"The partnership connects the business and practice of law for small to mid-size firms... The TR press release echoes this: "we're giving legal professionals in small firms something that hasn't existed in the market until now." Since many conference attendees were from small law firms, were themselves solos, or were young lawyers just starting out, it was a good place for TR and Smokeball to talk about their "law firm in a box concept" which was the title of their presentation."
"Smokeball has historically been all about the small law firms and solo market; according to the press release, its user base is predominantly firms of between 2 and 30 people and solos. It offers a wide variety of practice management tools and materials. Raimi-Zlatic relayed that Smokeball is unique in that it offers both state- and practice-specific tools for its customers."
"It also has an automated time tracker tool that they claim is unique. I have written about this tool before: it automatically tracks and records time which enables timekeepers to devote more energy to the practice of law and less to recording what they are doing. Thomson Reuters, of course, is a giant in the legal tech industry. Its history goes back to Westlaw and its compilation of the headnotes that many of us relied on in doing research back in the old days."
The partnership connects Thomson Reuters legal research and AI capabilities with Smokeball practice management platforms. The goal is to better serve small law firms and solo lawyers by providing tools that have not been available in the market until now. Smokeball focuses on firms of about 2 to 30 people and solos, offering practice management tools and materials. It provides state- and practice-specific tools and includes an automated time tracker that records time automatically so timekeepers can spend more energy on legal work. Thomson Reuters brings established legal research capabilities rooted in Westlaw and related resources.
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