Hi Chris, I have worked on many law firm classification file plans and have found *Records Management in the Legal Environment* by Jean Barr, Beth Chiaise and Lee Nemchek to be very helpful. It even includes in its appendix common folder titles by Area of Law/Department. This list can give you a good example to compare to when you are looking at your law firm's folder titles. It also gives great suggestions on indexing numbering systems and other organizational tools. This book is available at the ARMA bookstore website: www.arma.org. Legal classification plans tend to be different from many corporate file plans you will find out there as law firms tend to group their client matter files first by client and then by matter. Within the matter a law firm might segregate their record types into different folders (i.e. Attorney Notes, Pleadings, Correspondence). Retention is typically enforced at the matter classification level. A law firm may have one general retention schedule (i.e. big bucket retention), which governs most of the client matter files (i.e. Matter Close + 5 Years). As each matter is closed, the retention period countdown begins. For matter files with a different retention trigger or period, like possibly Estates and Trusts or Intellectual Property, additional retention schedules are created. I hope you find this information helpful. Best of luck! Sincerely, Nitza Llano, CRM List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]