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Amicus
Library: Billing For Legal Research
The Library in Amicus Attorney makes it easy to track and
bill for the time you spend doing online research, and even
capture any costs associated with paid research services.
What
is the Library?
The
Library module is a unique knowledge management tool that
stores a database of all the information, such as research
materials, that your firm has accumulated. Using the Library,
you can keep all your information resources at your fingertips.
Resources include documents, memos, and other computer files
as well as CDs, online services, and Internet or Intranet
sites. In short, whatever your computer can access, you can
add it to your Library.
Who
keeps everything organized?
Where
the Library is concerned there
is a distinction between two types of Firm Members: those
with Librarian status and those without. The difference between
the two is the amount of control they have over the Library's
organizational structure and content. Librarians look after
the structure of the firm's shared information and ensure
consistency for all users.
Paid
Services
When
using the library to access online research services, Amicus
Attorney can track the time spent, and with the paid services
log, capture the research costs so that they can be associated
to the appropriate file.
Library
Pages can designate Resources that point to Paid Services.
A Paid Service is research or other service that charges for
its use.
To assist
in recording details on the use of these services, each user
can set a preference to automatically start the Timer whenever
a Library Resource is launched if it is a Paid Service.
To track
the use of a Paid Service for a particular Library Resource,
the This Is A Paid Service checkbox must be selected in the
Launch Details view of the Library Page Details dialog.
The
Paid Services Log
The purpose
of the Paid Services Log is to track the use of Paid Services
in the Library by Firm Members. It provides a list of every
instance where a Paid Service is launched. The Paid Services
Log records the name of the Paid Service, the date on which
the Service was accessed, the time it was accessed, the Amicus
File that required the Paid Service, and the name of the Firm
Member
who used the Service.
The Paid
Services Log dialog is only available to Librarians, from
the Actions menu in the Library module.
Filtering
the Paid Services Log
The top
part of the Paid Services Log dialog consists of four filters
that determine what you can view. The first option selects
which Paid Services you want to see in the Log. You can select
All Paid Services or a specific one in the Paid Services Log
For list box.
To view
Paid Services in terms of the date they were accessed, select
a specific date, before a certain date, after a certain date,
or between two dates in the Accessed list box.
You can
also filter by Firm Member or File. When you are finished
selecting your filter options, click Display.
The combination
of automatic time entries for the time spent doing research,
plus the paid services log to capture any costs associated
with the research makes it easier than ever to do your legal
research in Amicus Attorney.
For more
information on Amicus Attorney 2008 Premium Edition visit
www.amicusattorney.com.
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