LawSites

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Among the most divisive issues facing the legal profession today is that of revising the rules that regulate law practice – and more specifically the questions of whether to liberalize the rules to allow those who are not licensed lawyers to own law practices or to engage in the practice of law. Now, Stanford Law School’s Deborah L.

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LawSites

JULY 27, 2022

During a question-and-answer session following her speech, I asked her about the stalled efforts to bring about reform in California and what the Supreme Court could do to move the issue forward, particularly in light of the leading roles taken by the supreme courts of Arizona and Utah to bring about reforms in those states.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Current restrictions on how lawyers structure their businesses stand in the way of meaningful access to justice for many Americans, so states should follow the lead of Utah and Florida and test out innovative law firm business models through regulatory sandboxes, says Zachariah DeMeola at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. (..)

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LawSites

AUGUST 12, 2021

Innovation for Justice , a legal innovation lab focused on social justice, launched at the University of Arizona James E. Innovating Legal Services, in which students will create a Medical Debt Policy Scorecard that inventories the medical debt policies in all 50 states and ranks states based on existing consumer protections.

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LegalReader

MARCH 18, 2022

Trucking companies tend to avoid bad publicity and they won’t want to be dragged into a long legal battle. Will your case turn into a lawsuit? Probably not.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov. ” Listen: I interviewed Himonas and John R. .”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Former President Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their defense in three hours on Friday, marking the fourth day of the impeachment trial in the Senate. Another of Trump’s lawyers, Michael T. A stark example of this difference came Thursday after the day’s hearing, when three Republican senators, Mike Lee (R-Utah.),

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Now, over the course of time, cracks have been made in that armor, as organizations like LegalZoom have addressed services for legal consumers in an entirely different way – by focusing on products (document delivery), at more cost-effective prices than most law firms are willing to offer.

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Above The Law

MARCH 27, 2023

* "This is our third major financial crisis," said Sullivan's Mitchell Eitel describing his experience weathering the legal fallout of economic troubles. Because rather than regulate legal education to graduate lawyers who can practice immediately or require a comprehensive exam for any interested potential practitioner, we have BOTH.

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Patently O

MAY 25, 2021

In other contexts, courts have found this can create a conflict between the targeted lawyer and client. 3d 1063 (2014), after a bitter and long custody dispute in which both the husband and his lawyer took ridiculous positions, the trial court imposed $55,000 in sanctions jointly against husband and his lawyer. 881, 332 P.3d

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov. ” Listen: I interviewed Himonas and John R. .”

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to Black’s Law Dictionary, UPL is “the practice of law by a person, typically a non-lawyer, who has not been licensed or admitted to practice law in a given jurisdiction.” This involves client representation, offering legal advice (solicited or otherwise), and drafting legal documents. Offering Legal Advice.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

LEAP Legal Software , an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, has acquired WealthCounsel , a leading provider of software, training and support for estate planning lawyers, and its related company ElderCounsel. already included a significant number of estate planning lawyers.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 22, 2023

September 1, 2023: TILA Disclosures re Index Rates; California Garnishment ; Minnesota Debt Collection December 1, 2023: Bankruptcy December 31, 2023: Utah Data Privacy Musings by Diane Consumer legal protections are rare. Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer. Drain, P.A.,

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Some of what we talked about is under embargo until Monday, when Clio will be announcing new products and releasing its latest Legal Trends Report. But Newton did share some of his thoughts about the state of the legal industry and the legal tech market. State of the Legal Profession. Legal Trends Report.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most lawyers are familiar with Rule 5.4 In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. The purpose is supposedly to prevent nonlawyers from interfering with a lawyer’s independent and professional judgment. Remember, lawyers couldn’t advertise until 1977, and that reform was forced on the profession by the U.S.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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LawSites

AUGUST 7, 2023

Paradigm , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase and LollyLaw ; the e-payments platform Headnote ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Today’s episode offers a different perspective on the DoNotPay controversy – and ended up having an unexpected twist.

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ALPS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

MAPP is the Executive Director of the Utah State Bar’s Well-Being Committee for the Legal Profession working with Utah’s judges, lawyers, and law students to enhance engagement, performance, resilience, and overall well-being. One of them is the state of Utah. Martha Knudson, J.D., So welcome, Martha.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. million lawyers in the United States. Nationwide, there are approximately four lawyers for every 1,000 residents, but the number doesn’t reflect the reality. There are 1.3

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Axiom , one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, today joins the ranks of licensed legal services providers as it opens Axiom Advice & Counsel LLC (AA&C), a law firm in Arizona, where it plans to provide corporate legal services to businesses. to operate with an integrated law firm.

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LawSites

AUGUST 9, 2022

As states seek to find innovative ways to address the access-to-justice crisis, a key component has been eliminating or loosening the prohibition on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. Just two weeks earlier, Utah had approved sweeping changes in legal services regulation that that allowed non-traditional legal services providers.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Parents of both parties are entitled to due process and legal protection.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This week, my wish came true, in a sense, as I attended what felt like the legal tech world’s answer to Davos or Renaissance. It was the inaugural TLTF Summit , a three-day program convened in Miami by The LegalTech Fund , the first venture capital firm to focus exclusively on legal tech. That description aptly fits the TLTF Summit.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2023

Keane award, and hear from a panel of visionaries in legal tech moderated by Clio CEO Jack Newton. Clio’s CEO and Founder Jack Newton will be hosting the leading innovators and builders of legal technology in this keynote. Together they answer some of the most pressing questions about the future, legal tech, and law practice!

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Bob Denney was a kind, generous and insightful man who had his finger on the pulse of the legal profession like no one else. For nearly 30 years, Bob published a newsletter under the banner of “What’s Hot and What’s Not” in the legal profession. For-profit lawyer referral services. The ABA Model Rules. No Reading Yet.

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ALPS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In terms of being the original co-chair on the national task force on lawyer well-being, Bree has just invested countless hours to give back to the profession through this work and Bree, we’re just so fortunate to have you and to continue to have your leadership of this movement. And I know a bunch of lawyers. MATT: Sure.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 8, 2021

Turner also shared his vision for his ABA presidential year and called for young lawyers to get involved with the ABA. Michigan Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack shares why she’s optimistic there’s momentum for change to address unmet legal needs. So why is she optimistic that the legal profession is on the precipice of real change?

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LawSites

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Justice tech entered mainstream industry consciousness in 2022 as the social impact side of legal tech, and also of adjacent and interconnected verticals like fintech, govtech, and edtech, which are all creating innovative solutions to the access to justice crisis. descrybe.ai , a free generative-AI legal search engine, has summarized 1.8

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LawSites

AUGUST 3, 2023

The authors, Maya Markovich , executive director and cofounder of the Justice Technology Association , and Tom Gordon , executive director of Responsive Law , an organization that represents the consumers’ voice in the legal system, agreed to allow me to publish it. As I said above, you can read that op-ed here on LawNext.)

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2022

Although the court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus earlier this month, it agreed last week to examine a legal challenge brought by Moore and three other death row inmates who have all reached their appeal limits. The court said it will provide their reasoning in a detailed order at a later date.

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LawSites

MAY 14, 2021

Join us today live at 3 ET for our regular Legaltech Week journalists’ roundtable , where our panel of journalists and bloggers discuss the top stories in legal technology and innovation. Update on Bucerius Legal Tech Essentials 2021. Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 4, 2021

Conversations on Above the Law’s Thinking Like a Lawyer and the ABA’s Law Student Podcast reveal the legal ed landscape is still pretty muddy. He recently left his legal recruiting job to return to writing full-time. Sales may be as alien to lawyers as UFOs. Should students go all in? Bail altogether?

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Supreme Court has told death row prisoners that if they want to fight lethal injection in court, they need to propose an alternative, and defense lawyers, charged with trying to save the lives of death row clients, now have to advise those clients on what way of dying they should fight for.

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LawSites

JULY 10, 2023

In what is clearly a major milestone for Milestones , a legal tech company whose product provides law firm clients with automatic updates on their cases, it has closed a $2.1 Leading the seed round in the Lehi, Utah, company are three investors: Y Combinator , Ludlow Ventures and Soma Capital. .'”

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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