Over the past few years, the use of extranets and intranets by law firms to share critical documents with co-workers, clients and co-counsel has been firmly established.
One area in which an extranet is particularly useful is in litigation, where a large number of parties require a massive number of documents over a fixed period of time.
Keeping things organized
An extranet provides a single location dedicated to the individual case. Access to documents can be defined by the need of the user. For example, documents relating to clients are very different than those required by co-counsel. An extranet allows everything to reside in one place, but access can be defined by individual needs. It also automates alerts so that users know the instant a new document has been posted, and can find it quickly in a dedicated folder.
Many extranets go beyond the simple sharing of documents. Many include tools such as a comment function, calendars, project trackers, and approval functions. These tools can be used to report on the all activities and on the progress of the case.
Providing a permanent record
All actions taken within the extranet are...
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