LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

He will also oversee the company’s alternative business structure initiatives in the UK and as part of the Utah regulatory sandbox, seek ABS designation in Arizona, and play a key role in executing Rocket Lawyer’s plans to use artificial intelligence to accelerate lawyer productivity.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

The online legal services provider Rocket Lawyer today released a generative AI feature, Rocket Copilot , built in collaboration with Google Cloud. The tool can help entrepreneurs come up with names that are memorable and legally valid,” Rocket Lawyer says. ”

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. “MK claims to advertise its services online, but it does not provide those services online. .”

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers were trained in and outside of Afghanistan to better perform and run the judicial system of the country. Private Law Firms.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

The notion of a ‘factory practice’ gets a bad name among lawyers, who retain a burning desire to exist as white tower intellectuals. Lawyers often think it’s pricing, that makes them money. In specific geographic areas, for specific practice areas, lawyers charge about the same, across the board. Ah, the Gilded Age, indeed.

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LawSites

MAY 7, 2021

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the first three entities to be licensed as alternative business structures, enabling businesses owned by non-lawyers to deliver legal services under the liberalized licensing rules the court approved last August. Two of the company’s three owners are lawyers.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 30, 2021

“Professor Aimed to Break Lawyers’ Monopoly on Legal Services; Deborah Rhode, who has died at age 68, worked to help the poor obtain better representation in court”: This obituary , written by James R. Hagerty, appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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The Empowered Paralegal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Choosing the right lawyer can be an intimidating process, especially when unsure of what you should look for. In any case, you need to select the best lawyer possible to represent you. If you do not select a lawyer who is fit for the job, you will find yourself with little support in your legal case and frustrated.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Since membership in the state bar is required for US lawyers to practice within the state, the court held that the bar’s communications must be related to the legal profession. Smith also noted that every lawyer must join their state bar association to practice law in their state.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

With both Arizona and Utah now allowing nonlawyers to deliver legal services through alternative business structures, the American Bar Association today issued a formal ethics opinion that addresses the question of whether lawyers outside those states may passively invest in an ABS. may the lawyer passively invest in an ABS?

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2021

Human rights activist and lawyer Semyon Simonov was convicted under Russia’s foreign agents law in a controversial criminal trial on Sunday. The SHRC is an organization providing pro bono legal services on human rights issues in Russia.

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CARET Legal

APRIL 24, 2024

Moreover, this document automation ensures accuracy and allows lawyers to concentrate on the more critical aspects of a case, rather than being overwhelmed by paperwork. The Online Treasurer Online payments have become the norm in the legal industry. Ready to step into the future of legal tech?

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LawTechnologyToday

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Billable hours are the lifeblood of profitability for lawyers, but they represent only a fraction of a lawyer’s workday. According to the 2022 Legal Trends Report , attorneys spend a mere 2.6 emphasizes that lawyers must not bill more time than they actually spend on a matter. Model Rule 1.5

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Above The Law

JUNE 17, 2022

Lawyers are usually able to provide the best legal services possible when they are objective and are governed by reason and not by emotion. The post Lawyers Shouldn’t Get Too Emotional When Representing Friends And Family appeared first on Above the Law. Then family comes along.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In a steadily increasing digital market, more consumers than ever before are looking for services online. This includes those who are looking for legal services. Many lawyers are beginning to recognize the importance of having a social media presence to properly position themselves in the digital market.

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LawSites

AUGUST 23, 2021

There may be no more critical issue facing the legal profession than reregulation of legal services. Amid an escalating crisis in access to justice, proponents of regulatory reform argue that the only way to meaningfully address the crisis is to loosen restrictions on non-lawyers investing in and providing legal services. .

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Part I discussed considerations for representing DAOs in lawyer engagement agreements.Now, we’ll move on to payments, and what terms to include in your retainer agreement toethically accept cryptocurrency or NFTs as payment for legal services.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 23, 2023

In order to meet the problems of escalating workflow and productivity demands on a constrained budget, law firms are eager to invest in legal technology services. According to the Future Ready Lawyer 2021 report , 84% of legal departments have increased their technology budgets in the last year.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The largest barrier by far to innovation in this area is the resistance from lawyers. The post The Bar Exam Is A Barrier To Access For Legal Services And Access To Justice For Many appeared first on Above the Law.

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InHouseBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In a sign of the speed at which AI is permeating the practice of law, a Magic Circle law firm with offices around the globe is now providing its lawyers with access to AI tools to speed the delivery of legal services. Should lawyers fear ChatGPT and other AI tools?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There is a subset of DIY legal consumers that want legal information, advice and services -- but, they don’t want to pay a lawyer for those items, because they think that lawyers are too expensive, and because they think that they can do a passable job on their own. then, sell them documents.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2021

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. The LJC concept, developed by the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice at Touro College-Jacob D. Eileen Kaufman in a forthcoming paper in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2023

A criminal lawyer's role is to provide legal services and defense for those accused of corruption, crime, or defendants in litigation.

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Cenza

JANUARY 27, 2023

It took years to shape into a formal industry and to be christened Alternative Legal Service Providers. This fact was further reiterated by Thomson Reuters’ Alternative Legal Service Providers 2021 Report, which unveiled that nearly 79% of law firms and over 71% of corporate law departments are leveraging the services of ALSPs.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 3, 2022

As lawyers, we are in a service industry. However, I suspect most of us did not sign up to be on call to provide legal services 24-7. I’m a Lawyer, Not Disneyland. I’m a lawyer, not Disneyland. While I am a service provider, I am not at any client’s beck and call.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2021

When cloud-based company Clio surveyed American consumers in 2018, 23% expressed an openness to working with a lawyer remotely. Fast-forward three years, and 79% of…

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A People's Choice

OCTOBER 19, 2020

People in all tax brackets get divorced, and there are divorce lawyers to fit almost any budget. Some law firms market their services to a wealthy clientele by using such buzzwords as “high net worth divorce.” Others advertise themselves as a cheap California divorce lawyer who provides legal services to the 99%.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

“The evidence gathered in this report shows that rule reforms can spur significant innovation, both in the ownership structure of legal services providers and in the delivery models used to serve clients,” the report concludes. Lawyers are playing a central role in the entities and the innovation within them.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 24, 2021

With my travel picking up, recent experiences have made me think about lawyer networking. A neighbor is looking for an estate planning lawyer. An Effective Networker Is Able to Fill Myriad Needs, Not Just Provide Legal Services. The post Lawyer Networking: Are You a Spoke or a Hub?

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LawSites

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It also finds a profession grappling with work-life balance, as many lawyers are changing jobs in search of work-life balance and 49% say they would rather work from home. The past two years have fundamentally changed how lawyers define the role of work in their lives,” said Jack Newton , Clio’s founder and CEO. Hourly Rates Below CPI.

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MyCase

AUGUST 8, 2022

SaaS for Lawyers. If you’ve ever used tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or MyCase legal practice management software, you’re familiar with SaaS—software as a service. SaaS is modernizing the legal industry in two ways: by making law firms more efficient and creating career opportunities for lawyers worldwide.

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MyCase

AUGUST 8, 2022

SaaS for Lawyers. If you’ve ever used tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or MyCase legal practice management software, you’re familiar with SaaS—software as a service. SaaS is modernizing the legal industry in two ways: by making law firms more efficient and creating career opportunities for lawyers worldwide.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 21, 2021

25, to submit nominations for The Changing Lawyer Awards 2021 , sponsored by Litera, which will be presented to winners Nov. 10 as part of the fourth Changing Lawyer Virtual Summit. The deadline is Monday, Oct. The deadline for submissions is 12 p.m.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 3, 2023

of the ABA states lawyers are not allowed to charge or collect an unreasonable fee or an unreasonable amount for expenses. Download free guide Related Resources How to Increase Your Profits with Rocket Matter Lawyers in firms of all sizes struggle to finish the work for the day in a reasonable amount of time.

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The Legal Ease

JANUARY 5, 2022

As I discuss in the article , I think this is a missed opportunity, especially since client portals make communicating with clients efficient and keeps client communications in one place (not to mention, often more secure than the way lawyers and clients are currently using email).  

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Attorney at Work

MAY 24, 2022

If you were to believe everything being written about legal services today, you might think lawyer-client relationships have boiled down to one thing: legal pricing. Here are some actions relating to legal pricing and fees that will improve your relationships with clients (and your ability to get paid).

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Answer: In previous articles, I’ve focused on ways to successfully use email — “the grand champion of modern-day communication” – as well as try to get lawyers to ditch email for more secure client engagement (read: client portals). Four Ethics Considerations for Lawyers Texting Clients. Customer Service. Confidentiality.

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