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Women in Legal Tech: Part I

Women are taking over the working world, and the female leaders in the legal tech space are no exception. Be on the lookout for these working women who inspire and empower within their industries and support other women to chase success in their own ventures!

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The Women of NextChapter

NextChapter is not your typical tech company—over half our team are females that serve in various roles from engineer to customer success. We're led by our female CEO Janine Sickmeyer and COO Mandy Ballinger. As a company, we're paving the way for other working women and supporting each other along the way.

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She Starts Up: Legal Tech Edition

Founder and CEO of NextChapter Janine Sickmeyer is taking her podcast She Starts Up in an exciting, new direction this season with NextChapter's Women Led Campaign. Janine started her podcast as part of her personal brand Mon'Amie Janine in order to share stories with other women and inspire working moms like herself.

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Meet the Team Monthly: Alexis Lkhagvadorj

This month, we're highlighting one of our software engineers, Alexis Lkhagvadorj! Alexis is an essential part of the NextChapter team as a full stack developer. Our informative website and intuitive application would be not be possible without all her hard work.

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Outsourcing for Lawyers

Imagine a perfect world where everyone's time is spent in the best and most efficient way possible. Every task that needs to get done would get done with ease and accuracy. This kind of world is achievable and the key to getting there is outsourcing. The hiring of remote workers is something that hasn't always been accepted, but nowadays it's getting more popular to hire employees that work virtually. Read on to see how outsourcing remotely could greatly benefit your law firm.

Published on Aug 01, 2019

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Fastcase Revives Print with Full Court Press

Fastcase is an industry-leading software designed to make legal research more comprehensive and intuitive. A complete nationwide law library, Fastcase has everything from case law and statutes to court rules and law review articles. The intuitive software democratizes legal services by allowing lawyers and law firms to move through their research smarter and faster.

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Bankruptcy Software for Petition Preparers

Petition preparers play a critical role in law firms as independent contractors, virtual paralegals, or virtual assistants. Working on behalf of an attorney, bankruptcy petition preparers gather essential bankruptcy documents, communicate with the debtor, and complete the bankruptcy packet for attorney review. With NextChapter, attorneys and their petition preparers can work together efficiently and seamlessly from intake to filing without ever leaving the app.

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Using NextChapter for Client and Firm Management

A streamlined workflow is key to enhancing your firm's overall management. Taking advantage of tools to help you organize leads and manage cases and clients is an essential step in automating your firm. NextChapter is an online bankruptcy software for the modern attorney that offers many different features to help with client and case management. Take a look at all the great ways NextChapter automates your firm management.