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CORE Legal

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.6 /10

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What is CORE Legal?

CORE Legal streamlines your most common time and billing tasks to ensure that no billable time slips through the cracks. Significant industry-specific features allow you to make more informed decisions and efficiently manage your matters.

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CORE Legal Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

94 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

100

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 100%
Negotiation and Contract:: 75%
Conflict Resolution:: 91%
Strategy & Innovation:: 81%
Service Experience:: 75%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CORE Legal?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 88

Payments

Case Management

Billing and Invoice Management

Contact Management

Time Management

Accounting and Financial Management

Fee Management

Reporting Components

Expense Management

Financial Analysis

Trust Accounting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 89

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

CORE Legal Reviews

Levi O.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Comprehensive Suite for Legal Management

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates CORE Legal from other similar products?

Its strong integration with financial systems makes it ideal for companies like ours, ensuring that legal doesn’t operate in isolation from business operations

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Real-time dashboards keep us on top of deadlines and costs, which is essential in a high-stakes environment.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Navigating through some sections feels clunky, especially when you’re in a hurry. Additionally, the mobile app doesn’t always sync well with the desktop version, causing discrepancies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure your IT team evaluates the integration capabilities with your existing systems. Upfront alignment between legal and finance ensures a smoother onboarding process

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Aco F.

Role: Finance
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Effective Software

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates CORE Legal from other similar products?

The staffs of this tool is very knowledgeable

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The fees available are friendly and no hidden charges

What do you dislike most about this product?

The regular updates are not fully implemented

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Absolutely, I support

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Inspires Innovation

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Less Effective Service
Wastes Time

Joseph O.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Government
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Powerful Tool, Some Improvements

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CORE Legal from other similar products?

As a legal adviser who's used CORE Legal, I can say it stands out from other software due to its robust features and flexibility. Here are some key factors that differentiate it: Comprehensive Case Management CORE Legal's case management features are comprehensive, allowing me to efficiently manage cases, track progress, and collaborate with colleagues. Customization Options The software offers customization options that enable me to tailor it to my firm's specific needs, including custom workflows and templates.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of CORE Legal is its comprehensive case management feature, which allows me to efficiently manage cases, track progress, and collaborate with colleagues. This feature has significantly streamlined my workflow and improved productivity.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about CORE Legal is that the user interface can feel a bit clunky at times, and some features require a bit of a learning curve. Additionally, I wish it had more advanced automation capabilities and more seamless integration with certain third-party apps.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To someone considering CORE Legal, I would recommend: 1. Carefully evaluate your firm's specific needs and ensure the software meets those requirements. 2. Take advantage of training and support resources to maximize adoption. 3. Plan for implementation and customization. 4. Test integration with existing systems. 5. Consider scalability for future growth. By following these steps, law firms can effectively implement CORE Legal and achieve their goals.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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CORE Legal Ratings

94 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

93 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Payments Includes payment processing, multi-currency support, transaction updates, and online payments.

Case Management The solution provides the ability to create, manage, annotate, route and close service (or other cases). Claims resolution tracking.

Billing and Invoice Management Includes automated time capture, online bill submission, invoicing, and e-billing.

Contact Management Includes legal CRM, case and client history, and client portals.

Time Management Includes time tracking or recording, automatic timer, and timesheets.

Accounting and Financial Management Includes accounting and finance functions such as general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

Fee Management Includes fee structure, fee scheduling, and fee splitting rules.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Financial Analysis Includes out-of-the-box support for understanding costs and managing depreciation and budget; may include complex, logical "what if?" financial modeling.

Trust Accounting Includes client funds management, multi-financial accounts management, and fund tracking.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

CORE Legal Reviews

Levi O.

Comprehensive Suite for Legal Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Aco F.

Effective Software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Joseph O.

Powerful Tool, Some Improvements

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Payments

Case Management

Billing and Invoice Management

Contact Management

Time Management

Accounting and Financial Management

Fee Management

Reporting Components

Expense Management

Financial Analysis

Trust Accounting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration