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  • Configuring User Settings in Filevine
    • 12/18/24

    Configuring User Settings in Filevine

    In this video, Optimizer Kayla guides you through configuring your user settings in Filevine. You'll learn how to set up your profile, sync your calendar, manage notifications, and enhance security with two-factor authentication.

  • Webinar Follow-Up: QuickBooks Connect Q&A
    • 12/16/24

    Webinar Follow-Up: QuickBooks Connect Q&A

    Since we received so many great audience questions at our webinar "Simplify Your Finances with QuickBooks Connect and Filevine Payments," we held a follow-up interactive Q&A session on all things QBC. Still have questions, or want to know more about something we discussed here? Get help using QuickBooks and Filevine: https://financeskills.com/

  • Webinar: Simplify Your Finances with QuickBooks Connect
    • 12/10/24

    Webinar: Simplify Your Finances with QuickBooks Connect

    In this replay of our live webinar with Filevine, Optimizers Zac and Zoe delved into how you can use QuickBooks Connect to drastically streamline your finance workflows. We reviewed how to sync billable expenses and payments from Filevine to QuickBooks Online, how to automate batch transfers, how to manage transactions across multiple bank accounts, and more.

  • Lead Docket Free Help December: Tasks
    • 12/6/24

    Lead Docket Free Help December: Tasks

    In this replay of our December edition of live Lead Docket Free Help, Optimizers Erica and Eydi discussed how to manage tasks in Lead Docket and how you can set up customized templates for your firm's task workflows. Need more Lead Docket help? Chat with the Vineskills team to discover ways that we can optimize Lead Docket use at your firm: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket

  • How to Generate the Settlement Calculator in Filevine
    • 12/4/24

    How to Generate the Settlement Calculator in Filevine

    Optimizer Jordan demonstrates how to generate the Settlement Calculator for custom sections in Filevine, including static sections, collection sections, case summaries, settlement sections, and negotiation sections.

  • Lead Docket Basics: How to Delete a Lead
    • 12/2/24

    Lead Docket Basics: How to Delete a Lead

    In this video, Optimizer Erica shows you how to delete an unwanted lead with "rejected" or "lost" status with Lead Docket. Need more Lead Docket help? Connect with the Vineskills team of experts: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket

  • Outlaw: How to Approve or Deny Redlining
    • 11/28/24

    Outlaw: How to Approve or Deny Redlining

    In this Outlaw walkthrough, Optimizer Jordan demonstrates how to add, remove, and approve changes within a document, for better collaboration and clarity. She'll guide you through the steps of editing sections, approving specific changes, and even approving entire contracts.

  • New Feature: Lead Docket Dashboard Filter
    • 11/26/24

    New Feature: Lead Docket Dashboard Filter

    Have you seen Lead Docket's new feature, the Dashboard Filter? It can help you narrow down your leads based on specific criteria. Optimizer Erica offers a brief walkthrough of how it works, including how to filter by office and user.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine DocGens
    • 11/22/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine DocGens

    [WATCH TIME: 53 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays, Optimizers Derek and Jasmine covered the basics of DocGens in Filevine, from how to create them, to editing and saving, plus the next steps to take once your doc has been generated. Register to get the Zoom link for future Free Help Wednesdays: https://vineskills.com/free-help

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)
    • 11/15/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)

    [WATCH TIME: 47 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, we explored some of the basics of using FVDA and Outlaw. Optimizers Jordan and Jasmine went over document templates, editing, adding clauses, and some general tips and tricks.

  • Lead Docket Free Help November: New Features
    • 11/14/24

    Lead Docket Free Help November: New Features

    In this replay of our November edition of Lead Docket Free Help monthly, Optimizers Erica and Ivan reviewed some of the newest features available in Lead Docket, from advanced filtering options to lead management. Get expert help using Lead Docket from the Vineskills team: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket

  • Contingency Workflow in Filevine with the QuickBooks Connect Integration

    Contingency Workflow in Filevine with the QuickBooks Connect Integration

    Optimizer Zoe shows a walkthrough of the QuickBooks Connect integration with Filevine for contingency firms. This integration allows you to seamlessly push your expenses into QuickBooks and manage trust check requests. Learn more about QBC: https://vineskills.com/quickbooks-to-filevine

  • New Teams/Member Access Walkthrough
    • 11/6/24

    New Teams/Member Access Walkthrough

    In this video, Optimizer Kayla guides you through managing new member access in Filevine's setup menu, also known as "new teams." She explains how to navigate the Members, Teams, and Projects tabs, including adding, editing, and removing members and teams, as well as updating permissions, org access, and team assignments for members.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Feed, Task Management and Calendaring Best Practices
    • 11/5/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Feed, Task Management and Calendaring Best Practices

    [WATCH TIME: 49 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizers Derek and Jasmine covered the basic practices for managing your Filevine feed, tasks, and calendars to improve your firm's effectiveness and workflows. Register to get the Zoom link to join our next Free Help Wednesdays: https://vineskills.com/free-help

  • ProjectsAI: Sourcing, Linking, Editing and Side-by-Side Review
    • 10/29/24

    ProjectsAI: Sourcing, Linking, Editing and Side-by-Side Review

    In this Filevine walkthrough, Optimizer Jordan goes through source linking with AI fields and Projects AI, side-by-side analysis to compare the AI-generated output with the original document, as well as editing the final result.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management
    • 10/30/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management

    [WATCH TIME: 46 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Anna and Jasmine shared tips and best practices for managing your firm's documents in Filevine, how to use Docs+, as well as document and folder sharing.

  • Custom Chase Messages in Lead Docket
    • 10/28/24

    Custom Chase Messages in Lead Docket

    Personalizing the messages you send to leads can help improve conversion rates and avoid the dreaded "generic" messaging that many firms use. Optimizer Ivan shows how to set up custom chase messages in Lead Docket.

  • Creating an API Key for Filevine's Settlement Calculator
    • 10/23/24

    Creating an API Key for Filevine's Settlement Calculator

    API keys in Filevine allow you to integrate it with different tools. Optimizer Jordan shows off a quick demo of how to create an API key for the Settlement Calculator.

  • Filevine's new AI feature: side-by-side Doc Review
    • 10/18/24

    Filevine's new AI feature: side-by-side Doc Review

    Optimizer Kendall explains Filevine's new AI feature, side-by-side Doc Review. This feature allows you to compare a source document directly with its AI analysis side-by-side and make edits. Get expert help using Filevine AI: https://vineskills.com/projects-ai

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Deadline Chains and Taskflows
    • 10/17/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Deadline Chains and Taskflows

    [WATCH TIME: 43 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Amy and Jasmine showed off how you can use Filevine deadline chains and taskflows to maximize the efficiency of your workflows and ensure that critical dates are met. Sign up to get the link to join Free Help: https://vineskills.com/free-help

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting
    • 10/8/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizers Jacky and Jasmine covered the basics of using Filevine's Report Builder, from selecting the right report type to setting up columns and choosing the criteria, as well as how to export and share your report.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: October FAQs
    • 10/4/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: October FAQs

    In this replay of our October edition of Lead Docket Free Help Optimizer Shadae reviewed some questions we've received recently, including best practices for mapping data in Lead Docket to Filevine.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Litigation Best Practices
    • 9/30/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Litigation Best Practices

    [WATCH TIME: 47 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Vineskills Skills Director Nikki Landrio, and Optimizer Jasmine Knighten reviewed key best practices and tips for litigation firms using Filevine. Learn how to use sections effectively, allowing you to categorize files, tasks, events, and other items to keep everything organized logically, from pleadings to discovery, court events, and more.

  • Implementing Leads AI: a step-by-step DIY guide
    • 9/27/24

    Implementing Leads AI: a step-by-step DIY guide

    In this video, Optimizer Ivan walks you through the steps required to implement the new Leads AI in Lead Docket. There's no implementation fee for this feature. Follow along, and if you need any help in the process, don't hesitate to reach out to us: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)
    9/25/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Jasmine and Jordan went over the basics of Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA) for front-end users and reviewed how Admin users can set up templates on the backend.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Fusions
    • 9/24/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Fusions

    [WATCH TIME: 46 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help, Optimizers Derek and Jasmine explain the basics of creating a Fusion report in Filevine. We reviewed general formatting, basic formulas, and common pitfalls, and answered audience questions in real time.

  • Lead Docket Training: Leads AI
    • 9/23/24

    Lead Docket Training: Leads AI

    In this video, Ivan explains the new feature Leads AI, available now in Lead Docket. It helps you summarise key elements of lead information and predict the likelihood of the lead generating a fee—all with very high accuracy. He shares some use cases we have seen and how to set up this feature.

  • Filevine's New Protected Sections: 3 Different Views
    • 9/17/24

    Filevine's New Protected Sections: 3 Different Views

    Filevine's new protected sections allow you to limit user access and permissions based on what you'd like each user to be able to see and do. Optimizer Sarah shows you how it works and takes you through a few different user views.

  • How to Set Up Filevine's New Protected Sections
    • 9/16/24

    How to Set Up Filevine's New Protected Sections

    In this video, Optimizer Sarah guides you through setting up Filevine's new feature, Protected Sections. She explains how to protect sections, who can manage this feature, and how it impacts user access. Watch to learn how to secure your sections effectively!

  • Lead Docket Training: How to Check Your Opportunities
    • 9/3/24

    Lead Docket Training: How to Check Your Opportunities

    One of the most frequently asked questions we get is, "My vendor said they sent me an opportunity, but I can't find it. Where is it?" In this video, we show you how to find past opportunities that may have been disregarded or turned into leads. This is especially useful for setting up vendors and integrations.

  • 3 Things You Didn't Know Lead Docket Could Do 🤯
    • 8/30/24

    3 Things You Didn't Know Lead Docket Could Do 🤯

    How well do you know Lead Docket? Even advanced users may be surprised to learn a few of these little-known tricks. Optimizer Ivan shows you 3 things you didn't know your Lead Docket could do!

  • Lead Docket Payments
    • 8/22/24

    Lead Docket Payments

    In this quick walkthrough, Optimizer Ivan shows off the new Lead Docket Payments feature, including how to configure it and some possible use cases to consider. Note that you'll need to have Filevine Payments set up in order to use this feature.

  • Lead Docket Training: Status Required Fields
    • 8/20/24

    Lead Docket Training: Status Required Fields

    Lead Docket expert Ivan demonstrates how to use and set up a new feature called Status Required Fields; it's a very useful tool for ensuring data integrity and that no fields are missed.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine DocGens
    • 8/16/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine DocGens

    [WATCH TIME: 52 MINUTES] Optimizers Jasmine and Danielle reviewed the basics of using Filevine DocGens in this replay of our weekly live Free Help session. They showed how DocGens appear and work within Filevine projects and how to build them on the back end.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows in Filevine
    • 8/9/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 48 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays, Vineskills Director of Skills, Nikki, and Optimizers Val and Jasmine went through the basics of using deadline chains and taskflows in Fileine to work more effectively for both front and back-end users.

  • Walkthrough of Trust Account Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    Walkthrough of Trust Account Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    CFO Zac shows a quick video demonstration of the QuickBooks Connect Trust Account functionality section in Filevine, which can help with any projects that require a trust balance (for example, a retainer for time and billing firms, or settlement funds for a contingency firm).

  • Understanding Obsolete Fields in Filevine
    • 7/30/24

    Understanding Obsolete Fields in Filevine

    If you've noticed that Filevine has been running slowly, it may be because you have too many obsolete fields. Optimizer Laurie explains why this occurs and how Vineskills can help in this quick overview.

  • Periscope by Domo Demo
    • 7/29/24

    Periscope by Domo Demo

    Optimizer Amanda gives a walkthrough of the standard dashboards and cards set up for Periscope implementation, which pulls in data from Filevine reports so you can visualize your firm's key metrics.

  • QuickBooks Connect: Expense Request Demo

    QuickBooks Connect: Expense Request Demo

    CFO Zac shows off a demo of the expense request feature in QuickBooks Connect. This feature can save your team a ton of time by eliminating double entries between Filevine and QuickBooks. It allows you to record expenses, like case costs or bills, and then push that transaction into QuickBooks to be reconciled or, in the case of a check, printed and paid out.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine's Customs Editor
    • 7/18/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine's Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 57 MINUTES] In this Free Help Wednesdays replay, Optimizers Jasmine and Derek covered some of the most common customizations for project sections using Filevine's Customs Editor, including editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields.

  • QuickBooks Connect: Filevine Payments & Project Funds

    QuickBooks Connect: Filevine Payments & Project Funds

    CFO Zac offers a quick demo of our new QuickBooks Connect feature set. It works seamlessly with Filevine's Time and Billing tool, so you can use Filevine as your one-stop, stand-alone billing solution.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Live Filevine AI Training
    • 7/11/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Live Filevine AI Training

    In this replay of a very special edition of Free Help Wednesdays, we were joined by Madison Doyle, Enterprise Sales Engineer at Filevine, for a live demo of how to use their AI suite of tools to work more efficiently, reduce human error, and ultimately, allow your firm to handle more cases. Learn more about Filevine AI and get started with help from Vineskills: https://vineskills.com/projects-ai

  • Tagging in Filevine
    • 7/9/24

    Tagging in Filevine

    Tags are labels you can assign to many items across Filevine to help with categorization, searching, and reporting data. Optimizer Jen offers some best practices and ways to use tags in Filevine, from your activity feeds to customer communication, documents, and more.

  • Related Cases in Filevine
    • 7/4/24

    Related Cases in Filevine

    From time to time, you may need to connect companion cases together in Filevine (for example, when your firm is representing two individuals who are involved in the same accident). You can do this by using related cases, which links two Filevine projects together — Optimizer Danielle shows how in this quick walkthrough.

  • Case study: Shervin Lalezary, The Law Brothers
    • 6/28/24

    Case study: Shervin Lalezary, The Law Brothers

    What's it like working with Vineskills? Litigator Shervin Lalezary, co-founder of the LA-based personal injury firm The Law Brothers, joined us at our annual team retreat to talk to the team about his Vineskills experience.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: High-Volume Reporting in Filevine
    • 6/25/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: High-Volume Reporting in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 47 MINUTES] This replay of a past live Free Help session covered everything you need to know about high-volume reports in Filevine, including choosing criteria and template creation, as well as sharing reports, creating auto-reporting schedules, and more.

  • Case study: Nick Movagar, M&Y Personal Injury Lawyers
    • 6/19/24

    Case study: Nick Movagar, M&Y Personal Injury Lawyers

    "I don't view them as a vendor; I view them as a partner." Nick Movagar of M&Y Personal Injury Lawyers chats about his experience working with Vineskills and how his firm leverages automations to eliminate errors and ensure that critical dates, like the statute of limitations, are never missed.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)
    • 6/14/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)

    [WATCH TIME: 27 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizer Jordan went through key tips and tricks for Filevine Docs Assembly (FVDA) for front-end users, as well as how admin users can set up templates.

  • Assigning Teams in Filevine
    • 6/11/24

    Assigning Teams in Filevine

    Optimizer Danielle goes through how to assign Teams within Filevine and shows you how to update settings to ensure that each team member has been given the appropriate role.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Fusions 101
    • 6/10/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Fusions 101

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays, we dove into the basics of creating a Fusion report in Filevine. Learn about the best practices for general formatting, the basic and essential formulas you should know, and how to avoid some of the most common pitfalls.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Automations and Suggestions for Better Workflows
    • 6/5/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: Automations and Suggestions for Better Workflows

    In this replay of our June edition of Lead Docket Free Help, Ivan demoed some of the most useful automations you can set up in Lead Docket to simplify workflows and streamline lead management.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine feed, task management, and calendaring best practices
    • 5/28/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine feed, task management, and calendaring best practices

    [WATCH TIME: 52 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help, our experts Jackie and Jasmine went through some tried-and-true best practices to keep in mind for most effectively managing your feed, tasks, and calendars in Filevine.

  • How to Clear Cached Images and Files from Your Browser
    • 5/21/24

    How to Clear Cached Images and Files from Your Browser

    In this video, Optimizer Frances shows how to access browser settings to clear cached images and files from your browser (it's essential to do this regularly to ensure that platforms like Filevine run smoothly). If you ever encounter any issues or odd behavior, support at Filevine will likely ask you to clear your cache as a first step—so here's how it's done!

  • Free Help Wednesdays: High-Volume Reporting
    • 5/16/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: High-Volume Reporting

    [WATCH TIME: 40 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Jasmine and Anna covered everything you need to know about high-volume reports in Filevine, including choosing criteria and template creation, sharing reports, and creating auto-report schedules.

  • Creating a New Project in Filevine
    • 5/13/24

    Creating a New Project in Filevine

    Optimizer Danielle shows you how to create a new project in Filevine, including some tips and best practices to follow.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Automations
    • 5/10/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Automations

    [WATCH TIME: 42 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, our experts Suzy and Frances explained some of the most useful automations you can set up for Filevine, and how you can leverage them to improve your firm's workflows and boost efficiency.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Communicating Effectively with Leads
    • 5/8/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: Communicating Effectively with Leads

    In this replay of our live May edition of Lead Docket Free Help monthly, Optimizers Ivan and Eydi offered tips, tricks, and best practices for communicating more effectively with your leads to maximize results. Explore how our team of experts can help you make the very most of your Lead Docket: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket

  • Best Practices for Managing Contacts in Filevine
    • 4/30/24

    Best Practices for Managing Contacts in Filevine

    Your firm needs to maintain a clean, accurate contact database in Filevine to stay up-to-date and organized. Optimizer Danielle discusses some best practices for adding and managing your firm's contacts in Filevine.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Using DocGens in Filevine
    • 4/25/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Using DocGens in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 27 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizers Jasmine and Jacky went over the basics of DocGens in Filevine. They covered how to create DocGens, how to edit and save, as well as the next steps to take once your document has been generated.

  • Managing Calendars in Filevine
    • 4/23/24

    Managing Calendars in Filevine

    Optimizer Danielle goes through the basics of managing calendars in Filevine, including both project and individual user calendars (from how to sync your Google or Outlook calendar with the one in Filevine, to editing calendar events, and more).

  • Free Help Wednesday: using Filevine's Customs Editor
    • 4/19/24

    Free Help Wednesday: using Filevine's Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 51 MINUTES] Up your project management game with Filevine's Customs Editor! This replay of a past live Free Help session covered everything you need to know about the Customs Editor. Optimizer Jasmine reviewed how to customize your project sections by editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields, plus some of the most commonly used customizations.

  • Outlaw: Footnote Variable
    • 4/10/24

    Outlaw: Footnote Variable

    Optimizer Jordan shows off a quick demo of how to add a footnote variable to your Outlaw documents, such as demand letters or contracts.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management
    • 4/9/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this edition of Free Help, Optimizers Jasmine and Derek showed off best practices for managing documents in Filevine, including some of the features available through Docs+, and reviewed helpful how-tos like document and folder sharing.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: LD Integrations (native, custom, opportunity)
    • 4/4/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: LD Integrations (native, custom, opportunity)

    In this replay of our April edition of our monthly Lead Docket Free Help, Optimizers Ivan, Shadae, and Eydi went through some key LD integrations, from native integrations to opportunity pushes, as well as custom setups using the open API.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Deadlines and Taskflows in Filevine
    • 4/2/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Deadlines and Taskflows in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 48 MINUTES] In this replay of a Free Help Wednesdays session, we reviewed the basics of how to use deadline chains & taskflows in Filevine in order to make your firm’s workflows more efficient. We covered tips for both front-end and Admin users.

  • DemandsAI: Adding Helpful Case Notes
    • 3/21/24

    DemandsAI: Adding Helpful Case Notes

    Optimizer Erica goes through how to use the notes section of your DemandsAI template, so you can include notes and comments for each demand, outlining relevant information for your firm and case. Learn more about using DemandsAI and get expert help from the Vineskills team: https://vineskills.com/demands-ai

  • DemandsAI: Resizing Photos for Demands
    • 3/19/24

    DemandsAI: Resizing Photos for Demands

    Optimizer Erica shows off a step-by-step guide on how to resize your photos to enter them into demand letters using Filevine's DemandsAI.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting Basics
    • 3/14/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting Basics

    [WATCH TIME: 39 MINUTES] Optimizers Jordan and Jen take you through everything you need to know about reporting in Filevine in this replay of a live past Free Help Wednesdays session. They covered all of the basic features, how to set up criteria in the report builder, as well as how to save, export, and share your reports.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Using Custom Fields in Intake + New Features
    • 3/8/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: Using Custom Fields in Intake + New Features

    [WATCH TIME: 42 MINUTES] Learn how to use Lead Docket’s custom fields in your intake process and get an overview of some of the newest features in this replay of our March edition of Lead Docket Free Help.

  • ProjectsAI + FVDA Demo from Vineskills
    • 3/6/24

    ProjectsAI + FVDA Demo from Vineskills

    Optimizer Kayla demos ProjectsAI + FVDA, allowing your team to use generative AI to create demands at the click of a button. ProjectsAI includes AIFields, SidebarAI, and AI Document Review — when paired with FVDA, you can supercharge your demands process by leveraging the power of AI to automate demands and drastically reduce the time required to generate them.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions
    • 3/4/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions

    [WATCH TIME: 44 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizers Jasmine and Derek (our internal Excel expert) went over the basics of Fusions in Filevine. They offered some tips and tricks, from how to set up your default report templates to troubleshooting common issues.

  • Webinar: How to Put Filevine's AI Tools to Work for Your Firm
    • 2/29/24

    Webinar: How to Put Filevine's AI Tools to Work for Your Firm

    From automating demand generation to summarizing and extracting key data from project documents — and a whole lot more — AI can help your firm be more effective and cost-efficient. In this replay of a live webinar, we explored Filevine’s new AI suite of features and solutions, including a demo of a few common time-saving workflows with AIFields, AIDoc Review, SidebarAI, and DemandsAI. Learn more: https://vineskills.com/projects-ai

  • Free Help Wednesdays: DocGen Basics
    • 2/22/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: DocGen Basics

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help, Optimizers Jasmine and Danielle went over the basics of DocGens in Filevine. They covered where to place put your DocGens template widget with the Customs Editor, how data gets pulled in that is client or project-specific, and how to generate your documents.

  • AI Doc Review Demo
    • 2/19/24

    AI Doc Review Demo

    Optimizer Kendall goes through an overview of Filevine's AI Doc Review and a step-by-step walkthrough of how it works. Learn more and get help using and implementing Filevine's AI tools here: https://vineskills.com/projects-ai

  • SidebarAI Demo
    • 2/16/24

    SidebarAI Demo

    Optimizer Jen shows off a quick demo of Filevine's SidebarAI.

    Learn more and get help using and implementing Filevine's AI tools here: https://vineskills.com/projects-ai

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)
    • 2/12/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA)

    [WATCH TIME: 49 MINUTES] In this replay of a past Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Jordan and Jasmine went over some Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA) and Outlaw basics, how to add and pull in different variables, and even touched on Filevine's new Settlement Calculator.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Advanced Uses
    • 2/8/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: Advanced Uses

    In this replay of our February edition of Lead Docket Free Help, we covered tips and tricks to help you take your Lead Docket to the next level using simple tools to do things you may not have thought were doable, from Filevine phase mapping to integrating your LD with Slack, and more.

  • Outlaw: Conditionalities and Columns
    • 2/7/24

    Outlaw: Conditionalities and Columns

    Optimizer Jordan goes through some formatting basics for using columns in Outlaw, and what happens when you try to add conditional logic to columns (spoiler: you can't, it only works for paragraphs!).

  • How to Set Up Filevine Notifications for Slack
    • 1/29/24

    How to Set Up Filevine Notifications for Slack

    Founder and CEO Troy shows a quick walkthrough of how to set up Filevine notifications for Slack. You can choose the appropriate channel, and you'll receive a notification and Filevine link right within Slack alerting you to priority items.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Task Flows and Deadline Chains
    • 1/26/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Task Flows and Deadline Chains

    [WATCH TIME: 39 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, we reviewed the basics of how to use task flows and create deadline chains in Filevine to help you track important due dates, automate reminders, and more. View upcoming topics and register to join Free Help: https://vineskills.com/free-help

  • Outlaw: Variable Types
    • 1/25/24

    Outlaw: Variable Types

    In this Outlaw walkthrough, Optimizer Jordan gives an overview of the range of variable types that you can put into an Outlaw template, their different use cases, and how to build them into your template.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Time and Billing in Filevine
    • 1/18/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Time and Billing in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 38 MINUTES] In this replay of a past Free Help session, we delved into how to use the Time and Billing feature to improve your firm’s day-to-day workflows, including covering the basics for front-end users and how to bill time differently throughout Filevine.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Periscope 2.0
    • 1/11/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Periscope 2.0

    [WATCH TIME: 49 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, we went through an all-things setup session of Periscope 2.0. We chatted about how to review your Filevine templates for the necessary data points to create base reports, how to connect those reports to your S3 bucket, and how to connect S3 to DOMO.

  • Adding a Conversation to a Project Activity Feed in Filevine
    • 1/10/24

    Adding a Conversation to a Project Activity Feed in Filevine

    Want to add a conversation from your Sidebar in Filevine to a Project's Activity feed? Optimizer Amy takes you through a quick how-to tutorial.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Reporting 101
    • 1/4/24

    Free Help Wednesdays: Reporting 101

    [WATCH TIME: 40 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, we covered high-volume reports, including choosing criteria and template creation. We also discussed how you can share reports, and how to create auto-report schedules.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: LD FAQs
    • 1/3/24

    Lead Docket Free Help: LD FAQs

    [WATCH TIME: 40 MINUTES] In this replay of our live January edition of Lead Docket Free Help, we tackled some of the most frequently asked questions about using Lead Docket, from "what are Wanted Leads?" to how to set up Leads Reports and more.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor
    • 12/20/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 47 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizer Jasmine explained how to navigate the Customs Editor to enhance your project management game. We went over how to customize your project sections by editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields, as well as some of the most common customizations.

  • How to Add and Manage Users in QuickBooks Online

    How to Add and Manage Users in QuickBooks Online

    Finance Optimizer Toogii offers a quick tutorial on how admins can add and manage their team's users in QuickBooks Online, as well as set up individual user permissions.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Lead Docket + Filevine Mapping and Connection
    • 12/12/23

    Lead Docket Free Help: Lead Docket + Filevine Mapping and Connection

    This replay of a past live Lead Docket Free Help session focused on how Filevine and Lead Docket work together, from how to map data and connect the tools to how to troubleshoot some of the most common problems you may run into.

  • Webinar: How to Scale Up Your Firm with Automated Communication
    • 12/7/23

    Webinar: How to Scale Up Your Firm with Automated Communication

    Automating communication can help you educate and engage clients at every stage of their legal journey while freeing up precious time for your team to take on more strategic work. Attorney and Optimizer Derek Hoffman and Hona Co-Founder Matt McClellan cover everything you need to know, including tips and tools to send messages, texts, drip campaigns, and more to your clients.

  • Lead Docket Dashboard Overview
    • 12/5/23

    Lead Docket Dashboard Overview

    Optimizer Ivan explores the Lead Docket Dashboard and shows an overview of its features and functionalities. Learn more and get started with the Dashboard: https://vineskills.com/lead-docket-dashboard

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Taskflows and Deadline Chains
    • 11/30/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Taskflows and Deadline Chains

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a live Free Help Wednesdays session, we covered the basics of using deadline chains and taskflows in Filevine. We went over the best practices for front-end users and how Admin Users can set them up.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting
    • 11/28/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, we reviewed the basics of creating a report in Filevine, including setting the criteria. We discussed how you can easily share reports, as well as how to set up your auto-reporting schedules.

  • FVDA: How to Sort a Collection Section Table
    • 11/20/23

    FVDA: How to Sort a Collection Section Table

    Optimizer Jordan shows a brief overview of how you can easily sort a collection section table in Filevine with FVDA.

  • FVDA: How to Send Out Completed Documents (Text, Email and Share Link)
    • 11/17/23

    FVDA: How to Send Out Completed Documents (Text, Email and Share Link)

    Optimizer Jordan offers a brief walkthrough of how to send out completed FVDA documents, including options for sharing via texting from Filevine, email, or link.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Feed, Task Management, and Calendaring
    • 11/16/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Feed, Task Management, and Calendaring

    [WATCH TIME: 52 MINUTES] In this replay of a live Free Help session, Optimizers Jasmine and Derek went over the best practices you need to know to effectively use your feed, tasks, and calendars in Filevine so you can boost your firm's efficiency and stay organized.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Tags and Communication in Filevine
    • 11/14/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Tags and Communication in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, we went over how to manage and organize tags, as well as the best practices to keep in mind for communication in Filevine and how law firms can leverage it for more efficient internal communication.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting
    • 10/26/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help session, Optimizers Jasmine and Amanda explored how to build reports in Filevine. We chatted about how to share reports with other stakeholders and how to create auto-report schedules.

  • FVDA: How to Download a Generated Document
    • 11/7/23

    FVDA: How to Download a Generated Document

    Optimizer Jordan gives a brief walkthrough of how to download or export your finalized document using FVDA.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Advanced Reporting
    • 11/3/23

    Lead Docket Free Help: Advanced Reporting

    In this replay of our November edition of Lead Docket Free Help, Optimizers Ivan and Eydi reviewed everything you need to know about LD reporting to get better visibility and the insights you need to improve your marketing and intake efficiency.

  • FVDA: How to Set Up Custom Headers and Letterhead
    • 11/2/23

    FVDA: How to Set Up Custom Headers and Letterhead

    Optimizer Jordan goes through how to set up custom headers and letterhead with FVDA.

  • FVDA: How to Set Up Custom Footers
    • 11/1/23

    FVDA: How to Set Up Custom Footers

    Optimizer Jordan shows you how to set up custom footers with Filevine Document Assembly (FVDA).

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor
    10/31/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 48 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays session, we learned about navigating the Customs Editor to up your project management game. We reviewed how to customize project sections by editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields and covered some of the most common customizations.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Periscope
    • 10/30/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Periscope

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this replay of a live Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizer Stephanie took us through the basics of Periscope 2.0, including setup. She went over how to review your Filevine templates for the necessary data points to create base reports, connecting those reports to your S3 bucket using the data connector, and connecting S3 to DOMO.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Time and Billing in Filevine
    • 10/26/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Time and Billing in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 47 MINUTES] In this replay of a past Free Help Wednesdays live session, we chatted about how to bill time differently throughout Filevine to enhance your team’s day-to-day workflows. We covered the basics of using the Time and Billing feature in Filevine for front-end users.

  • Applying Trust Retainer Amounts Against an Invoice Manually

    Applying Trust Retainer Amounts Against an Invoice Manually

    If you're billing from Filevine and pushing invoices into QuickBooks, you can apply a trust retainer manually if your trust balance is lower than the invoice. In this video, Zac offers a walkthrough of exactly how to apply a trust retainer amount against an invoice manually.

  • Quickbooks Connect: Auto-Apply Trust Feature

    Quickbooks Connect: Auto-Apply Trust Feature

    Zac shows a walkthrough of the QuickBooks Connect auto-apply trust feature. When you push a Filevine invoice into QuickBooks, the integration applies the positive trust balance against the invoice, marking it as paid and subtracting it from the total trust balance in QuickBooks.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine AMA
    • 10/19/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine AMA

    [WATCH TIME: 51 MINUTES] In this replay of a past Free Help Wednesdays session, Optimizers Derek and Jasmine answered live audience questions and chatted about a wide range of Filevine-related topics, from DocGens to Workato, the Customs Editor, and more.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: FVDA Tips and Tricks
    • 10/12/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: FVDA Tips and Tricks

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this replay of a live Free Help session, Optimizer Jordan covered the essential tips and tricks you need to know about Filevine document assembly (FVDA) for both front-end and admin users.

  • DemandsAI: Best Practices Template Overview  & Outlaw Template Connection
    • 10/10/23

    DemandsAI: Best Practices Template Overview & Outlaw Template Connection

    In this video, Vineskills DemandsAI team members Kayla and Jordan review the Vineskills DemandsAI best practices template. They also share the process of connecting Outlaw's template to Filevine to generate a demand using AI in combination with your Filevine data.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Document Templates
    • 10/5/23

    Lead Docket Free Help: Document Templates

    In our October edition of Lead Docket Free Help Monthly, experts Schadae and Eydi reviewed the basics of setting up auto-generated documents in Lead Docket and Vinesign.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows
    • 10/5/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows

    [WATCH TIME: 42 MINUTES] In this replay of a past Free Help Wednesdays session, we chatted about streamlining your firm’s workflows with Filevine taskflows and deadline chains. We went through the basics of using deadline chains and taskflows for front-end users and how Admin Users can set them up.

  • Outlaw: How to Add In a Total within a Collection Section Table
    • 10/2/23

    Outlaw: How to Add In a Total within a Collection Section Table

    In this Outlaw walkthrough, Optimizer Jordan shows you first how to add in a collection section table, and then how to add in a total within your collection section table that pulls together all of your collection section items in one column.

  • How to Set Up Calculated Variables with Outlaw and FVDA
    • 9/29/23

    How to Set Up Calculated Variables with Outlaw and FVDA

    Optimizer Jordan explains how to use Outlaw and FVDA variables in your templates. She demonstrates how to add Outlaw variables and set them to different values, how to create calculated fields using these variables, and how to perform basic calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. She also takes you through the process of pulling in FEDA variables and using them in your formulas.

  • Webinar: Supercharge Your Firm's Efficiency with AIFields
    • 9/28/23

    Webinar: Supercharge Your Firm's Efficiency with AIFields

    In this webinar replay, Juliette Faraone, Product Owner at Filevine, joined Optimizer Kendall and Founder Troy to take us through Filevine's exciting new feature, AIFields, and offer a live demo of exactly how it works.

    AIFields can help your firm summarize and extract key information from documents and other project files so you can save time, do more accurate fact-checking, and refocus your team's energy on more strategic work.

  • Case Costs by Project Report in QuickBooks Online

    Case Costs by Project Report in QuickBooks Online

    Zac shows you how to generate and save a customer report in QuickBooks Online. This allows you to organize your case costs by client, so you can pull that report whenever you need it and it will reflect accurate data.

  • Disaggregating an Expense by Case in QuickBooks Online

    Disaggregating an Expense by Case in QuickBooks Online

    Zach explains the QuickBooks Connect integration and how it can streamline case costs and trust transactions. By initiating transactions in QuickBooks, you can have multiple line items for a single check or expense, with each assigned to a different client. He'll demonstrate how to draft a check with multiple line items, show you how the integration ensures that the amounts are properly allocated to specific cases, and how it seamlessly syncs with Filevine for accurate balances.

  • Walkthrough of Expense Request Functionality for Contingency Firms

    Walkthrough of Expense Request Functionality for Contingency Firms

    Zac shows you how to use the QuickBooks Connect Expense Request feature in Filevine, which allows you to choose from 3 different transaction types — check, credit card, or bill — and push expense requests directly into QuickBooks.

  • Walkthrough of Case Costs Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    Walkthrough of Case Costs Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    In this video walkthrough for contingency firms, CFO Zac explains the QuickBooks Connect feature for case costs. He went through how it works in QuickBooks, how it looks in Filevine, and how client balances are organized in QuickBooks.

  • Walkthrough of Trust Check Request Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    Walkthrough of Trust Check Request Functionality in QuickBooks Connect

    In this video, Zac will show you how to use the Trust Check Request feature. It gives Filevine users the ability to draft checks from within Filevine, which are then pushed into QuickBooks Connect to be printed and subsequently mailed out. This method allows for funds to be dispersed directly from your trust funds or settlement funds.

  • Outlaw: How to Redline, Edit and Comment on Documents
    • 9/19/23

    Outlaw: How to Redline, Edit and Comment on Documents

    Optimizer Jordan walks you through how to redline, edit, and comment on a document and the notifications that contract users get. Who can suggest, approve, and reject edits? Jordan will take you through some of these document basics.

  • Outlaw: How to Build Your Clause Library
    • 9/18/23

    Outlaw: How to Build Your Clause Library

    Optimizer Jordan shows you how to building your Clause Library in Outlaw. In generated documents that you wish to add a clause into, you can start in the title area of the section, add a "/" forward slash (which will activate your clause library), then search the phrase of your clause and hit enter once you find the clause you want to add to your library.

  • Previewing Data in Outlaw
    • 9/18/23

    Previewing Data in Outlaw

    In this Outlaw walkthrough, Optimizer Jordan shows a couple of different ways to use the "preview as" button to see how data is going to be pulled in, and explains how to do it with both Web Flow and PDF.

  • Filevine Hide/Reveal Section Automation
    • 9/19/23

    Filevine Hide/Reveal Section Automation

    Optimizer Suzy shows you a Workato automation that can hide or reveal a section in your Filevine project, depending on your needs. It helps keep your projects as simple as possible so they're easy to navigate and use. If you're interested in implementing this, reach out for a consultation with our automation team: https://vineskills.com/get-started

  • Filevine Automation: Simple SOL Calculation
    • 9/18/23

    Filevine Automation: Simple SOL Calculation

    In this demo, Optimizer Suzy shows you how to use Filevine Automations to calculate the statute of limitations (SOL) for a case. The automation automatically calculates the SOL date and updates it in the case summary by inputting the incident date. She explains why the SOL date may be on the 29th instead of the 30th and how we can customize the calculation to fit your practice's needs.

  • Filevine/Workato Spreadsheet Automation Demo
    • 9/15/23

    Filevine/Workato Spreadsheet Automation Demo

    Optimizer Suzy shows you a spreadsheet automation that uses Workato to convert Google Sheets rows into Filevine projects. She built an automation that uses a template folder in Google Drive to house the sheets. The automation process starts by copying the template into a "to run" folder, which is processed and moved to a "completed" folder. If you’re interested in implementing this automation, schedule a time to chat with us here: https://vineskills.com/get-started

  • Vineskills Team Retreat April 2023
    • 9/14/23

    Vineskills Team Retreat April 2023

    In April 2023, Vineskills had our very first team retreat at Strange Farms in Georgia. We had a wonderful time getting to know one another in person and collaborating in work sessions. Of course, we also ate a ton of good food — and did some very bad karaoke. Check out this recap of our week.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor
    • 9/8/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 48 MINUTES] In this replay of a past live Free Help Wednesdays, we chatted about how to navigate using the Customs Editor to up your project management game. We went over how to customize project sections by editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields and covered some of the most common customizations.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Managing Chase Leads
    • 9/7/23

    Lead Docket Free Help: Managing Chase Leads

    In this replay of our September monthly Lead Docket Free Help, we covered about the best practices and the most common mistakes surrounding managing your Lead Docket Chase leads. To sign up for future sessions, visit our Free Help page here: https://vineskills.com/free-help/#ld-free-help

  • Using Expensify to Collect Advanced Case Costs

    Using Expensify to Collect Advanced Case Costs

    In this video, Vineskills CFO and QuickBooks Connect Lead Zac walks you through an example of an advanced case costs charge from the initial charge, to the Expensify workflow and QuickBooks, and lastly into Filevine.

  • Outlaw: Troubleshooting Clauses with FV Connected Fields That Are Pulling in Red
    • 8/28/23

    Outlaw: Troubleshooting Clauses with FV Connected Fields That Are Pulling in Red

    In this video, Optimizer Jordan explains why your clause template may not be pulling in the right data, shows you how to make sure your template is active and searchable in the clause library. She also demonstrates how to properly insert a clause into your template and troubleshoot issues with connected variables, as well as how to connect your template to Filevine and resolve any missing reference sections.

  • Outlaw: How to Generate a Document in Filevine Using FVDA
    • 8/25/23

    Outlaw: How to Generate a Document in Filevine Using FVDA

    Optimizer Jordan guides you through the process of generating a document using FVDA. She'll show you how to navigate to a section, choose a template, and customize the file name, as well as how to fill in client information and generate the document.

  • Saving Emails and Documents Into a Filevine Project Using the Outlook Mobile App
    • 8/18/23

    Saving Emails and Documents Into a Filevine Project Using the Outlook Mobile App

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you how to save emails and documents into a Filevine project, so they're easy to find and always associated with the relevant project, using the Outlook app for your mobile phone.

  • Filevine AIFields Demo
    • 8/15/23

    Filevine AIFields Demo

    In this video, Optimizer Kayla takes you through Filevine's new AIFields and shows you how two use case examples — Police Reports and Medical Records Analyses — are reviewed.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions
    • 8/11/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this Free Help Wednesday replay, Optimizers Derek and Jasmine went through all of the basics you need to know about creating Fusion reports in Filevine, as well as general formatting tips, essential formulas, and common pitfalls.

  • How to Access Free Classes with Filevine University
    • 8/8/23

    How to Access Free Classes with Filevine University

    Looking to up your Filevine skills? Optimizer Jen takes you through a brief tutorial on how to access free Filevine training classes through Filevine University.

  • Lead Docket Free Help: Common Mistakes
    • 8/3/23

    Lead Docket Free Help: Common Mistakes

    [WATCH TIME: 48 MINUTES] In this replay of our very first Lead Docket Free Help monthly, we reviewed some of the most common mistakes and misuses of LD. Learn all about the best practices for managing your chase leads, tasks, and more. View upcoming sessions and register to attend here: https://vineskills.com/free-help

  • Saving Emails and Documents Into a Project Using the Outlook Add-In for Office.com
    • 8/1/23

    Saving Emails and Documents Into a Project Using the Outlook Add-In for Office.com

    Optimizer Stephanie takes you how to use the Outlook add-in for Office.com to save emails and documents into a Filevine project, so that all of the relevant materials for that project are saved in one spot.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Workato and Filevine
    • 7/31/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Workato and Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 57 MINUTES] With Workato, there are many automation options that can improve your firm’s workflow efficiency and reduce manual work. In this replay of a live Free Help Wednesdays session, we reviewed tips and tricks for automation best practices, including what types of things we can and should we automate and what considerations need to be made in the process.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Litigation Best Practices
    • 7/28/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Litigation Best Practices

    [WATCH TIME: 35 MINUTES] In this live Free Help session, we reviewed how to set up sections for your litigation files in Filevine, allowing you to categorize files, tasks, events, and other items. Learn about creating sections for pleadings, discovery, court events, and more to help streamline your litigation workflow.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management
    • 7/27/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Document Management

    [WATCH TIME: 40 MINUTES] This session covered all the must-know best practices for document management in Filevine. We discussed how to leverage Docs+, and reviewed some helpful key features like document and folder sharing.

  • Outlaw: Custom Spacing and Indenting
    • 7/25/23

    Outlaw: Custom Spacing and Indenting

    Optimizer Jordan shows you how to create custom spacing and indenting, allowing you to separate different elements effectively to get around some of the limitations of indentations in Outlaw and FVDA. By using a shift/enter, you can drop a line to a new level and then use the spacebar to create custom indentation.

  • Saving Emails and Documents Into a Filevine Project Using the Outlook Add-In for Desktop
    • 7/21/23

    Saving Emails and Documents Into a Filevine Project Using the Outlook Add-In for Desktop

    Optimizer Stephanie takes you through the steps of using the Outlook add-in for Desktop to save emails and relevant documents into a Filevine project, so that all of the relevant materials for that project are saved in one spot.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: DocGens
    • 7/20/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: DocGens

    [WATCH TIME: 40 MINUTES] In this replay of a live Free Help session, we covered the basics of Filevine DocGens, from creating them to editing and saving, as well as the next steps once a document has been generated.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Tags Tips and Tricks
    • 7/17/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Tags Tips and Tricks

    [WATCH TIME: 42 MINUTES] Optimizers Jasmine and Sarah take you through the basics of Filevine Tags and how to use them as customized filters for notes, tasks, docs, and projects. We also covered how to set up Project Auto-Tags and use the Tag Manager for enhanced uniformity.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor
    • 7/13/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Customs Editor

    [WATCH TIME: 58 MINUTES] In this Free Help Wednesdays session, we went through the basics of customizing your Filevine project sections by editing, adding, removing, and rearranging fields. We chatted about the most common customizations and took viewers through the process of using the Customs Editor to up your project management game.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Mass Update Contact De-Duping
    • 7/11/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Mass Update Contact De-Duping

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] This live Free Help session covered how to clean up data in Filevine using the Mass Update tool for Admin Users. We also chatted about the best practices of using Contact De-duping to continuously clean up your firm's data in Filevine, ensuring it's always accurate and consistent.

  • Emailing Filevine Project Documents Using the Outlook Add-In for Office.com
    • 7/10/23

    Emailing Filevine Project Documents Using the Outlook Add-In for Office.com

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you how to email project documents straight from Filevine by using the Outlook add-in for Office.com.

  • Emailing Project Documents Using the Outlook Add-In for Desktop
    • 7/4/23

    Emailing Project Documents Using the Outlook Add-In for Desktop

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you how to email project documents straight from Filevine by using the Outlook add-in for Desktop.

  • Webinar Replay: Making the Most of Lead Docket
    • 6/29/23

    Webinar Replay: Making the Most of Lead Docket

    This webinar explored how to maximize the use of Lead Docket and leverage it to its full potential, from Lead Docket's most underutilized features to tips and tricks you may not have thought of, a "show and tell" with special guest Joseph Fantini from Rosen Injury Lawers, how to read critical reports and more!

  • Syncing Filevine to Outlaw and Using Connected Variables
    • 6/27/23

    Syncing Filevine to Outlaw and Using Connected Variables

    Optimizer Jordan goes over how to connect your Outlaw template to Filevine, as well as how to add connected variables.

  • Webinar Replay: QuickBooks Best Practices for Contingency Law Firms
    • 6/23/23

    Webinar Replay: QuickBooks Best Practices for Contingency Law Firms

    Optimizer Zac and Founder Troy explored the best practices for Contingency Firms using QuickBooks, from setup to maintaining client balances, closing accounting processes upon Settlement, setting up automations, and more.

  • How to Get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook Office.com
    • 6/20/23

    How to Get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook Office.com

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you a quick tutorial on how to get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook Office.com.

  • How to Get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook Desktop
    6/19/23

    How to Get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook Desktop

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you how to get the Filevine Add-In for Outlook desktop.

  • Adding Reports to Favorites in Filevine
    • 6/16/23

    Adding Reports to Favorites in Filevine

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you a quick tutorial on how to add a report to your favorites in Filevine, so that it appears at the top of your reports list.

  • Allowing Filevine Pop-Ups and Redirects in Google Chrome
    • 6/9/23

    Allowing Filevine Pop-Ups and Redirects in Google Chrome

    Optimizer Kayla shows you how to allow pop-ups and redirects in Google Chrome, in case you have trouble opening links from Filevine's web app.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows in Filevine
    • 5/30/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Deadline Chains and Taskflows in Filevine

    [WATCH TIME: 50 MINUTES] In this edition of our live Wednesday Free Help sessions, we cover all the basics of deadline chains and taskflows in Filevine for front-end users and how to set them up as an Admin User. We also discussed how to best use deadline chains and taskflows to enhance your Firm's workflow.

  • Filevine Demands AI Demo from Vineskills
    • 5/24/23

    Filevine Demands AI Demo from Vineskills

    Filevine Demands AI helps you do more with less, preparing demands faster and at scale. With Demands AI, you can increase the quality, quantity, and accuracy of demands, settling faster and freeing up your time to better serve your clients. This demo shows how easy it is to request a demand from inside Filevine.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions
    • 5/19/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Fusions

    [WATCH TIME: 45 MINUTES] In our weekly live Free Help session for Filevine users, Optimizer Derek and host Jasmine cover the best practices of creating a Fusion report, as well as reviewing general formatting, basic formulas, and common pitfalls.

  • Tasking and Mentioning Shortcuts
    • 5/18/23

    Tasking and Mentioning Shortcuts

    Optimizer Stephanie shows you a brief tutorial on tasking and mentioning users within the Activity Feed of a Filevine Project.

  • Basic Expensify Settings for QuickBooks Connect Users

    Basic Expensify Settings for QuickBooks Connect Users

    Optimizer Zac explains Expensify settings, from how to select QuickBooks accounts used in Expensify, to how to sync a client or customer list from QuickBooks into Expensify, and how to enforce a reviewer workflow within Expensify.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting
    • 5/12/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Reporting

    [WATCH TIME: 53 MINUTES] In our weekly live Free Help session for Filevine users, Optimizer Derek and host Jasmine go over the basics of reporting, including creating a report, sharing it, setting up auto-report schedules, and more.

  • Outlaw: Formatting Templates
    • 5/10/23

    Outlaw: Formatting Templates

    Optimizer Jordan goes over how to use templates in Outlaw, including adding and formatting captions; adding in a signature block; all the formatting options in outlaw; adding/removing a page break; and creating columns.

  • Scheduling Reports in Filevine
    • 5/9/23

    Scheduling Reports in Filevine

    It's easy to keep on top of your firm's performance when you schedule reports to be sent directly to your email, known as "auto-reporting." Optimizer Stephanie takes you through a brief tutorial on scheduling reports for your account in Filevine.

  • Deadline/Reminder Field Notifications in Filevine
    • 5/8/23

    Deadline/Reminder Field Notifications in Filevine

    Optimizer Kayla gives a brief overview of how individual Deadline/Reminder fields work and how the notifications/calendar entries appear in Filevine.

  • QuickBooks: Preparing Your Chart of Accounts

    QuickBooks: Preparing Your Chart of Accounts

    Optimizer Zac demonstrates a quick overview of how to set up your general ledger accounts in Quickbooks, including your advanced case costs, unrecoverable case costs, trust bank account, and trust settlement.

  • Becoming the Owner/Editor of a Report
    • 5/2/23

    Becoming the Owner/Editor of a Report

    Optimizer Kayla shows you how to become the owner/editor of a report in Filevine and how to share it with members of your team.

  • Outlaw: Using Conditional Logic
    • 4/28/23

    Outlaw: Using Conditional Logic

    Optimizer Jordan takes you through the best practices for using conditional logic in Outlaw. She'll show you how to build conditional logic with regular variables as well as connected variables.

  • Becoming Owner/Editor of a Report Fusion & Corresponding Reports
    • 4/27/23

    Becoming Owner/Editor of a Report Fusion & Corresponding Reports

    Optimizer Kayla explains how to save reports to become the owner and how to update those reports within the report fusion to become the owner/editor of the fusion and all corresponding reports.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Team and Roles
    • 4/26/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: Filevine Team and Roles

    [WATCH TIME: 46 MINUTES] In our weekly live Free Help session for Filevine users, Optimizer Kendall and host Jasmine delved into team management, setting up roles, and how to allocate tasks effectively based on individual roles.

  • Outlaw: Team Tab Overview
    • 4/25/23

    Outlaw: Team Tab Overview

    There's a lot to know about Outlaw's Team tab. Optimizer Jordan goes over all of the basics, including how to update your logo and company details, how to add team members and set up roles and permissions, creating and using themes, and more.

  • Filevine Basics: Avoiding Duplicate Contacts
    • 4/25/23

    Filevine Basics: Avoiding Duplicate Contacts

    Having duplicate contacts in Filevine can cause confusion and lead to issues like inaccurate reports. Optimizer Stephanie walks you through the best practices for avoiding unintentional duplicates.

  • How to Mass Update a Field in Filevine
    4/24/23

    How to Mass Update a Field in Filevine

    Optimizer Kayla goes through an overview of how to mass update a specific field within a Filevine section. This can really come in handy and can help streamline things when you have to, for example, update case summaries in bulk.

  • Transferring Tasks & Projects and Deleting Users
    • 4/20/23

    Transferring Tasks & Projects and Deleting Users

    When someone leaves your firm, you'll want to ensure that their tasks and projects are transferred and that their user is deleted. Optimizer Kayla goes through the best practices, including how to do it manually, and also how to do it in bulk for users that have many tasks or projects on the go.

  • Outlaw: Contracts Tab Overview
    • 4/19/23

    Outlaw: Contracts Tab Overview

    Optimizer Jordan shows you an overview of the Contracts tab in Outlaw. She'll walk you through how to create custom filters, how to create a new contract, as well as how to delete a contract.

  • Outlaw: Templates Tab Overview
    • 4/18/23

    Outlaw: Templates Tab Overview

    Optimizer Jordan gives an overview of the Templates tab in Outlaw. She goes over how to activate/deactivate a template, create and delete a template, as well as how to rename a template.

  • Filevine Basics: Task Best Practices
    • 4/17/23

    Filevine Basics: Task Best Practices

    Optimizer Stephanie goes through the best practices around tasks in Filevine, how to assign and reassign tasks within a project, and how to start a new task thread.

  • Filevine Basics: Project Calendar
    • 4/17/23

    Filevine Basics: Project Calendar

    Optimizer Stephanie goes over the basics of project calendars in Filevine, how they're used, the different project calendar views, and how to view the history of calendar events (which can be especially helpful when it comes to viewing past depositions).

  • Outlaw: Dashboard Tab Overview
    • 4/14/23

    Outlaw: Dashboard Tab Overview

    Optimizer Jordan takes you on a brief tour of Outlaw's dashboard, how it works, how to create custom dashboard reports and custom filters for dashboard reports, as well as how to set up reports to be emailed out immediately, daily, weekly, or monthly.

  • Free Help Wednesdays: DocGens 101
    • 4/13/23

    Free Help Wednesdays: DocGens 101

    [WATCH TIME: 51 MINUTES] In our weekly live Free Help session for Filevine users, host Jasmine and Optimizer Zoe take you through the basics of creating and generating documents, editing and saving them, and the next steps.

  • Creating a Tag in Tag Manager
    • 4/10/23

    Creating a Tag in Tag Manager

    Optimizer Kayla explains how to create a Tag in Filevine's Tag Manager. She'll walk you through the best practices to keep in mind, and how to add descriptions that will help your team understand how to best use that tag.

  • Understanding Statuses in Lead Docket
    • 4/6/23

    Understanding Statuses in Lead Docket

    There are eleven different kinds of statuses in Lead Docket. Optimizer Ivan takes you through what each one means and how to use them. Depending on your firm's process, you can customize statuses to suit your needs — Ivan will explain the default setup for each, and then show you how to customize a status if needed.

  • Setting Up New Users and Permissions in Filevine
    3/31/23

    Setting Up New Users and Permissions in Filevine

    It's easy to add new users and set up user permissions in Filevine. Optimizer Kayla shows you how.

  • Filevine Contact Card Best Practices
    3/27/23

    Filevine Contact Card Best Practices

    Maintaining accurate and up-to-date contacts in Filevine is critical, especially when it comes to client information. Optimizer Stephanie explains the best practices of how to fill out contact cards in Filevine.

  • Setting Up Outlook or Gmail as Your Default Email App in Chrome
    • 3/23/23

    Setting Up Outlook or Gmail as Your Default Email App in Chrome

    Optimizer Kayla demonstrates a quick overview of how to set up Gmail or Outlook as your default email app within Chrome.

  • How to Pin Activity Items in Filevine
    3/20/23

    How to Pin Activity Items in Filevine

    Optimizer Stephanie explains how to use the pin-to-project and pin-to-feed features in Filevine.

  • How to Merge Contacts in Filevine
    • 3/17/23

    How to Merge Contacts in Filevine

    Did you create a duplicate contact by mistake, or have multiple contacts you need to consolidate? No problem. Optimizer Kayla explains how to use Merge Contacts to merge two or more contacts into one.

  • How to Code a Basic DocGen in Filevine
    • 3/15/23

    How to Code a Basic DocGen in Filevine

    With DocGens, you can automatically generate documents that pull in data from Filevine projects. Vineskills Optimizer Kayla explains the best practices and shows how to upload into an existing template box or button within Filevine.

  • Using Loom for the First Time
    • 3/9/23

    Using Loom for the First Time

    It's likely my team will recommend you make a Loom video to ask your questions to help us understand your needs better, so here's how to make a Loom account!

  • Microsoft Add In Word - Announced at LEX 2023
    • 2/22/23

    Microsoft Add In Word - Announced at LEX 2023

    How to add and utilize the new Microsoft Add-In for Filevine in Microsoft Word.

  • Introducing Filevine Sidebar
    • 2/22/23

    Introducing Filevine Sidebar

    A quick demo of the new Sidebar feature that was announced at LEX 2023. Create conversations, notes, and tasks within the Sidebar menu. Add to a Sidebar conversation from the activity feed. Silence and customize notifications.

  • Lead Docket + Calendly  Integration Demo
    • 1/15/23

    Lead Docket + Calendly Integration Demo

    A much-awaited integration is now live! You can now use your Calendly account right inside Lead Docket, allowing for several creative ways to schedule time with your leads.

  • How to Set Up Filevine Auto Reports from Saved Reports
    • 1/4/23

    How to Set Up Filevine Auto Reports from Saved Reports

    This video shares with the user how to set up auto-reports from the saved reports screen in Filevine.

  • Lead Docket Demo by Vineskills

    Lead Docket Demo by Vineskills

    A big picture view of Lead Docket by Filevine. You will learn several of its features and understand most capabilities of this great intake management tool.

  • Remote team appreciation Hey Taco!
    • 11/29/22

    Remote team appreciation Hey Taco!

    Vineskills is a 100% remote team. This video shares about an internal team building tool we implemented via Slack to more publically share affirmations and thanks between team members.

  • Limiting guest access to a section in Filevine
    • 11/28/22

    Limiting guest access to a section in Filevine

    Filevine walkthrough on how to invite someone as a guest to access a specific section of a Filevine project.

  • Reporting on Projects Tasks Collection Sections
    • 11/28/22

    Reporting on Projects Tasks Collection Sections

    Covering general reporting for My Reports and Build reports. Building a Project list, Task list report, and collection sections (specifically lien sections).

  • Vineskills Operating System, VOS, using Filevine to manage the business
    • 11/28/22

    Vineskills Operating System, VOS, using Filevine to manage the business

    Custom Filevine template to manage our operations guide and onboarding process 100% inside Filevine.

  • How to use Vinesign from inside Filevine
    • 11/24/22

    How to use Vinesign from inside Filevine

    Demo of how to create documents inside Filevine and send out for signature via Vinesign without leaving Filevine.

  • Vineskills Rebrand, The Backstory with Luke Mysse
    • 11/24/22

    Vineskills Rebrand, The Backstory with Luke Mysse

    Vineskills rebrand with Luke Mysse. This video is an excerpt from our team meeting.