Appliance wide settings for legal practices. Covers Firm, Matters, Time Billings, Budge, General and Licensing.
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'Manage Matter Types' allows users to view, edit, and add matter types.
Time
In the time drop down menu the firm can nominate how many minutes per unit.
Firms have been known to use 1 minute units, 6 minute units, 10 minute units and 15 minute units. At Wise Owl Legal we strongly recommend using 6 minute units, unless there is a good reason to use otherwise. Whilst 6 minute units may seem confusing at first, once it is understood it is extremely practical.
| Units | Minutes |
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| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 36 |
| 7 | 42 |
| 8 | 48 |
| 9 | 54 |
| 10 | 60 |
Changing the default time units here will NOT affect the time billing default units for current users. It will only affect new users. To change the default time unit for current users go to settings -> my settings.
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In order to keep the firm's productivity to a maximum, Wise Owl Legal has a handy tool for monitoring billable hours.
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Hours Per Day is the normal working hours.
Productive RateHours Per Day is the percentage number of the hours per working day that is expected to be spent on billable work.
As the settings parameters above are altered, the Monthly Budget and Annual Budget calculations automatically update. This can be useful in determining the Productivity Rate for your firm.
Terminology
The terminology tab is where the firm can decide whether they wish to call:
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