Law School Case Management Software: The Law Library Experience with Amicus Attorney

Lisa Smith-Butler
Director, LLTC abd Assistant Professor
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center

Roy Balleste
Associate Law Library Director
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center

Amicus Attormey provides filing, billing, library, calendaring, document assembly, and communications. They implementes this software because the Dean of the Law School wanted their students to have an experience that mirrors a law firm. These kinds of software reduces tremendously the amount of paper generated in managing cases. Functions are automated based on data defined parameters. For example, if a court date is known Amicus will automatically calculate dates for filing the documents appropriate to the case.