Make more time to grow your legal business

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1 Make more time to grow your legal business Hosted legal software plus an outsourced legal cashiering service: Keep overheads low Get up and running quickly Developed for start-up, specialist, boutique and smaller legal businesses.

2 Virtual Practices is designed for entrepreneurs in the legal profession Our aim is to help you successfully compete and stand out in the changing legal market. We work with: Experienced partners, starting up their own legal business who want to outsource key functions. Specialist lawyers, strategically building a niche or boutique law firm. Sole practitioners or smaller law firms, reinventing how they operate. Newly formed smaller legal businesses operating as Alternative Business Structures. Keep overheads low so you can grow We provide hosted legal accounting and case management software plus an outsourced legal cashiering service. Cost saving solution with a simple monthly subscription: no software purchase or annual maintenance charges, and no employment costs of a legal cashier. Outsourced virtual cashiering service providing full management reports which are ed monthly and bank reconciliations which are fully maintained, leaving you free to focus on clients and developing the business. Practice and matter management system delivered in a secure, hosted environment, allowing flexible working and a high level of business continuity and back-up. Fully scalable to grow with you. How much could you save? The cost saver calculator on will give you an immediate outline of costs.

3 The landscape of legal services is changing how will you stand out? Recent legislation has led to the emergence of a new kind of law firm one that is more lean, agile and client focused. These new practices are being started by entrepreneurial lawyers in existing firms wishing to branch out for themselves or by smaller firms wanting to reinvent how they operate. No matter your size, the pressures of running a business are the same and start-up costs can sometimes seem overwhelming. You ll soon find you need a way to keep your running costs low so you can focus on the vital task of growing a successful practice. Enter Virtual Practices (VP) from award-winning legal software developer SOS, whose systems are already used in over 450 progressive law firms. Virtual Practices offers secure, lowcost access to a comprehensive suite of easy-to-use and fully-hosted legal software. A low, fixed, monthly fee gives you access to everything you ll need to professionally manage your cases; from CRM and matter management, to time recording, billing and file archiving. secure data centre and can even configure your letterhead and bill templates. But Virtual Practices will help save even further on your running costs with an innovative, outsourced legal cashiering service. As part of your low cost, fixed monthly subscription, our team of dedicated, in-house cashiers will provide you with your own virtual accounts department, avoiding the costly responsibilities of hiring your own staff. With compliance becoming even more onerous you can feel reassured that a team of experienced legal cashiers are maintaining your records. They ll send you comprehensive monthly management reports, and complete all of your bank reconciliations too. Whether you re starting a new practice of your own, or looking to develop your existing firm, Virtual Practices saves you time and money, leaving you free to concentrate on what s most important: delivering an outstanding service to your clients and growing your business. Getting started couldn t be simpler; we provide a demo to walk you through all the features of the service and online training once you choose to subscribe. We ll then set up your system and database for you at the

4 Setting you up on Virtual Practices is straightforward and hassle-free 1 Online demo 2 Subscription form 3 We set you up Free online demo of how Virtual Practices works Simple subscription form to complete Quick set up of your system at the data centre 4 Online training 5 You go-live 6 Access to service Online training session at your office or home We manage your go-live with Virtual Practices You have access to hosted legal software 7 Ongoing support 8 Monthly reports 9 Monthly subs We provide an ongoing cashiering service and software support You receive monthly financial reports You pay monthly subscription by direct debit

5 Time Recording The fee earner time recording tool is quick and convenient as well as being highly intuitive and simple to use. Matter Management The VP desktop provides a highly effective matter management system including document and management. Seamless integration with Outlook enables automatic filing of s into matter files. Ledger The ledger screen gives total visibility of all financial transactions against matters including bills and payments. Ledgers are fully maintained by the VP cashiering team, leaving you free to focus on the legal aspects of your clients cases.

6 More about Virtual Practices Virtual Practices is a division of Solicitors Own Software Ltd (SOS) that is dedicated to start-up, boutique and specialist legal businesses. Launched in 2007, Virtual Practices offers both hosted legal software and an outsourced legal cashiering service. Virtual Practices prides itself in being in-tune with its clients, IT and the sector, and stands out for delivering high calibre legal software and personable customer service. Solicitors Own Software (SOS) is a progressive, established provider of software and services to the legal profession with 450 clients and a 25 year pedigree. Virtual Practices hosted software is based on SOS Connect, the award winning.net solution from SOS. Virtual Practices, 2 Widcombe Parade, Bath, BA2 4JT contact [email protected] Virtual Practices is a trademark of Solicitors Own Software Ltd Copyright Virtual Practices.