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We live in a do-it-yourself (DIY) society. Consumers are comfortable going online to handle busin... more We live in a do-it-yourself (DIY) society. Consumers are comfortable going online to handle business and professional transactions. They shop, conduct banking and investing, earn degrees and communicate with family and friends over the Internet. The public has gotten used to controlling online interactions and many individuals see the benefit and convenience of handling business on their own time. For at least the past five years, online legal service companies, such as LegalZoom, have educated consumers about DIY legal services. Consumers fill out questionnaires and purchase automated legal forms for sale online that they must then be responsible for executing and filing at the courthouse. DIY legal form kits are also for sale at most office supply stores. Other consumers make the dangerous choice to cut and paste together legal forms from samples they have found online on various free legal resource websites. Countering this trend, some non-profits and court systems have taken ste...
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The spread of disruptive technologies to the legal profession is changing the dynamic of how law ... more The spread of disruptive technologies to the legal profession is changing the dynamic of how law firms are structured as well as the value propositions associated with the delivery of legal services. The number of law firms with a national presence has grown due to the cost benefits and efficiency of using cloud computing. New models for expansion across jurisdictional boundaries are increasing. However, the regulatory barriers to create these new firm structures are numerous and costly. This paper reviews the evolution of technology in multijurisdictional firms and examines the primary regulatory barriers to their further development. A starting point for standardization of regulations is proposed as well as potential first-steps to removing barriers to the growth of multijurisdictional virtual law firms.
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An increasing number of attorneys and law firms are beginning to deliver legal services online to... more An increasing number of attorneys and law firms are beginning to deliver legal services online to clients, using technology to create and maintain a law practice structure that is entirely web-based. Virtual law practice is being integrated into traditional law firm structures or being used to set up completely virtual law offices that provide unbundled or limited legal services online. With the increasing globalization of the legal profession and trends in outsourcing legal services by law firms, solo practitioners and smaller firms, as well as larger multijurisdictional law firms, are turning to virtual law practice as a practice management solution. In order to keep up with the public demand for more affordable and accessible online legal services and changes in the legal marketplace, the evolution of law practice management to include some form of virtualization is imperative. This Article will examine virtual law practice as a necessary and inevitable solution to the globalizat...
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There is a revolution occurring in the delivery of legal services in the United States. Consumers... more There is a revolution occurring in the delivery of legal services in the United States. Consumers in need of personal and business legal services are turning to the Internet to seek legal assistance. This should not come as a surprise. The public is going online for almost every other consumer need in their personal and professional lives. Instead of marketing legal services to the public, lawyers need to understand how to create a better marketplace for legal services. Companies focused on the legal industry have identified this enormous unmet market need and are making strides to brand their reputations online as affordable and accessible solutions. These companies are developing technology platforms to deliver services directly to the public. They are also inviting lawyers to team up with them to deliver legal services online. The purpose of this ebook is to introduce the different and evolving models of branded legal services networks and to review the different forms of online ...
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The legal profession is being disrupted from without and from within. To be successful in the com... more The legal profession is being disrupted from without and from within. To be successful in the coming era, lawyers will need to know how to practice over the Web, manage client relationships in cyberspace, and offer unbundled services. ... This program discusses the knowledge ...
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Virtual law practice is the online delivery of legal services through secure, online methods. Thr... more Virtual law practice is the online delivery of legal services through secure, online methods. Throughout this whitepaper the terms “virtual law practice” and “online delivery of legal services” will be interchangeable. This whitepaper will examine several models of online delivery within a law firm and provide a basic starting point for a firm to consider integrating online delivery into its existing business model.
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Unbundling legal services, also termed limited-scope services, a la carte legal services, discret... more Unbundling legal services, also termed limited-scope services, a la carte legal services, discrete task representation, or disaggregated legal services, is a form of delivering legal services in which the lawyer breaks down the tasks associated with a legal matter and provides representation to the client only pertaining to a clearly defined portion of the client’s legal needs. The client accepts the responsibility for doing the footwork for the remainder of the legal matter until reaching the desired resolution. Providing unbundled legal services may be considered as one solution to the access to justice problem in our country.The number of unmet legal needs continues to increase in the United States as does the number of self-help individuals. The factors leading to this large unmet need in legal assistance could stem from any number of economic and political circumstances. While the scope of this article cannot address the causes for this lack of access to justice, the article wi...
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... management. Legal Topics: For related research and practice materials, see the following lega... more ... management. Legal Topics: For related research and practice materials, see the following legal topics: FOOTNOTES: n1n1 Stephanie Kimbro, Esq., MA, JD, has operated a web-based virtual law office in North Carolina since 2006. She ...
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Dayton L. Rev., 2010
... management. Legal Topics: For related research and practice materials, see the following lega... more ... management. Legal Topics: For related research and practice materials, see the following legal topics: FOOTNOTES: n1n1 Stephanie Kimbro, Esq., MA, JD, has operated a web-based virtual law office in North Carolina since 2006. She ...
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Page 1. The Chilling Effect of Anti-Circumvention: Amending the European Union Copyright Directiv... more Page 1. The Chilling Effect of Anti-Circumvention: Amending the European Union Copyright Directive (2001/29/EU) Before the Implementation Deadline Stephanie L. Kimbro December, 2002 I. Introduction On March 6, 2002 ...
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… Legal Education (CLE) …, 2010
The legal profession is being disrupted from without and from within. To be successful in the com... more The legal profession is being disrupted from without and from within. To be successful in the coming era, lawyers will need to know how to practice over the Web, manage client relationships in cyberspace, and offer unbundled services. ... This program discusses the knowledge ...
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