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Unbundling and the Rural Client
Many rural communities continue to face a legal services crisis. Some communities simply don’t have enough lawyers. Alternatively, there are enough lawyers, but their fees exceed the amount that clients can or wish to pay. But now, according to this story, one innovative firm, The Law Shop located in Van Meter Iowa has a solution: unbundled…
Read MoreLegal Malpractice Insurance As the Missing Piece In the Supply Chain for Innovation for Solo and Small Law Firms
Remember the bot that sues Equifax for data breaches that made headlines last fall? Although celebrated by most of the #altlaw crowd, surprisingly, the bot wasn’t as well received by many of the solo and small firm lawyers on one of my listserves. Many of these lawyers expressed concerns about the ethical implications of the…
Read MoreInnovative Law Practice: Say Hello to Family Law Attorney Erin Levine of Hello Divorce
Family law is one of those practice areas that everyone loves to hate. Clients complain not only about their partners or spouses but about the high cost of divorce, and the often protracted contentious proceedings can take a toll on family law attorneys who practice in the field. In short, family law is a practice…
Read MoreEthics Ruling Drives Clients Into the Arms of Legal Zoom
Via Michael Frish of the Legal Profession Blog comes another stupid ethics decision destined to put the kibosh on unbundled legal services and drive clients straight into the arms of Legal Zoom. Briefly, the sad facts. The lawyer who is the subject of the ethics decision is a solo practitioner serving the Polish community in…
Read MoreLayaway Plan for Legal Services
Everyone is familiar with layaway plans. Most common in the context of retail (think Toys R Us or Walmart, to name just a few), layaway plans give customers the option of depositing a fraction of the cost of the item they want to buy, and paying the balance over time. Meanwhile, the seller sets the…
Read MoreBrad Clark: A Kentucky Criminal Defense Attorney Pursues Expungements With Conviction…and Technology
At last month’s TBD Conference, I wound up in a break out session with Kentucky criminal defense attorney, Brad Clark. Not only did Brad open his own law practice a few months before, but at the same time, he launched the Unconvicted app that helps the firm quickly gather information from users to determine their…
Read MoreMake Money Mondays: Mini Legal Service Packages, Take Two
Most lawyers are familiar with, and skeptical about offering mini legal services packages – which is really just a fancy name for unbundling . In other words, in contrast to a full service experience, from advice about a particular corporate entity or estate plan to drafting the plan, filing it with the Secretary or Probate Office…
Read MoreFuture Fridays: Solo, What’s Your Future of Law?
These days, the legal profession is obsessed with the future of law. Burning questions — like”Will robots will replace lawyers?” or ”Can big data can predict case outcomes?” or ”Are we ever going to even come close to ensuring access to justice?” — occupy thought leaders and academics and legal technology companies, and dominate conversation…
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