Outlaw Practice vs SimpleLaw Document Automation

Outlaw Practice combines marketing, client intake, case management, billing, trust accounting, payments, and reporting in one platform for solo and small firms with 1–10 attorneys. During intake, it prompts firms to screen clients for conflicts and red flags. Campaigns and referral sources can be tracked through to the cases they produce. Starting a task starts its timer, and captured billable time is associated with the case. Billing supports hourly, flat, contingency, and hybrid arrangements. A secure client portal gives clients access to invoices, documents, and intake forms. Outlaw Payments connects payments to invoices and updates trust ledgers and receivables; operating and trust accounts can be linked through Plaid. Financial permissions can control who views financial information, takes payments, and generates invoices. The app can accept work offline and sync saved changes when a connection returns, but payments and data exports require a live connection. Firm data can be exported as CSV or JSON. The Outlaw Practice plan is $50 a month per user, billed monthly; a free trial is available, but there is no free plan.

SimpleLaw Document Automation helps law firms complete documents using custom fields and client-intake data. It supports Word and PDF files, with reusable templates that can be filled using stored case, custom-field, and intake information. Firms can create text, date, number, and paragraph fields, along with as many intake forms as needed. Clients complete forms through the portal or by email. SimpleLaw presents the web-based product as legal case-management software for law firms and attorneys, and lists client intake, messaging, secure document exchange, electronic signatures, online payments, and matter status updates. Its free Law Firm plan is described as a way to connect with potential leads. The two-week free trial precedes paid annual plans, listed at $59 a month for up to 39 users and $56 a month for 40 or more users; both include unlimited matters. The company offers personalized live web-based training, a video training library, and user support. SimpleLaw says customer data is segregated without a shared database and that files and data are encrypted. Its AWS hosting is described as ISO 27001-certified and SOC2 compliant; the company also states that its portal complies with HIPAA requirements and that communications are encrypted according to GDPR legislation.