{"id":4575,"date":"2023-02-23T06:21:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/be.unicourt.net:9879\/site-blog\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2023-02-23T06:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:21:36","slug":"managed-services-providers-for-api-integrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicourt.com\/blog\/managed-services-providers-for-api-integrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices: Engaging Managed Services Providers to Build Your Firm\u2019s Legal Data API Integrations – Josh Blandi Writes in Attorney at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the growing maturity of managed services providers in the legal industry, law firms don\u2019t have to go it alone when integrating APIs and new data streams into their operations, and they are no longer limited by needing to hire a team of developers and data scientists to take advantage of the latest legal technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UniCourt is excited to share our CEO, Josh Blandi\u2019s second article in our three-part series published in Attorney at Work, \u201cBest Practices: Engaging Managed Services Providers to Build Your Firm\u2019s Legal Data API Integrations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first article in our series, “Why Lawyers Should Use Managed Services Providers for API Integrations<\/a>,” we talked about the advantages of lawyers leveraging managed services providers, or MSPs, and the top reasons law firms should consider hiring them to build the API integrations they need to modernize the way their law practice does business development, litigation strategy, and docket management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh\u2019s second article in this series goes into more depth on best practices for law firms seeking to work with MSPs and shares the top dos and don\u2019ts from two MSPs who have worked with law firm clients on building out API integrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Kevin Reinsch<\/a>, CEO and Lead Consultant of Switch Analytics<\/a>, and Joshua Watson<\/a>, Vice President of DreamBuilt Software<\/a>, share some great insights and practical tips for law firms using MSPs on how to handle budgeting appropriately, measuring ROI, data management, scalability, and other key topics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here below is an excerpt from our latest article in Attorney at Work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the impacts of an economic slowdown still not fully in the rearview mirror for law firms, it\u2019s important, now more than ever, to take advantage of advances in legal technology to streamline internal operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first article of this series, we looked at how lawyers can reimagine their firms with legal data APIs, the core reasons for using managed services providers, and the overall maturity of the MSP industry. We concluded there\u2019s no reason for law firms to sit on the sidelines when it comes to fully using legal tech since there are ready-to-use alternatives to hiring expensive teams of engineers and data scientists to make their API integrations a reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This second article provides a more holistic view of what it\u2019s like to work with MSPs to develop your firm\u2019s own API integrations. We will share the perspective of MSPs who have assisted law firms in automating manual processes and modernizing the way they ingest, process, and utilize data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Practices for Engaging Managed Services Providers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It takes two to tango in the context of a law firm engaging a managed services provider. If your law firm doesn\u2019t leverage best practices when engaging an MSP, you will not only waste precious resources but also likely miss out on the benefits API integrations can provide \u2014 namely, enhancing your firm\u2019s business development, competitive intelligence, litigation strategy and process automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a part of developing this post, we asked two MSPs with experience developing legal data API integrations for advice on how law firms can get the most from their relationship with an MSP \u2014 along with common pitfalls to avoid. Here are their top dos and don\u2019ts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dos and don\u2019ts from Kevin Reinsch, CEO and Lead Consultant of Switch Analytics.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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