LawMaster is being wound down after its acquisition by ActionStep. If your firm is facing a forced migration, Law App gives you full general accounting, branch and department GL, and no per-user pricing — built entirely in Australia.
LawMaster was sold to ActionStep. The platform is being wound down, and firms are facing a forced migration with an uncertain timeline. If you're on LawMaster, you need to make a decision — and make it soon.
LawMaster served mid-size Australian law firms well for many years. It was a serious platform with proper accounting capability. But once a product is acquired with the intention of winding it down, the timeline starts moving regardless of what you're told.
The firms we speak to on LawMaster typically have the same concerns. They've built up years of matter history, document libraries, and accounting data. They run larger teams — often 30 to 150 users — and they need a platform that handles branch accounting, department P&L, multi-office trust, and serious billing without bolting on third-party tools.
Most of the alternatives being pushed at LawMaster firms come with per-user monthly pricing. At 50 staff, that's a meaningful overhead. At 100 staff, it's a very different conversation to what you're used to paying. Law App is priced per file, not per user — and that model scales cleanly as your firm grows.
Law App was built from the ground up for Australian law firms. Every feature below is included in your subscription — no add-ons, no Xero, no MYOB.
Full general ledger with branch and department coding on every transaction. P&L and balance sheet by office or team, not just across the whole firm.
Built in — not integrated. No Xero, no MYOB, no separate subscription. BAS, bank reconciliation, journals, accounts payable and receivable — all in Law App.
Full Australian compliance. Multiple trust accounts, general trust and controlled money, statutory deposits, and audit-ready reporting built in.
Time, value, fixed fee, per item, and per unit billing across your full team. Delegated write-off authority, WIP visibility at partner level, and interim billing.
All practice areas. Task assignment across fee earners, matter budgeting, and WIP aging reports. No limitations on who can be assigned to a task or matter.
Full document management with Australian legal templates included. Generate, store, and manage documents directly within matters — no separate DMS subscription.
Direct InfoTrack integration for searches and titles, built in and active from day one.
Matter profitability by fee earner, practice area, and partner. Fee earner productivity, debtor aging, and budget vs actual — no spreadsheets required.
AUSTRAC enrolment obligations are real from 1 July 2026. AML compliance tooling is being built directly into Law App — no separate tool required.
LawMaster had proper accounting. So does Law App. Here's the full picture.
| Feature | Law App | LawMaster |
|---|---|---|
| General accounting | ✓ Built in, included | ✓ Built in |
| Branch & department GL | ✓ Full branch/dept coding | ~ Available |
| Trust accounting | ✓ Full Australian compliance | ✓ Available |
| Pricing model | ✓ Per file opened | ✗ Per user per month |
| Contract length | ✓ Single year only | ✗ Multi-year |
| Cloud platform | ✓ 100% browser-based | ✗ On-premise architecture |
| Data location | ✓ Azure Australia East | ~ On-premise / varies |
| Vendor status | ✓ Active — rebuilt Mar 2026 | ✗ Being wound down |
| AML compliance tools | ✓ Being built in | ✗ No active development |
| InfoTrack integration | ✓ Built in | ~ Available |
On pricing: If your firm has 60 users and you move to a per-user platform at $120/user/month, that's $86,400 a year before any add-ons. Law App's per-file model means your software cost is tied to your volume of work — not your headcount. The file fee can also be on-charged to the client as a disbursement.
We know what mid-size firms worry about most when they're migrating: their data, their documents, and their downtime. We've built our migration process around those three things.
Law Support Australia is the industry leader in legal data extraction in Australia. We built the first bulk document extraction tool in the market — the one that FilePro, SILQ, and ActionStep consultants all use. When your data comes out of LawMaster, it comes out properly.
We bring across your matter history, your document library, and your financial history. You don't start from zero. Your team gets trained on the system before go-live, and our Australian support team is available from day one — same phone number, same people.
We don't book you in for a migration window that's filling up fast. We work with your timeline and your practice.
We look at your current setup — matter types, accounting structure, document library, team size. No assumptions.
We extract your data from LawMaster using our purpose-built extraction tools. Matters, documents, and financials — all properly structured.
Law App is configured for your firm — your GL structure, your billing rates, your templates, your practice areas.
Training before go-live. Australian support team on the phone after. Same people every time.
No pressure, no sales script. Kelly Mills has been in this industry for 15 years. She'll give you a straight answer about whether Law App fits your firm.