Exporting data in XML format is now a feature in LawRD.
 
Users with system administration rights within LawRD can export all data including clients and other contacts, matters, billing sheets, timesheets, expenses and users’ data.

This feature enables LawRD’s data to be integrated with and analyzed in other systems, as well as read off-line (without being connected to the Internet).
 
In order to export data, a system administrator should go the system settings page:

 
and on the left, click in

 
The system will display all exports done so far:

 
To export just click on the ‘Start Data Export’ button. While the system is processing the export task, one can leave this screen and keep on working within LawRD. The application will generate a new ZIP file with all exported data in XML format.
 
To download the file to your computer just click ‘Download’ or the icon:

Nicole Black, a lawyer, blogger and law book writer, mentions LawRD on her article Law Practice Management in the Cloud posted in the Practicing Law in the 21st Century-A Law & Technology Blog.
 
Nicole singles out three SaaS solutions presently available:

If, after balancing the benefits and drawbacks, you decide to use a Web-based practice management system, there are a number of excellent SaaS providers that offer software to manage law practices online, including Clio (www.goclio.com), Rocket Matter (www.rocketmatter.com) and LawRD (www.lawrd.com).
 
This article is worthy careful reading once it sums up in few words the advantages of the SaaS model:

Advantages include lower costs due to reduced overhead, less hassle related to maintaining the and upgrading the case management system and greater flexibility, since the Web-based system can be accessed anywhere, at anytime.

LawRD is always evolving so it can meet our clients demands. One of the advantages of SaaS applications is that as soons as updates are implemented they are immediately available to LawRD’s users.

Adding comments is a newly implemented feature - such comments can be either public or private and the status can be altered at any time - there is the possibility of attaching files to Contact and Matters.

The image below depicts a row of comments on a contact:

The feature works exactly the same way on Matters. To add a comment just choose that tab within Matters:

The comment must have a ‘category’ and it is up to the manager of the system to define the types of categories on LawRD settings:

Once the text is written, its status must be defined, i.e. public or private and attach a file (optional). Just click on ‘Save’ and the comment is added: