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Real Life Legal: Opposing Counsel Throw Up Barriers to Unbundled Services
(Note – I spoke too soon in my earlier post – but I had to get this off my chest!) This past February 2013, the ABA passed this Resolution to encourage practitioners (presumably solos and pre-paid providers, since those committees co-sponsored the resolution) to provide unbundled legal services. No doubt, most ardent proponents of unbundled…
Read MoreWoman-Owned Law Series: Katherine Kim, Grapevine, TX Attorney
Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Katherine “Kate” Kim, an Estate planning, business law, intellectual property, and transactional law attorney in Grapevine, TX. What is your name? Katherine Kim Law School attended and year of graduation. Texas A&M University Law School – 2018 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm.…
Read MoreMake Money Monday: The Done With You Legal Business Model
For years, legal futurists have lamented that the legal profession hasn’t been able to develop fully do-it-yourself products with the same widespread adoption rate as Turbotax. Most commentators blame outdated ethics rules and protectionism for the lack of success but in truth, the fault lies with clients. Because many clients don’t want a DIY solution…
Read MoreLet’s Make the Next Decade in the Legal Profession Less Disappointing Than the Last
On the dawn of a new decade in the legal profession, I should be excited about the future. As Bob Ambrogi optimistically writes, there is much to celebrate from a surge in startups, the upending of the WEXIS duopoly, and a push towards regulatory reforms to allow for outside ownership of law firms. Social media,…
Read MoreMake Money Mondays: One Price Doesn’t Fit All
Most lawyers would never admit that they pretty much charge the same price for everything. For example, one lawyer might argue that his rates are only $250/hr – a real bargain as compared to so-and-so down the street who bills out at $500. Yet I’d be willing to bet that even with the one lawyer…
Read MoreAnother Day, Another Directory for Lawyers
Via Bob Ambrogi’s Law Sites blog, I learned of the launch of Modern Attorney, a new legal directory intended to serve the needs of today’s millennials. Developed by Next Chapter which was recently acquired by Fastcase, Modern Attorney includes the types of information believed to be important to millennial in choosing a lawyer – such…
Read More322 Legal Tech Tools for NonLawyers…That Lawyers Can Also Use
Last week, the American Bar Foundation released a Survey of Legal Tech for Non-Lawyers, authored by MacArthur Fellow, Professor Rebecca Sandefur. Sandefur’s exhaustive study identified 322 technology tools for non-lawyers that offer assistance with a range of criminal and civil problems. As shown on the chart, most of the tools serve one of three functions:…
Read MoreFrom Lawyer to Legal Tech: Untie the Knot Joins the Family of #AltLaw Family Law Practices
Today, MyShingle profiles Nicole Schaefer of Let’s Untie the Knot, another innovative legal option for family law. (We previously profiled Erin Levine of Hello Divorce , and I wrote about It’s Over Easy at Above the Law ). Here’s the thing: family law is a huge space with thousands of clients searching for affordable and…
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