CounselLink

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Legal Practice Management
Weekend Project

Effectively manage matters, spend and legal holds while optimizing outside counsel relationships

How to Replace CounselLink

Overview

CounselLink is a matter management, e-billing, and legal hold software solution that enables in-house legal teams to globally manage matters, budgeting, invoice review, legal holds, calendaring, vendor management and reporting across all staff and outside counsel. It provides a centralized repository for matter, e-billing and spend management with collaboration tools for working with outside counsel.

Features

38 features across 19 categories

Access & Security(1)

Web-Based Access

Flexible web-based solution accessible anytime, anywhere from any browser with secure Internet connection

Administration(1)

Self-Service Administration

Change or reset passwords or modify user roles within the application with self-service user administration

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Smartsheet

Analytics(2)

Business Intelligence Tools

Access powerful business intelligence tools integrated into the system

Legal Hold Data Insight

Leverage past legal hold information to improve the overall hold process and ensure compliance on an ongoing basis

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Automation(3)

Automatic Reminder Notices

Issue and track automatic reminder notices to custodians regarding their duty to preserve

Bulk Matter Updates

Update matter data, contents, status notes, and templates across multiple matters simultaneously

SmartReview Technology

Review invoice charge details and automatically categorize, compare and adjust charges against billing guidelines

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Collaboration(1)

Real-Time Status Updates

Gather real-time status updates from outside counsel and colleagues

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Compliance(4)

Custodian Profiles

View custodian statuses and legal hold assignments, with access to updated employee counts and status of new employees

Diversity Data Tracking

Track diversity data for outside counsel evaluation

Full Audit Trail

Establish an auditable notification trail for end-to-end tracking of email notifications and acknowledgements

Legal Hold Management

Streamlined legal hold process with step-by-step notifications and management capabilities

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Contact Management(1)

Contacts Database

Quickly access your list of contacts through integrated contacts database

Core Functionality(1)

Matter Management

Track all matter information within a single solution, assign and manage matters while collaborating with outside counsel, and manage matters in a My Matters queue

Customization(1)

Practice Area Customization

Tailor matter data capture to the needs of individual practice areas

Document Management(1)

Document Management

Attach relevant documents and notes to matters

Financial Management(5)

Budget Management

Create and assign budgets for each matter

E-Billing

Centralize e-billing and matter management with invoice review and spend tracking capabilities

Invoice Processing ServicesPremium

Review, process, and capture 100 percent of legal spending regardless of original format, converting invoices into standard electronic format

Legal Spend Management

Access a single solution for current financial information, status and results regarding legal matters

Superior Invoice Review Capabilities

Process invoices in LEDES, paper or e-mail format to capture 100% of spend and report on invoice charge-level details

Infrastructure(1)

Hosted Solution

Centralize e-billing and matter management with a hosted solution that requires no additional internal IT resources to maintain

Integration(1)

Matter Management for Outlook

Manage all matter information, spend, and documents without leaving Microsoft Outlook

Professional Services(3)

Customized Business ServicesPremium

Maximize CounselLink use and streamline operations such as business process re-engineering, custom application development and best-practices consulting

Implementation ServicesPremium

Facilitate smooth transition and on-time delivery with team of professionals experienced in implementing the solution across various industries

Professional ServicesPremium

Extend existing project team with services tailored to needs, including technology and best-practices consulting

Reporting(4)

Best-in-Class Reporting

Leverage standard set of pre-built or custom reports to analyze data and improve decision making

Comprehensive Legal Hold Reporting

Generate instant audit reports, statistics and trends to gain insight into how legal holds impact business

Configurable Dashboards

Configurable dashboard capability to see data in a way that meets unique business needs

Management Dashboards

View a snapshot of business with management dashboards

Support(2)

24/7 Customer SupportPremium

24/7 web access to CounselLink solution with live customer support for application questions and training

Online Help and FAQs

Access online help and FAQs directly through the application

Task Management(1)

Milestone Management

Manage important milestone dates and reminders

Training(3)

Corporate User TrainingPremium

User-specific training available in multiple formats including on-site sessions and live web training

Law Firm TrainingPremium

Train outside legal vendors on invoice submission and review process, client collaboration, and matter management via live web conferences

Product Enhancement TrainingPremium

Ongoing training delivered through account management and support teams for new product enhancements

Vendor Management(2)

Outside Counsel Management

Manage and collaborate with law firms, assign and manage multiple firms on a matter, and create scorecards to evaluate outside counsel

Outside Counsel Performance Tracking

Track outside counsel performance across the board and manage law firm relationships

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for CounselLink. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a CounselLink alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 38 features.

Buy CounselLink

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying CounselLink saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 38 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

2 known integrations

LEDESMicrosoft Outlook