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Practice and Firm Management

What Is Matter Management?

Tracking each legal matter, its people, documents, deadlines, budget and status, in a law firm or legal department.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

In legal departments, matter management is often paired with spend management to show leadership what legal is working on and what it costs. In firms, it is usually part of practice management.

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Related Terms

Practice management software
The system that runs a law firm day to day: clients and matters, calendar and deadlines, time tracking, billing, trust accounting and a client portal.
Legal spend management
Software and processes for budgeting, tracking and controlling what a legal department spends on outside counsel and vendors.
Legal operations (legal ops)
The business side of a legal department: budgets and outside counsel spend, vendors, data and metrics, process and technology.

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