Peer to Peer: ILTA's Quarterly Magazine
Issue link: https://epubs.iltanet.org/i/1489228
37 I L T A N E T . O R G D iagramming tax structures, business transactions and org charts is essential for many legal practitioners. It plays a key role in analyzing and problem solving, communicating and working collaboratively with a team of experts, and presenting strategies to clients in the clearest way possible. However, diagramming has also been a frustrating and inefficient experience. For decades, generic diagramming tools have been used for highly-specialized work by legal teams. As a result, there have been numerous hours of non-billable work, lengthy review and revision processes, and a lack of uniformity in the style of diagrams from one practitioner to the next within the organization. To drive new levels of efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness, law firms have adopted advanced technology in many areas - practice management, documentation, research, and litigation, to name a few. Diagramming should be no different. A purpose-built diagramming solution increases efficiency because it reduces non-billable hours spent on diagrams each week; allows practitioners to work collaboratively with ease; and provides uniformity in diagram quality across the firm. Even more important, with the added efficiency, practitioners can reduce the mental load it requires to diagram the important transactions and org structures for each client and file. All of this frees up time for the practitioner to focus on the high-level strategy that clients care most about. Blue J Diagramming is that purpose-built diagramming solution, designed by lawyers, for law firms. It is the simplest diagramming solution available to law firms today, reducing hours of work to minutes. Practitioners can leverage a user-friendly interface, pre- built Quick Start templates, and specialized tools for legal practitioners to create clear and engaging diagrams with ease. With its seamless collaboration experience, practitioners can also cut down on the number of emails, meetings, and calls complex diagrams may require. Here, we present the 5 key benefits for law firms of adopting an intelligent diagramming solution. An intelligent diagramming experience to optimize workflows When it comes to corporate diagramming, there are widely-accepted conventions for the shapes and labels that should be used. However, generic diagramming tools are so broad that they do not have these shapes and conventions readily available. For example, how should a hybrid partnership be structured or a single member LLC? Practitioners may need to reference past diagrams the firm has built to understand the conventions. At the same time, creating unique entities from scratch is onerous and time- consuming. With Blue J Diagramming, these conventions are built into the product and ready to drag and drop right onto the canvas. For example, if a partnership is in fact a foreign-hybrid partnership, users select that option in the drop down menu and the appropriate shape for such a partnership automatically appears. For any joining relationships or actions, these are also selected from a set of options that will display the corresponding lines and labels as needed. The workflow is intuitive and structured, streamlining the entire diagramming process for legal practitioners like never before. Driving productivity with pre-built templates With Blue J Diagramming, the aim is to provide practitioners with exactly what they need to complete their work quickly. To that end, users can get started