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ABA TechShow 2008
sure, it’s January and this year’s ABA Legal Technology Show (techshow) isn’t until March 13. but even if you’re not a technology geek like me you can still learn a lot from the annual summit of lawyers, vendors, salespeople, IT, and support staff that is techshow. personally, I always find something new there; and this year promises to be a watershed because the show is being chaired by legal blogger Tom Mighell of  inter alia. the fact that a seminal blogger like Tom is the chair of the planning board shows where the ABA’s head is these days (and it’s in a good place). so for those intrepid souls who are interested I humbly present a few things we can do now to get more out of this year’s show

guess that about sums it up for the moment. I’m looking forward to an exciting show this year!

Craig Bayer has some nice tips…

Add a one time fee to all Matters in PCLaw

Some firms do not charge clients for faxing, mail , and photocopies but instead charge the client a one time Administrative Fee.

In PCLaw go to Option –  System Settings –  Matter Billing

One Time Amount will show up as a disbursement.

A Percent of Fees will charge your client a percentage of their fees. So if you have $100 in Fees for your client, they will get charged an additional 10%.  Amount Every Invoice charges you the same amount every invoice.   This will only effect Matters that are created after you make the selection. You can however go into Matter –  Global Change and select this for Matters you have already created so the charge will be on their next bill….(more)

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