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Legal Aid Case Management Software

Manage legal aid cases and streamlines processes in legal aid family law matters, ensuring that you can easily manage all aspects of your cases, from initial client intake to final billing. This includes features such as auto form production, specialist time recording, and monthly bulk uploads to the LAA Portal.

Our legal aid software provides a comprehensive view of the payment history for each case, ensuring that no payment goes unaccounted for and also includes tools for monitoring key performance indicators, such as case resolution times and profitability improving your overall efficiency.

Key features of our legal aid software

Access Legal software provides full compliance with an extensive range of Legal Aid Agency (LAA) schemes and systems as well as a whole raft of additional functionality for firms with Legal Aid Contracts to help automate processes and improve profitability:

Quick and easy billing for all stages
  • Automate your entire billing process with a few clicks, from time tracking to invoicing and payment processing, saving you valuable time and effort and increasing your revenue.
  • Easily generate accurate and error-free invoices for all stages of your legal work, with customizable templates and real-time reporting, giving you greater control over your billing and improving your profitability.
  • Seamlessly integrate your billing system with your case management software, ensuring that your billing data is always up-to-date and accurate, and reducing the risk of errors and delays in your legal process.
Auto-Form Production
  • Automatically generate complex legal forms with a few clicks, saving you valuable time and effort while ensuring accuracy and consistency in your legal documentation.
  • Customize your legal forms to fit your specific needs and preferences, with an intuitive user interface that allows you to create and modify forms easily and quickly.
  • Seamlessly integrate your legal forms with your case management software, eliminating the need for manual data entry and reducing the risk of errors and delays in your legal process.
Specialist Time Recording
  • Record and track billable hours accurately and efficiently with a user-friendly interface that eliminates the need for manual timekeeping, saving you valuable time and increasing your revenue.
  • Customize your timekeeping system to fit your specific needs and preferences, with options for hourly rates, time categories, and more, giving you greater flexibility and control over your billing process.
  • Seamlessly integrate your timekeeping system with your case management software, ensuring that your billing data is always up-to-date and accurate, and reducing the risk of errors and delays in your legal process.
Monthly Bulk upload to LAA Online
  • Easily upload your legal aid claims to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) online portal in bulk, saving you valuable time and effort, and improving the efficiency of your legal aid process.
  • Customize your upload process to fit your specific needs and preferences, with options for file formats, data fields, and more, giving you greater flexibility and control over your legal aid claims.
  • Seamlessly integrate your bulk upload process with your case management software, ensuring that your legal aid data is always up-to-date and accurate, and reducing the risk of errors and delays in your legal aid process.
Assessed Claims Manager
  • Simplify your legal aid billing process with an advanced assessed claims manager feature, allowing you to manage your legal aid claims from start to finish, including submission, assessment, and payment.
  • Enjoy full transparency and control over your assessed claims, with the ability to track the status of your claims in real-time, receive automatic notifications of claim outcomes, and easily manage any rejections or queries.
  • Reduce the risk of errors and delays in your legal aid billing, with an intuitive and user-friendly interface that guides you through the assessed claims process step-by-step, and ensures that all required information is accurately captured and submitted on time.
  • Customise your assessed claims process to your unique needs, with the ability to choose from a range of claim types, submit multiple claims at once, and access a comprehensive history of your past claims for easy reference and analysis.
Full Legal Aid Payment History
  • Access a comprehensive and detailed history of all your legal aid payments in one convenient location, including details of each payment, the matter it relates to, and the client it was made on behalf of.
  • Monitor your legal aid payments in real-time, with the ability to view and track the status of your payments, including those that are still outstanding or under assessment.
  • Analyze and report on your legal aid payment history with ease, with advanced reporting tools that enable you to generate custom reports, export your data to Excel, and analyze your payments by a range of criteria, including time period, matter type, and client.
  • Stay on top of your legal aid billing and ensure that you are getting paid correctly and on time, with an advanced payment tracking feature that enables you to view the full status of your payments, including any rejections or queries, and take corrective action where necessary.
Legal Aid and KPI Monitoring
  • Monitor your legal aid KPIs in real-time, with an advanced dashboard that provides you with instant access to key metrics, such as your number of legal aid matters, average billing amount, and total payments received.
  • Track your progress against your KPIs with detailed reporting and analysis tools that enable you to view your performance over time, identify trends and patterns, and make data-driven decisions about your legal aid practice.
  • Receive alerts and notifications when you are falling behind on your KPIs, so you can take corrective action before it's too late. You can set custom thresholds for each KPI and receive alerts via email or in-app notifications.
  • Use powerful reporting tools to gain deeper insights into your legal aid practice, including the ability to analyze your data by matter type, client, location, and more. With these insights, you can identify areas for improvement and optimize your practice for greater efficiency and profitability.
Profit & Loss Monitoring
  • Gain real-time visibility into the financial performance of your legal practice, with detailed reporting and analysis tools that enable you to track your revenue and expenses and monitor your profit and loss in real-time.
  • Set custom financial targets for your practice and track your progress towards these goals using advanced reporting tools. Whether you're looking to increase revenue, reduce expenses, or improve your bottom line, our software can help you achieve your financial objectives.
  • Use advanced budgeting and forecasting tools to project your financial performance over time and make data-driven decisions about your practice. With our software, you can create detailed budgets, forecast revenue and expenses, and track your progress against your financial targets.
  • Receive alerts and notifications when you are falling behind on your financial targets, so you can take corrective action before it's too late. You can set custom thresholds for each financial target and receive alerts via email or in-app notifications.

Family Software For Legal Aid Firms

Designed specifically for family and matrimonial work the legal aid family module will automate much of the time-consuming administrative burden and document production, allowing your lawyers to concentrate on providing the best in class service to clients for this highly sensitive and complex area of law.

The Access Legal Lawfusion Legal Aid Family module provides:

  • Family case management
  • Civil billing
  • LAA civil online working
  • Document bundler
  • Time recording
  • Automated billing
  • SMS text messaging
  • Integration (including LAA Portal)
  • Reporting

Crime Software For Legal Aid Firms

The Access Legal LAWFUSION crime module provides a comprehensive suite of case management and billing software tools for legal aid crime firms. It is designed to maximise efficiency for legal aid cases from police station to crown court, every step of the way. The software is available on the go. Whether it be in the office at police stations, inside prisons, in court our software enables crime firms to handle larger caseloads more profitably while also being fully compliant with the relevant legal aid agency schemes and systems. The module includes:

Features of Crime Software for Legal Aid Firms

  • Crime case management
  • Auto form production
  • Automated crime billing
  • Case tracker & secure document exchange
  • Document bundler
  • Specialist time recording
  • Monthly bulk upload to LAA Online
  • Assessed Claims Manager
  • Expenses & Disbursements Manager
  • Advanced Document Production
  • Sophisticated Diary System
  • Profit & Loss Monitoring
  • Court duty record system
  • SMS text messaging
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Immigration software for Legal Aid

Our immigration software module is designed to enable Fee Earners to administer large volumes of immigration work for both Appellant and Sponsor clients and it is for both privately funded or legal aid immigration work. The software, which is heavily integrated with all the elements of Microsoft Office, guides users through case management helping their clients to enter the UK, work in the UK and remain in the UK. Key features of our immigration software are listed below:

Standard Letters

Our Immigration software comes with standard letters to the client, Home Office, Immigration First Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, Detention Centre etc. as well as a blank/standard letter section with templates for standard and ad-hoc letters helping you to keep all relevant parties informed of the status of the case – e.g. Medical Expert, Witness, Employer, Landlord, DNA Agency, GP etc.. You can also add your firm’s letters and letter templates.

Reminders and Important Information

Reminders are set for Fee Earners, based on specific dates to make sure key dates for hearings and appeals are not missed, i.e. Limitation Date for Appeal Submission, Hearing Date for the Upper Tribunal etc.

Case Management Workflow Procedures

Our Immigration module guides Fee Earners to help manage cases dealing with the following:

  • Asylum – contact with the Asylum Screening Unit
  • Applications to the Home Office
    British High Commission applications – including VAF4/Tier 4 student applications
  • Home Office – dealing with documentary evidence and requests for extension, applications for updates on a claim
  • EEA applications
  • First and Upper Tier Tribunals – submitting appeals and advising the client of hearing dates
  • Judicial Review – letter before action, instructing Barrister and corresponding with the client
  • Bail Applications – correspondence with the Immigration Detention Centre and Immigration Asylum Chamber are dealt with here
  • Court of Appeal – instructing a Barrister and dealing with the Legal Aid Agency
Laserforms

Standard Laserforms for Immigration matters are included for:

  • Applications
  • Asylum
  • Immigration Tribunal, Notices
  • Requests and Visa Applications
    Work Permits.
  • The forms are configured to auto-complete using standard merged information, e.g. client name and address details etc.
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Family law software FAQs

What is Legal Aid?

Legal aid in the UK is a system where the government provides funding to help individuals access legal advice and representation. It aims to ensure that everyone has access to justice, regardless of their financial situation. Legal aid covers a wide range of legal issues, including criminal law, family law, immigration, and housing.

To qualify for legal aid, an individual must demonstrate that they cannot afford to pay for legal advice and that their case meets certain criteria. The criteria vary depending on the type of case, but generally, the case must be serious, complex, and have a chance of success.

Legal aid is primarily administered by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), which is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. The LAA works with a network of legal aid providers, including solicitors, barristers, and legal charities, to provide legal services to those who qualify.

What is Legal Aid Software?

Legal Aid Software is a specialized software that helps legal professionals manage legal aid cases, particularly in the area of family law. This type of software automates and streamlines case management tasks such as document preparation, time recording, billing, and monitoring of key performance indicators. It also provides full legal aid payment history and helps with monthly bulk uploads to the LAA portal.

Legal Aid Software is designed to help legal practitioners manage their caseload more efficiently and effectively, saving them time and resources while ensuring accuracy and compliance with legal aid regulations. With this software, legal professionals can focus on providing the best possible representation to their clients without being burdened by administrative tasks.

Legal Aid Software is a valuable tool for legal professionals working in family law who want to manage their legal aid cases more efficiently and effectively.

Benefits of Legal Aid software to your client

Legal aid software can provide several benefits to clients, including:

Improved communication: Legal aid software can help clients stay informed about the progress of their case, including important deadlines and updates.

Increased efficiency: With legal aid software, lawyers can handle cases more efficiently, which means clients can receive the help they need faster.

Enhanced access to justice: Legal aid software can make it easier for clients to access legal help, especially in cases related to family law or other complex legal matters.

Greater accuracy: Legal aid software can help ensure that clients receive accurate legal advice and representation, which can be critical in cases where the stakes are high.

Overall, legal aid software can help improve the client experience by making legal help more accessible, efficient, and accurate.

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