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Knowledge and Documents

What Is a Document Management System for Law Firms?

The system a firm or legal department uses to store, version, secure and search its documents and email, such as iManage or NetDocuments.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

The DMS holds most of a firm's work product, which makes it the foundation for knowledge management and for AI tools that answer questions over the firm's own documents.

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Related Terms

Knowledge management
Capturing and reusing a firm's or legal team's best work and expertise: precedents, templates, research, know-how and who knows what.
Ethical walls
Restrictions that block certain lawyers and staff from accessing information about a matter, to manage a conflict of interest.
Matter-centric filing
Organizing documents and email by client and matter rather than by individual, so everything about a matter is in one place.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.