CAIS@LAW: Accounting Information System for Small Law Firms in Malaysia

In malaysia,as of january 2016,nearly 90% of the legal firms comprise less than five partners (4818 firm out of 5405 firms registered). with small number of partners and lack of knowledge in accounting,it is perceived that a special accounting management system for the law firms would be very useful for the lawyers to operate their accounts and book keeping. at present,there are many software on legal firms account management system,for example,the mycase's web based legal practice management software and the quickbooks legal accounting software. however,most of this international formulated software are expensive and might not be suitable to cater to the practice of local small law firms. computerised accounting information system for law firms (cais@law),is specially developed to assist the small law firms in malaysia. the report produced by cais@law is also sufficient for submission to professional bodies. © universiti putra malaysia press.