Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Answer: In previous articles, I’ve focused on ways to successfully use email — “the grand champion of modern-day communication” – as well as try to get lawyers to ditch email for more secure client engagement (read: client portals). Four Ethics Considerations for Lawyers Texting Clients. Customer Service. Confidentiality.

Lawyer 315

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Legal 315

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. Here are some actions relating to legal pricing and fees that will improve your relationships with clients (and your ability to get paid).

Legal 334

Legal Legal Lawyer Lawyers 334

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.

Legal Services 265

Legal Services Legal Legal Lawyers 265

Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Whether it’s software for managing legal documents or AI tools for legal document search, be sure to find what works perfectly for your firm. The Efficiency Imperative: Why Lawyers Need to Embrace Technology We are now in an era when clients demand fast turnaround times and value for money. That's the only way to succeed today!

Document Review 97

Document Review Legal Technology Solution Technology Legal 97

Attorney at Work

APRIL 5, 2022

A lawyer sets clients at ease by effectively communicating, which means client email that is prompt, informed, easy to read and proactive. For most lawyers fresh out of law school, it’s going to be a bit before they’re arguing in a courtroom or negotiating in a boardroom on behalf of a client. Let’s break that down in more detail.

Lawyer 265

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Legal 265

Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

In a recent MyCase webinar , Florida attorney and legal performance coach Audrey Ehrhardt explored trust accounting best practices and provided actionable tips to enhance financial operations. Why Trust Accounting Compliance Matters Many lawyers enter the profession with little to no business or accounting training.

Lawyer 111

Lawyer Lawyers Law Firms Law Firm 111

Attorney at Work

JULY 19, 2021

As an ethics attorney, I am frequently asked about the ethics of subscription legal services. Here is my story of how the practice hatched from an idea to a full-fledged service line. To be perfectly honest, the idea for offering a subscription service was hatched long before I could put the word “subscription” to it.

Legal Services 273

Legal Services Law Firm Law Firms Legal 273

Attorney at Work

JUNE 18, 2024

LLMs and generative AI are revolutionizing text generation and comprehension, and the legal industry is feeling their impact. The post How LLMs and Generative AI Can Transform Legal Services appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

Legal Services 171

Legal Services Legal Legal Law Firms 171

Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

Now, in 2024, AI is transforming how lawyers work, raising new questions about ethics, bias, regulation, and intellectual property. Why SXSW Matters for the Legal Profession So why am I, a lawyer and legal technology blogger here? Clearly, the legal industry is at a crossroads. This is what makes SXSW so valuable.

Technology 105

Technology Lawyer Lawyers Laws 105

Attorney at Work

MARCH 17, 2025

The post Fully Fixed-Price Legal Services: How Your Firm Can Make the Switch appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers. Adam Philipp | Learn how to shift from hourly billing, set fair prices, and improve efficiency. Explore our seven lessons learned.

Legal Services 176

Legal Services Legal Legal Law Firms 176

Diane Drain

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center at the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. The LSC is an independent nonprofit established by Congress in 1974 to provide financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. Drain, P.A.

Legal Services 211

Legal Services Legal Legal Legal Assistant 211

LawSites

MAY 23, 2025

Monica Zent is a true pioneer in legal innovation and entrepreneurship. She is the founder of ZentLaw, an award-winning alternative legal services provider that broke the traditional law firm mold when she founded it in 2002.

Legal Services 52

Legal Services Legal Legal Law Firms 52

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. In particular, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers were trained in and outside of Afghanistan to better perform and run the judicial system of the country. Private Law Firms.

Lawyer 197

Lawyer Lawyers Law Firms Law Firm 197

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.

Lawyer 211

Lawyer Lawyers Laws Court 211

Above The Law

MAY 2, 2025

In many instances, contingency fees allow greater access to the legal system since clients who may not be able to pay for counsel fees might be able to pursue causes of action they otherwise would not be able to pursue if attorneys work on contingency. Unwillingness To Settle Settlements are extremely important to the legal system.

Law Firms 114

Law Firms Law Firm Lawyer Lawyers 114

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With the trend of globalization, legal exchange and cooperation, even competition and conflict between nations have become the norm. The demand for legal services in cross-border investment, international trade, and transnational dispute resolution is also sharply on the rise.

Lawyer 59

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Services Legal 59

LawSites

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.

Legal Services 132

Legal Services Legal Legal Lawyer 132

LawSites

AUGUST 8, 2024

The Supreme Court of Texas this week gave preliminary approval to rules that would allow the delivery of legal services in certain circumstances by licensed legal paraprofessionals and licensed court-access assistants who are not lawyers.

Legal Services 134

Legal Services Legal Legal Court 134

JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Since membership in the state bar is required for US lawyers to practice within the state, the court held that the bar’s communications must be related to the legal profession. Smith also noted that every lawyer must join their state bar association to practice law in their state.

Legal Services 284

Legal Services Court Lawyer Lawyers 284

Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Lawyer flat fee billing can be tricky. ANSWER: While most lawyers and clients are accustomed to the traditional billable hour, other pricing options do exist. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned? The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned?

Legal Services 273

Legal Services Lawyer Lawyers Depositions 273

Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The latest installment of “Lawyers Royally Bungling with AI” features an Australian attorney who apparently decided that verifying case citations was just too 2024. A reminder that every time you think this story has been hyped enough that lawyers won’t do it again… they go ahead and do it again.

Immigration 117

Immigration Lawyer Lawyers Technology 117

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?

Lawyer 139

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Services Legal 139

Above The Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

* Will the rest of the Big 4 follow KPMG's lead into legal services? American Lawyer ] * Associates getting squeezed by new firm hiring model. [ ABA Journal ] * TikTok warns of grave constitutional consequences if Supreme Court goes through with ban. Reuters ] * Rare three-way law firm merger.

Bar Exam 111

Bar Exam Law Firms Law Firm Legal Services 111

Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

ClientCredit is the first BNPL solution for legal clients on the market and is exclusively available through LawPay. With ClientCredit, your clients have the ability to pay for legal services in installments while your firm still receives 100% of the invoiced amount upfront. About LawPay.

Legal Services 148

Legal Services Legal Legal Law Firms 148

LawSites

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.

Lawyer 130

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Services Small Business 130

Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2024

Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report. The post How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery appeared first on Above the Law.

Legal Services 111

Legal Services Legal Legal Lawyer 111

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…

Legal Services 143

Legal Services Legal Legal Lawyer 143

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. .

Legal Services 119

Legal Services Legal Legal Legal Documents 119

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.

Legal Services 130

Legal Services Legal Legal Law Firms 130

The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2021

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. The LJC concept, developed by the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice at Touro College-Jacob D. Eileen Kaufman in a forthcoming paper in the University of St. Thomas Law Journal.

Bar Exam 128

Bar Exam Lawyer Lawyers Law School 128

LawSites

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Similar to regulatory reform initiatives in Utah and Arizona, the Washington Supreme Court has entered an order approving a pilot program that will allow companies and nonprofits that are not owned by lawyers to provide legal services under carefully monitored conditions. 5, approves a framework proposed by the […]

Lawyer 122

Lawyer Lawyers Legal Services Laws 122

Attorney at Work

AUGUST 7, 2022

Some lawyers always seem fearful of increasing legal fees — recession or no recession, crisis or no crisis. The Two Biggest Reasons Lawyers Are Afraid to Raise Legal Fees. Someone has already vouched for the quality of your services. The clients looking for the cheapest legal services don’t rely on referrals.

Legal 305

Legal Legal Divorce Lawyer 305

Attorney at Work

JULY 25, 2022

No one knows for sure what the future will look like for legal services. I recall a lawyer who wanted to pursue a niche of trademark issues related to T-shirts. The beauty of industry organizations is you sometimes find yourself as the only lawyer, or one of just a few lawyers, in the group.

Law Firms 285

Law Firms Law Firm Lawyer Lawyers 285

LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 27, 2024

Understanding these different roles can help you make well-informed decisions about your future, opening up new and exciting opportunities outside the traditional legal framework. However, his legal journey, filled with unique experiences and unexpected turns, has led him to a career he loves.

Lawyer 111

Lawyer Lawyers Law School Entertainment 111

Above The Law

MAY 19, 2025

Traditional one-on-one lawyering is no longer the sole model for delivering legal services. Tools like Hello Divorce empower consumers with structured workflows, making complex legal tasks, like filing a judgment of parentage or divorce, simpler. Or is it merely legal information?

Legal 101

Legal Legal Divorce Legal Technology Solution 101

Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Louisiana, on the other hand, is more restrictive, requiring lawyers to include the file number of their state-reviewed ads. Since then, plaintiff’s PI lawyers have leaned into this low-risk, armchair model of client development and lead generators have flourished. For-profit lawyer referral services. The ABA Model Rules.

Law Firms 300

Law Firms Law Firm Laws Lawyer 300

CosmoLex

JANUARY 15, 2025

One way your law firm can improve the client experience is by offering flexible, inclusive lawyer payment methods. Fortunately, legal billing software is designed to help lawyers adapt to shifting client payment preferences while guaranteeing compliance with federal and state bar regulations. But do lawyers take credit cards ?

Lawyer 52

Lawyer Lawyers Law Firms Law Firm 52