm not interested
d. No, Iʼm already a Clio Customer
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Poll 2: For Clio Users
Would you like to learn more about:
a. Adding Clio Grow to streamline
client intake
b. Adding Clio Payments
c. Clio Cloud Conference
d. No, Iʼm not interested or I already
use Clio Grow/Payments

35. Additional Resources
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● Guide: Top Tech Tools for Lawyers in 2022
● CLE-eligible webinar: Cultural Competence for Law Firms, June 7
● Meetup Series: The Legal Marketing Masterclass Series, June - August
● LexWorkplace: Document & Email Management with Clio integration
● Clio Cloud Conference October 10-11, 2022: Get your pass

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Additional
Questions

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Thank You