Corporate counsel can track costs via computer: programs use powerful engines to help general counsel monitor and budget outside legal costs

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Corporate counsel wishing to control and monitor expenses can use software systems that have been developed specifically for use in the in-house context. Software should be selected carefully based on a thorough investigation of the legal department's needs because of substantial cost of such systems and the expenses that will be incurred in converting both data and staff to the new system. Three software systems, Chief Legal Officer SQL, CaseTrack and Lawtrac for Windows, are assessed.

Prepackaged software, Financial & Acctg Software Pkgs, Technology application, Corporate counsel, Information storage and retrieval systems, Cost accounting, Corprasoft Inc., Economic Analysis Group Ltd., LAWTRAC Development Corp., Chief Legal Officer SQL (Legal practice management software), CaseTrack (Legal practice management software), Lawtrac for Windows (Legal practice management software)

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Present perfect persuasion: computer-generated graphics need not be expensive to pack a punch at trial. Here are seven leading programs for review

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Lawyers have a wide choice of software to help them generate graphics for trial. Six presentation programs and one add-on product are evaluated: Corel Presents 6 and Presentations 3.0; Lotus's Freelance Graphics; Software Publishing's Harvard Graphics, Harvard Spotlight and ASAP Word Power; and Microsoft's PowerPoint. These are the most popular in the legal community of the many products available on the market. All use Windows and all but one are designed for Windows 95.

Product introduction, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Legal information systems, Legal information services, Harvard Graphics for Windows (Presentation graphics software), Lotus Freelance Graphics (Presentation graphics software), Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95 7.0 (Presentation graphics software), Corel Office Professional for Windows (Business application suite), Corel Office Professional for Windows 95 (Business application suite), Harvard Spotlight for Windows (Presentation graphics software), Software Publishing ASAP WordPower for Windows 95/NT 1.95 (Presentation graphics software)

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Technical expertise aids in depicting arguments; specializing in investigation and demonstration, three firms add an adge to evidentiary displays

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Three companies aid the trial lawyer in developing a coherent visual strategy. The experts recommend that visual presentations be simple and concise, and that animations and videos help the presentaton be like a story on television, since that is a medium familiar to jurors. Juris Corp, Failure Analysis and Jurilink International Corp are good companies to go to for help with such exhibits and are profiled here.

Innovations, Evidence, Demonstrative, Demonstrative evidence, Failure Analysis Associates Inc., Juris Corp. Juris Graphics, JuriLink International Corp.

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