New York City Law Department Licenses Inslaw's New Client/Server Case Management Software

The New York City Law Department, one of the largest law departments in the United States, has licensed the new client/server generation of INSLAW's MODULAW(TM) case management software product. New York will operate its copy of the new system on Microsoft Windows client computers in conjunction with IBM's DB2 relational database management system on the server.

The New York City Law Department, with as many as 1000 end users, including 630 lawyers in 20 divisions, has been operating an earlier generation of INSLAW's MODULAW software product for the past decade. The increasing attraction and availability of powerful desktop PCs prompted its decision to license the new client/server generation of MODULAW.

Mr. Edward Lieberman, Managing Attorney for the Law Department, issued the following statement: With its large and varied caseload, the New York City Law Department requires case management technology that is rich in functionality, sufficiently versatile to accommodate the differences among our divisions in case types and workflow patterns, and reliable in operation. INSLAW's track record with this Department on these issues and the capabilities of the new client/server generation of their software account for our decision to license the new INSLAW product.

The new client/server generation of the INSLAW case management software is available for operation on servers ranging in size from PCs through mid-range computers and workstations, to mainframes, and in conjunction with many of the leading relational database management systems. INSLAW designed the new generation of its software for efficient communications over the Internet in the future, by avoiding the "fat client" syndrome, using local caching for functions such as Help Files and translation tables, and implementing other strategies that minimize the volume of network traffic. Finally, to reduce future upkeep and maintenance costs for its customers, INSLAW adopted a form of object-oriented computer programming.

According to William A. Hamilton, INSLAW's President, "the software engineering approach that INSLAW followed means that the same client/server generation of our case management software that is used by very large legal organizations, such as the New York City Law Department, can be used as well by smaller agencies and companies in both the public and private sectors of our market."

MODULAW is an integrated software application that supports the management of all types of legal matters and cases, from referral to final disposition. The system is used to control outside counsel costs, manage litigation, schedule calendar events, track parties, index and retrieve work products and documents, create budgets and track expenses, make assignments and record attorney time, and produce management reports.

The new client/server generation of INSLAW's case management software is available for corporate and municipal law departments, the claims litigation departments and special investigation units of major insurance companies, courts, correctional facilities, prosecutors, and other justice agencies. INSLAW's case management software is currently licensed for over 400 sites in the U.S. and Europe.