Juris® Reviews & Product Details

Our law firm uses Juris and Juris Suite for billing matters. I like that it is very user friendly when adding new contacts/employers/ etc. It also alerts you in the screen pop up if the matter is already in use or if you forgot to fill out a pertinent cell. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

you cannot do a "mass update" say the recipient changed for that employer/insurance. If our firm has multiple cases where that contact is no longer there or on a leave of absence we have to go in and manually update the file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capability to have one program for all items. Time, accounts payable, receivable and collections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The new version is full of glitches and error messages. It was completely rewritten in a new language and is not compatible with certain versions of windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I can sort my billing time multiple ways - by date, or by client. I find the ability to switch it up is helpful when I’m reviewing time to make sure I properly entered everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the rules for submitting explanations of my billing - you have to punctuate a certain way, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LexisNexis Juris is a simplified account manager, which acts as accounts payable, receivable, charges, and expenses. If integrated throughout the entire system, the application will automatically update the account so that you do not have to through different interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price for a small firm was unmanageable. We could not receive a discount due to our size, even though we have a history with using LexisNexis products. Also, if you are a law firm with a split billed matter (partial billing), the program does not recognize the two separate places within one matter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The filters -- there are so many ways to sort billing entries, When your database has enormous amounts of entries, you need to filter them down, the more filters the better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Frequent errors for users, crashing, sometimes entries wont show up without refreshing several times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the "timer" function to ensure both accuracy and to prevent a moment from being wasted. Stoping, starting and pausing the timer allow me to fill my day most productively and allow me to document my productivity accurately.

I like the ability to print daily and weekly juris reports for supervisory review - not only am I being self-accountable, but my superiors can review my time entires to see what projects are taking up most of my time.

While I do very much like the summary page, please see my dislike below for a specific way I believe it might be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the inability to control my own billing goals within summary - for example, if my goal were to bill 4 hours on Wednesday and 4 hours on Sunday - the coloring scheme would reflect red for Wednesday and white for Sunday, when I'd like to see both be green for my own personal calculations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very user friendly and makes it easy to enter time as it is being done. I am more efficient as I can enter time contemporaneously with the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, my only complaint is the lack of any indication of spelled words in the narrative, as when I type fast, I sometimes miss letters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an all-in-one accounting system that incorporates the attorney's time, A/P and A/R. It is quite robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not intuitive. It takes time to learn how to properly use the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Provides a large number of possible reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not integrate with cloud practice management software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This program is predictable, and so you can get pretty good at entering time in a rote way and not encounter any surprises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The functionality is quite limited. For example, I cannot highlight multiple rows of time I've entered to get a total for the day, and copy into Excel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is a niche industry devoted to IT support for law firms that installs PCLaw on your computer and provides training on how to use it. If I have to pay a third-party to learn how to use what should be straightforward timekeeping and billing software (especially considering that companies like Freshbooks have such a small learning curve), there’s a fundamental problem. The problem is that PCLaw is not competitive with the current crop of players in the space. PCLaw relies on being the legacy system that you’re too invested in to replace. “I’ve spent 4 years and thousands of dollars to install and support PCLaw and now you’re asking me to ditch it?” Yes. It was a bad investment choice and the longer you stay with it the worse off you’ll be Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PCLaw is server-based, so you have to pay several hundred dollars per user license and you have to install PCLaw on a computer server if you want to enable multiple users to access it, or install it on a desktop computer if you want one user to be able to access it.

PCLaw is not user friendly to get set up. While it is somewhat straightforward to navigate PCLaw once you’re set up, it is not the most intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of looking up case law is unparalleled in other legal research programs. The tutorials that are available are helpful for young attorneys who have been out of school for a bit and need to adapt from the student version to the juris version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost... It's very expensive. LexisNexis has pricing packages and it's obviously easier to split the cost, but it's important to become very efficient at researching or else it can become very costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The service it offers it easily organizes the cases for billing and other accounting needs. It is able to separate cases effectively for billing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really enjoy this product, It is a very helpful tool The price is higher but it is worth it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use is probably the best part of it. I like that it is secure and it really helps with setting up the fees that we charge for services that we do here which vary from job to job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost is pretty up there. It makes it not as affordable for smaller businesses like ours. if it were cheaper we would probably be able to continue using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's organized; meaning you can usually find what you are looking for as long as you know where to look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of storage. I wanted to be able to link documents and store them within Juris and it's not possible with our version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to keep up with time worked, billed, as well as client fees and costs as well as reliable conflict check system all in one place with accurate calculations and accounting. Love the way Juris also gives information for time worked by partner, associate or attorney. This software is the easiest one I have ever used and provided all of the perks and necessities along with it! Although this is a little pricy, it is a great system no matter the size of your firm. I recently started working as paralegal on contract basis for attorneys and because I am only one person and couldn't afford it...I was left with using my accounting software for time keepeing and spent days setting up a reliable conflict check system....it is a sigh of relief with i go back and do work for this firm and use Juris...I will own it one day...soooo worth it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Support is expensive. Would be nice to be able to use voice memo on phone or even note on phone to enter time and send to Juris for billing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has change logs for most types of records. Very good for data mining. Also very secure database (cannot alter or change database - only Juris employees can make changes). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very out-dated look and feel. Reporting is very basic, difficult to do any data analysis with more than one variable. Cannot create custom reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of creating and updating billing and accounting reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the program shuts down on its own for reasons unknown and needs to be restarted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Conflict searching, setting filters for time entry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface is difficult to teach end users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is pretty easy to use and quite intuitive. Makes billing and setting up fees that we charge for different services pretty easy. Customer service and support is responsive and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a pretty expensive product for smaller organizations. I do understand that bigger law firms would not mind the cost considering the ease of use, but for smaller organizations it may not be worth the trade in cost for time saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use, ability to input time, expenses and bill from one convenient program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The reports, would like them to be a little more user friendly and ability to modify a report to fit with our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juris is great for solo practitioners and law firms alike. Its ease of billing software is useful and intiutive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the layout of some of the features, but most of them are intuitively laid out and easy to use. I think there are some minor bugs that will be fixed in later editions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Used as a part of lexis advance. Very clear and easy to use like most Lexis services (though if you prefer Westlaw, you might not be used to the way Lexis is structured). Allows you to break down from broad to narrow with its filters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing too drastic - it is limited within the confines of the Lexis parameters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very easy to use and works similarly to Westlaw. Switching between Westlaw and Nexus is easy and If I owned my own firm I would go to Lexis if it was cheaper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not overall dislike anything about Lexis. Some of there secondary sources may be subpar to competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.