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Building a simple matter management system.
Most small firms either over-buy practice management software or run on heroic memory. The middle path — a deliberate, non-software matter system — works for firms up to about 80 active matters. Three weeks of process work; cost is zero.
7 min readUpdated April 2026Members only
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