Elite 3E vs. SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS)

3E Elite is well suited for a company or firm that has many clients and is engaged in pro bono activities, particularly one that will track pro bono time for employees and credit them for that time. Additionally, companies with large clients can use it to determine where the bulk of their business comes from.

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It is really well suited to medium to large sized attorney firms and practices. For small firms with one or two attorneys, it can be a bit of an overkill with its many features and components. On the other hand, smaller firms could pick and choose which features or components could be used without needing to utilize the entire package.

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• Tracks time
• Separates billable and nonbillable hours
• Separates by Matters and clients

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• The interface is fairly well designed, making it fairly easy to enter data or to create information visualizations.
• The software supports a robust set of features that can all be accessed through a single portal or site.
• There are analysis functions that help show patterns or trends based on time sensitive information.

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• Users have reported that they have more reporting capability in other software.
• The upgrade process is very time-consuming.
• Sometimes slow.

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• No case management system to speak of.
• No able to create multiple cost rates for attorneys to use in profitability analysis
• Accounting system does not integrate well with e-billing vendors

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We seem to get the answers that we are looking for rather quickly.

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We experienced a better ROI with 3E and the timeline made more sense.

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For small to midsize firms, SurePoint [Legal Management System (LMS)] is 100% better than Prolaw. I have not used the latest version of Prolaw, but I have seen it and it still does not compare to ease of use and features.

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• Better capability than it's predecessor.
• Makes business run smoother.

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• It easy to use to respond to questions relating to time entry, billing and collections

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