Enhanced flexibility with Proclaim Go – work anywhere

Jane is a solicitor who works at a law firm in Birmingham. Today, she’s out of the office visiting a client in the centre of London. This used to mean that Jane would have to print key case information in advance or take along a laptop to access Proclaim – not ideal when traveling on several trains.

Thankfully Jane can utilise Proclaim Go – a mobile and tablet friendly application powered by Proclaim, designed especially for fee earners like her, who are often travelling or in client meetings with a need to access accurate live information on their cases and the ability to record events and update information on their cases, on the go.

On the way to the client, Jane gets up to speed with her client’s details through her smartphone – she simply presses the Proclaim Go shortcut icon and uses the favourite cases function to easily find her client’s case history – which includes documents and previous correspondence.

Mid-way through the meeting, which is going well, Jane and her client decide to take a break. Jane steps outside and receives a call on her phone from a different client, asking for some information on his case.

Normally, Jane would have to make a note of her client’s request and get back to them the following day when back in the office with access to Proclaim – if she remembered and the note wasn’t lost.

However, with Proclaim Go, Jane can provide excellent client care instantly all through her smartphone. Jane searches for her client’s case by name and retrieves the requested information for her client all whilst he’s on the phone. Once the call has ended, Jane records the time she spent on the call and the details discussed directly into the case history using Proclaim Go. If in a suitable location, Jane could even use her smartphone’s existing digital dictation functionality to record case notes with Proclaim Go.

Jane returns to her meeting knowing that everything is up to date. After the meeting, on the train journey home, Jane records her time and enters a memo updating the case history with the outcomes of the meeting. After updating the case, Jane sets herself follow up tasks to ensure nothing is missed for her client in the future and views her scheduled tasks for the next day – all on Proclaim Go using her smartphone.

Eclipse launches Proclaim BI – a new dashboard to visualise business intelligence in real time

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim BI – a business intelligence dashboard integrated within Proclaim case and practice management.

Proclaim BI has been designed to help law firms know their data and enable them to make more informed business decisions, allowing users to clearly visualise their key business information and access data insight and graphical analysis in real time.

Proclaim BI includes dashboards to cater for both case-related information and financial and accounting metrics with the information displayed being unique to the user’s profile.

Data can be aggregated with that from non-Proclaim sources if users wish, and can exported for further analysis if required into 3rd party formats.  Exports can be scheduled to run and distributed automatically at pre-set times.

Mick Thompson, Technical Director at Eclipse, Comments:

“Law firms are under increasing pressure to operate efficient, profitable business models alongside delivering excellent legal services and client care. Our latest innovation – Proclaim BI – gives firms accurate, live business information which is essential when making informed decisions.”

“Proclaim BI boasts a crisp and accessible interface that clearly displays configurable information, through the use of charts, graphs and tables. It’s never been easier to see where your practice is thriving, and where there are areas for improvement.”

Improve fee earner efficiency – make it easier to work from anywhere

Law firms throughout the UK are figuring out how they can become more efficient. Whether that’s through focusing on new markets, implementing new technologies, or other solutions they might have.

The most important thing for them is to get their fee earners working more efficiently. But fee earners are restricted to what they can do by the legal practice they work for – it’s up to the employer to provide their employees with a working environment that enables greater efficiency.

Here at Eclipse, we believe the solution lies within your case management system. A good solution will provide fee earners with the freedom to be more productive than they ever have been – but only if used right. So here’s what to do.

Maximise accessibility

One of the key ways in which you can help fee earners achieve their goals of greater efficiency is by increasing accessibility to their tools. And the most important tool they have is their Case Management solution.

Having it installed on the computers in the office, or in the cloud, is one thing. But fee earners often have to be out of the office visiting clients. So they need to be able to access the details of all their case files remotely and conveniently, be that in the back of a taxi, in a lift, or while dashing between meetings. Time that would have otherwise been lost can be spent productively.

Ensure security

One concern individuals may have about a remote version of a case management system – whether they’re a fee earner, client, or partner at the firm – is that its availability outside of the office makes it less safe, and more susceptible to malicious attacks.

These are fair concerns, and so it’s imperative that any solution that increases accessibility also takes into account security. The fact is, smartphones are just as, if not more secure than any other method – as they usually require a fingerprint scan to access the device itself.

Paper documents can get lost easily, and it’s not uncommon for a laptop to get left behind in a client’s office, or on the back seat of a taxi. This can happen to smartphones too, but their more secure nature – the aforementioned fingerprint or facial scan – makes this less dangerous.

No new product or feature that can access sensitive data should be launched before passing stringent data security tests. Protecting the data contained within case management systems should be of the utmost importance to legal software suppliers – and it is to us.

Proclaim Go

Which brings us to Proclaim Go – a new secure environment which increases the accessibility of the Proclaim case management solution.

Proclaim Go is a mobile and tablet friendly application powered by Proclaim.

It allows fee earners to access case history details (including documents and previous correspondence) while away from their PC or laptop. All they need is an internet connection, and login details to their own personal Proclaim Go portal.

With Proclaim Go, users can record meetings and update information on their cases, such as logging phone calls, creating case notes (using their smartphone’s existing digital dictation functionality), recording time and viewing future tasks – all on the go.

It gives fee earners the extra flexibility they need to help them provide an exceptional service to their clients.

Eclipse launches Proclaim Go – a new application allowing fee earners to work anywhere

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim Go – a mobile and tablet friendly application powered by Proclaim.

Proclaim Go is designed especially for fee earners who are often travelling or in client meetings, with a need to access accurate live information on their cases. With Proclaim Go, users can record meetings and update information, such as logging phone calls, creating memos, recording time and viewing future tasks – all on the go.

The new secure environment with optional two-factor authentication increases the accessibility of the Proclaim case management solution. As well as access via traditional desktop or cloud channels, fee earners can now access case history details (including documents and previous correspondence) while away from their PC or laptop. All they need is an internet connection, and login details to their own personal Proclaim Go application.

Darren Gower, Sales & Marketing Director at Eclipse, Comments:

“Our latest innovation gives users of the Proclaim case management solution the extra flexibility they need to continue providing an exceptional service away from a traditional desktop or cloud environment. Fee earners can stay up to speed with the latest live information whenever and wherever they take their smartphone, making it even easier to adopt more flexible ways of working.

“Fee earners can provide excellent client care instantly through a smartphone by searching for a client’s case by name and retrieving the requested information all whilst on the phone. Once the call has ended, users can record the time spent on the call and the details discussed directly into the case history using Proclaim Go. Notes can even be added using a smartphone’s existing digital dictation functionality.”