Three Reasons Why Your Law Practice Needs a Public Records Database

Three Reasons Why Your Law Practice Needs a Public Records Database

If you’re a legal professional, performing deep dives on individuals is part of the job. You need to gather comprehensive information on every person involved in the case, and that requires hours of research. Some legal professionals hire private investigators to help perform this research, and others do it themselves. But in law, time is … Read more

Three Tips on How to Cut Legal Research Costs

Three Tips on How to Cut Legal Research Costs

Legal research can be a tedious and costly, but it’s also a necessary and unavoidable task for any legal professional. There are numerous different elements involved in legal research, such as case research and fact research, and different ways you can go about gaining the information you need and begin building your arguments. Legal research software has provided … Read more

Free Webinar: Public & Private Records Research and Compliance

Recap Public & Private Records Research and Compliance

This webinar is now available on-demand. Register here and watch now! Facts matter – especially for lawyers who rely on factual data to build their cases and represent their clients. But with the seemingly endless amount of data available — from people search engines to skip tracing software — finding the right information and knowing … Read more

Using Investigative Data Platforms for Smarter Document Discovery

Using Investigative Data Platforms for Smarter Document Discovery

by Josh Taylor Smart document discovery means knowing your case inside and out before the documents start trickling in. It’s been quite a while since the last installment of our Guide to Investigative Data series, but the new year (especially one that’s not 2020) is the perfect time to change up your habits and deploy … Read more

Free Webinar: 5 Tips to Eliminate​ Surprises in Your Cases

Free Webinar - 5 Tips to Eliminate Surprises in Your Cases

This webinar is now available on-demand. Register here and watch now! When it comes to law, information is power. If you’re a legal professional, you need to walk into the courtroom knowing all the facts about the case so that there are no surprises later on. But finding all the facts, especially with billions of different records out … Read more

Free Webinar: New Legal Research Tools & Techniques for 2023

New Legal Research Tools 2021

This webinar is now available on-demand. Register here and watch now! With the vast amount of new and easy-to-use technology available for legal research, it’s time for legal professionals to leave traditional and costly legal research solutions in the past. So how do you start taking advantage of new legal research software to help your practice be more cost-effective and efficient? … Read more

Tracers Bar Member Benefits and Partnerships

Tracers Partnerships

Updated 1/7/2021 Tracers investigative research software has not only partnered with a number of new legal technology software vendors but also teamed up with local and state bar associations across the country to offer attorneys and members discounts on Tracers. Here’s a rundown of some of the new partnerships and member benefits programs. If your association … Read more

Gathering Data On (and For) Your Client

How to Gather Data For (and-On) Your Clients

by Josh Taylor Investigative Data Is a Necessity to Successful Lawyering In this series, which I am affectionately calling the “Lawyer’s Guide to Investigative Data,” I’ll explore how data and facts can make or break your case. A lawyer (or anyone for that matter) who is not armed with facts will surely lose almost every … Read more

Guide to Investigative Research Software

Investigative Research Software

The following in an excerpt from “The Ultimate Guide to Investigative Research Software” by Jared Correia, Esq. Click here to download the full 24-page guide. It’s clearer than ever that efficient law firms make the most money. In fact, a recent study showed that even a small increase in utilization rate (less than .5%) can allow a … Read more

Best Legal Research Software & Tools

A graphic depicting a woman standing on a pile of law books looking in the distance with two people looking up at her.

 Our lives have changed drastically over the last 20 years. A couple of decades ago smartphones weren’t so smart, social media didn’t run our lives, and quite simply, we relied significantly less on technology.  Our day-today lives and business operations were necessarily slower.   Today, our lives are much different than they used to be. We … Read more