MinLaw rolls out tech platform to help law firms manage cases, clients

SINGAPORE – Lawyers can now use a new technology system supported by the Govt to handle circumstances, share files with customers or colleagues, and cope with billing issues.

The Authorized Technology System, aimed at encouraging Singapore law tactics to streamline their working day-to-day workflow, was formally rolled out at the Supreme Courtroom on Tuesday (July 19).

The platform is jointly created by the Ministry of Regulation (MinLaw) and tech agency Lupl, with opinions from more than 100 lawyers from various observe locations taken into thing to consider.

On Tuesday, MinLaw mentioned it would enable regulation firms defray the original costs of adopting the platform and other built-in authorized technologies applications.

Beneath this funding initiative, which is supported by Company Singapore and the Infocomm Media Improvement Authority, suitable legislation companies will want to pay out only $21 per user just about every thirty day period for the initially two a long time, as opposed with the regular subscription cost of $69 for every person each individual thirty day period.

The platform seeks to help small and medium law tactics, which may perhaps experience source constraints in adopting legal technologies, with electronic transformation. But it is also offered for use by greater regulation companies and in-residence legal professionals in organizations.

The platform is obtainable by way of an Net browser, these kinds of as Google Chrome.

Matter templates for diverse sorts of conditions, which set out aspects this kind of as timelines and methods to just take, are available on the platform.

Information of a authorized make any difference, these kinds of as its standing and deadlines of responsibilities, will be exhibited on the platform.

Legal professionals can url the system to other electronic answers they are making use of, such as Google Docs, and entry any documents or information saved there. The system is also related to well known messaging app WhatsApp, for attorneys to communicate with their clients from a single platform.

MinLaw mentioned there were strategies to include things like extra options in the system, for occasion, back links to other on the net solutions these types of as legal investigation portal LawNet and Supreme Courtroom program e-litigation.

It has established up a committee, presently comprising 10 legal professionals from a assortment of observe areas, to deliver responses and suggest enhancements to the system.

The ministry will also operate with the Legislation Modern society of Singapore to organise a collection of outreach and instruction gatherings about the platform for legal professionals.