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SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS)

Score10 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is SurePoint Legal Management System (LMS)?

SurePoint’s (formerly Rippe & Kingston) Legal Management System (LMS) is oriented towards managing the financial aspects of running a law practice, with integrated accounting and general ledger.

Categories & Use Cases

A SurePoint review from a former AMLAW 200 CFO

Pros

  • The financial system is exceptionally organized.
  • The drill downs on reports and dashboards are amazing.
  • It's easy to change reporting periods and run comparisons.

Cons

  • 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

Most Important Features

  • Accounting
  • Billing
  • Reporting

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Thomson Reuters ProLaw

Other Software Used

Thomson Reuters ProLaw, Thomson Reuters Elite 3E Enterprise Business Management

A powerful tool for managing a legal firm

Pros

  • 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.

Cons

  • The software can sometimes seem buggy and may have some operational issues.
  • For some the wealth of features may be intimidating at first, requiring some training to become proficient in its usage.
  • The performance of the program can be slow at times.

Return on Investment

  • The program helps a great deal in tracking billing and accounting information to help reduce over expenditures.
  • The myriad of features including client management is really helpful in management customer relationships which can save time and money.
  • Sometimes there are problems or errors that impact the product's performance.

Alternatives Considered

Amicus Attorney, Civica Legal Case Management and LegalVIEW® BillAnalyzer

Other Software Used

Create LMS, JoomlaLMS, Civica Legal Case Management