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Is There a Better Way to Divorce?

Livesay&Myers

Everyone knows that divorce can be war. Litigating divorce issues is fraught with battles that are filled with arguments, vitriol, and the burning desire to “win.” In Virginia, divorce trials are public, which means anyone can sit in the courtroom and listen to the most intimate details of your personal life.

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Abu Dhabi introduces personal status law for non-Muslim foreigners, shakes up domestic and international family law

Conflict of Laws

The law carries forward a series of recent legal reforms that aim at providing greater legal certainty for the country’s large expatriate population. The law’s novelty lies in the fact that it combines aspects of substantive and international family law. Multinationalism and its challenges for family law.

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Examples of Automated Legal Workflows for Law Firm Efficiency 

CARET Legal

Family Law Firms: Divorce In family law firms , handling a client’s divorce is a common attorney task. Civil Litigation Firms: Depositions In civil litigation firms , setting up a deposition with a client is usually one of the first things that needs to be done.

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Paralegal Compliance Officer – An Interview with Melissa Andrews

Paralegal Bootcamp

She started it with just an associate’s degree, her paralegal certification, and around 15 or so years of paralegal experience working primarily in personal injury, but with a sprinkling in of some family law, criminal, and real estate. They were like, “Hey, as a paralegal, you’ve done some deposition prep.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. This model is typically used when the anticipated work is predictable, such as simple estate planning, uncontested divorce and personal bankruptcy. See Model Rule 1.15.

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