Reduce Manual Entry for Your Bankruptcy Firm

The Modern Law Firm series delves into how AI can streamline your law firm — whether it’s by saving you time and money, eliminating mistakes and redundancies or making your workflow more efficient. 

Imagine you’re manually filling out a spreadsheet with seemingly endless rows. As you toggle between the source material and your document, you lose your place. You go back and double-check several times to ensure you haven’t made a mistake. When you’re far into the list, you realize you did make a mistake and now you’re frustrated because you have to figure out where it went wrong.

Manual entry can be a chore, but for bankruptcy lawyers practicing today, it doesn’t have to be. Learn more about the dangers of manual entry and how Glade addresses them.

How Manual Data Entry Can Affect Bankruptcy Firms

Manual data entry can pose several challenges, including: 

Human Error

As human beings, we make mistakes, particularly when it comes to monotonous, repetitive work. Worse yet, even when we think we’re doing something correctly, the mistake can be so minor that we can’t see it. For example, say you’re typing in a name, you might not realize that you wrote “Brian” as “Brain,” and your system may not pick up on it since “brain” is a word. 

Time Consuming 

Manual entry takes time. For bankruptcy firms, this means that instead of carrying out other important tasks, you use that time filling out forms. But when you can spend that time communicating with clients or tackling more challenging parts of the case, is data entry really where you want to focus your energy? 

Costly

Data entry can be costly if you have to go back and fix mistakes. Think about it this way: You may be paying someone to do the work more than once. 

Disengaged employees

Let’s be honest: Data entry is not the most exciting work. Your employees might feel bored and disconnected from their work if manual entry is their main responsibility. Being disengaged can also lead to more errors.

How Glade Handles Data Entry for Bankruptcy Firms

Glade minimizes the need for manual data entry, giving you and your team more time to focus on the tasks that matter. Glade offers end-to-end case support. Here’s how:

Pulls Data From Financial Documents

Bankruptcy cases deal with sensitive financial documents like credit reports and paystubs. Glade can pull information from these documents, even if they are comprehensive. Long documents can be harder for a human worker to sift through. 

Autofills Bankruptcy Schedules

Glade’s AI agents can autofill bankruptcy schedules with precision. This is incredibly useful as firms must file bankruptcy schedules on a tight deadline. An AI agent can create these detailed documents that can include real property, state exemptions, federal exemptions, priority of debts, and household income. 

Asks for Missing Details

Glade’s AI agents will analyze your information and generate a questionnaire asking for missing details. 

Files Through PACER

Lastly, Glade can file your case through PACER, which can also save you time.