October 22, 2009 • 9:01 pm
This week we launched the newest NetLegal product: the Federal Court Docket Monitor.
Creation of this was based on feedback from a number of our law firm users who are already receiving the free Federal Court Case List on a weekly basis. While the data has been useful, many of them were asking if we could provide a means to focus the results given the amount of new cases filed every week at the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.
Instead of creating a number of canned weekly emails, we decided to create an online application that provides a law firm user enhanced searches and the ability to filter their results. Each user can save up to three searches and set a daily or weekly notification of any new cases that match the search.
We moved away from transactional billing to office-based licensing to make it accessible – now every user in a firm can access it and save up to three searches/notifications for the one flat subscription rate. The cost is $250 per year with a discounted rate of $150 per year of law firms with 10 or fewer lawyers.
We would love to hear what you think (feedback@netlegal.ca). Based on feedback during the pilot, we created a way of grouping the Federal Court nature of proceeding codes into practice areas, such as Aboriginal, Administrative, Immigration, Intellectual Property Law, etc.
To subscribe, you can find out more information at www.netdockets.ca.
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you on NetLegal.
Mike Ives, CEO
Filed under: New Functionality
August 15, 2009 • 5:00 am
Do you want better access to case data from the Federal Court of Canada?
We have a new product launching for lawyers, media and other organizations who rely on case docket data from the Federal Court of Canada and are looking for feedback prior to launching it.
This feedback is key to us and it is your chance to make this application work better for you. Whether you are a NetLegal user or not, please contact me at feedback@netlegal.ca if you are interested in joining our beta test group.
Filed under: New Functionality
Here at NetLegal in our development lab, we’re always busy thinking up new ideas and new ways to help you do your business faster, smarter, greener and cheaper.
We have a number of great products in the works and I wanted to share a few of these with you today. Your feedback on these new products will help us to create the tools that you need – not the tools that we think you need.Some of our favourite products are a direct result of your involvement.
We’ve recently launched some new products to our line of Docket services, both in the Federal arena and Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: New Functionality, Process
Hello readers, I thought I would hop on here and introduce myself. My name is Krista and I’m part of the NetLegal team. I work in Customer Support and one of my favorite things is getting feedback from our users.
The worldwide recession is affecting so many people. How can NetLegal help legal professionals weather the storm?
To start with, we offer free registration to everyone. No matter how many members are in your firm, they can all register for free. Everyday. To help send business your way, we offer an online profile on www.netlegalfirms.ca at no charge to every firm that registers for a NetLegal account. You can post Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Process, Social Networking
January 13, 2009 • 11:38 pm
Our "Green" ad from 2007
First off, I have to admit to being somewhat remiss in my postings in December – trying to get clear of work before the holidays and then the holidays themselves are a brutal combination for getting things done in that month. If I still made New Year’s resolutions, I no doubt would have already broken the one to “Be more consistent in updating my blog.”
During a brief lull in the insanity, my 10 year old daughter was asking some questions about what we are doing with NetLegal. In explaining it to her, I mentioned how we can reduce the amount of paper that law firms and courts use. Being a strong advocate for the environment, she suggested that I should put more emphasis on this aspect of what we are doing. While we did do a little marketing in this regard before (see image at top right) she got me thinking that we should revisit it. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: New Functionality, Process
November 11, 2008 • 8:45 pm
We want your input. NetLegal is in the process of designing the next version of the system that will allow lawyers and law students to more easily interact over the Internet.
Register for free by clicking here and look around the application. Let us know what you like and don’t like. Most important, please tell us what you would like to see as a student/future lawyer or professor.
In addition to general thoughts on the use of technology in the practice of law, we will be posting ideas for future functionality and welcome comments on how to improve it.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and comments. We can make NetLegal even better with your help.
Mike
Filed under: Law School, New Functionality , law schools, Law Students, Legal, legal technology, netlegal
November 10, 2008 • 6:39 am
We all know that Facebook and MySpace have changed how we interact with each other. We can view pictures of our friends (or potential employees), see who they know, become their friends, etc.
The growth of Facebook has been staggering – in the fall of 2007, over 1 million new users signed up on Facebook every week. During that time, Facebook received 40 billion page views per month and it has continued at 100% growth between March 2007 and March 2008 (Neilsen’s March 2008 ratings).
This phenomenon has expanded into the business world, with Neilsen reporting that LinkIn experienced 319% growth with users over 45 now accounting for over 31% of its user base. This trend has moved into the legal sector with sites like LegalOnRamp providing an online community targetted at in house counsel.
NetLegal focusses on the long existing “social” network between firms and courts allowing lawyers to join for free and to build a directory by inviting other lawyers to join. However, instead of sharing pictures of your last Halloween party, NetLegal lets you share documents by electronically serving the other counsel in the case and creating a secure online case repository.
Judges can also be invited to join the case so that lawyers can electronically serve and file the document with the click of a button. Judges can also set up e-filing for free on a case-by-case basis and then invite counsel for the parties to join.
I doubt that there will be much demand on NetLegal to send a gift or a drink to each other but is there any other functionality would you like to see. For example, should we have a “wall” for a case? What about a Wiki on certain legal issues?
Post your comments on these and any other ways law firm users, court users and students can interact.
Filed under: New Functionality, Process, Social Networking , lawyers, legal technology, netlegal, Social Networking
