MyCase

APRIL 29, 2024

For centuries, lawyers have been trusted advisors in navigating the legal system. However, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), a question looms: Will AI replace lawyers? AI is changing how legal professionals operate, and there’s good reason to leverage its potential. Can AI Replace Lawyers?

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Jamie Spannhake | Prioritization for lawyers can be difficult. 5 strategies you can implement to boost productivity and deliver exceptional legal services. The post The Art of Prioritization for Lawyers: Identifying and Focusing on What Matters Most appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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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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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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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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) violated the US Constitution’s First Amendment when it tweeted several posts that were not “germane” to the legal profession. Circuit Judge Jerry Smith authored the unanimous three-judge panel opinion.

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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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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 23, 2023

Change is afoot in a legal sector known for its traditional working practices. The latest in legal technology may seem overstated to some. However, it is abundantly obvious that many legal technology solutions are already significantly improving the lives of attorneys. Why do Law Firms Need to Invest in Technology?

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LawSites

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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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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Cenza

JANUARY 27, 2023

The practice of outsourcing certain aspects of legal work by law firms, in-house counsels, and individual attorneys existed for decades. It took years to shape into a formal industry and to be christened Alternative Legal Service Providers. The growth simply signifies the unassailable role of ALSPs in the legal industry.

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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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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. The Taliban therefore never got used to following legal procedure or providing equal treatment for all. The Judicial System . All criminal, civil, and commercial cases are stopped.

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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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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. Opening the Lines of Communication About Legal Pricing and Fees. Have good conversations upfront about the expected costs of services.

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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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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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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JULY 8, 2020

Legal consumer habits are shifting under the feet of attorneys ; and , law firms, rooted in tradition, are feeling the pressure to reduce prices and overhead, while increasing service. More and more lawyers are installing subscriptions services (think: your Netflix account), and offering products, in addition to services.

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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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LawSites

OCTOBER 10, 2022

At its annual Clio Cloud Conference today, the law practice management company Clio released the 2022 edition of its annual Legal Trends Report – its seventh year of the report. 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. in mid-2022.

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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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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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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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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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Cenza

AUGUST 25, 2021

The legal industry, as with any other industry, faces tough competition. Therefore, legal service providers have been contending to streamline their processes and systems with the aid of technology. Therefore, legal service providers have been contending to streamline their processes and systems with the aid of technology.

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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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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

The job, as they see it, is to get the fee out there, and to define the scope of legal services, as quickly as possible – so that the client will sign off, and so that the lawyer can go back to what they really want to do, which is to practice substantive law.

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LawSites

JULY 28, 2021

Priori Legal , a marketplace for in-house legal teams to find and hire outside counsel, is expanding to also serve as a marketplace for legal technology and alternative legal services providers. Factor , the alternative legal services provider that describes itself as delivering complex legal work at scale.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

population, and for an enterprising lawyer, serving the legal needs of Spanish-speaking clients seems… Hispanics are becoming an increasingly large segment of the U.S.

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LawSites

MARCH 12, 2024

Proxiio Global Solutions , an India-based provider of litigation and corporate legal services for law firms and in-house legal departments, is today officially launching in the United States. Leading U.S.

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LawSites

APRIL 11, 2024

While the last few years have brought an abundance of new and innovative legal tech products to market, the fact of the matter is that not every new product will succeed. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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. Even though many lawyers and law firms are now using social media, many may still struggle to harness its true potential.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For all the money being poured into legal technology development these days, woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. Here is the complete list of 2021 TIG grants: Alaska . Here is the complete list of 2021 TIG grants: Alaska . California.

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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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LawSites

MAY 12, 2021

Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. Both programs were approved May 7 by the Utah Supreme Court’s Office of Legal Innovation , which oversees the sandbox and reviews and approves applicants.

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