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.

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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.

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The Estrin Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

By Lawrence Pascoe Compared to other businesses, lawyers have not evolved in how they serve their clients Let’s be honest; the way lawyers serve their clients has not changed much , not just from the late 1970s when I started practicing law but probably since the 1200s when England passed laws regulating the conduct of the legal profession.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 24, 2021

With my travel picking up, recent experiences have made me think about lawyer networking. A neighbor is looking for an estate planning lawyer. An Effective Networker Is Able to Fill Myriad Needs, Not Just Provide Legal Services. The post Lawyer Networking: Are You a Spoke or a Hub?

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

If two absolutely equally qualified lawyers interview for the one vacant position, who gets it? Women lawyers have not been as successful as men in the rainmaking aspect of the profession. Do firms and corporate legal departments continue to observe DEI principles but on a sub rosa basis? So many questions. Is DEI dead?

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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.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 28, 2025

Last fall, Wolters Kluwer released the sixth annual installment of the Future Ready Lawyer report. Time has flown and the legal profession has moved just as quickly, if not faster. Consider the inaugural 2019 survey that asked 700 lawyers across the U.S. Will that be true disruption? Lets discuss in another five years!

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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.

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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. .

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The largest barrier by far to innovation in this area is the resistance from lawyers. The post The Bar Exam Is A Barrier To Access For Legal Services And Access To Justice For Many appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

That makes the Technology Initiative Grants awarded annually by the Legal Services Corporation all the more significant, as they are among the few funding sources specifically targeting such technology. Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut will use a $150,593 grant to create a cloud-based pro bono portal.

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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.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 15, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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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.

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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?

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

APRIL 24, 2022

The job, as they see it, is to get the fee out there, and to define the scope of legal services, as quickly as possible – so that the client will sign off, and so that the lawyer can go back to what they really want to do, which is to practice substantive law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

What if instead you could get some hands-on lawyering experience and help others along the way? The public pathways pilot program is an outgrowth of a yearslong debate on the value of the bar exam as a measure of fitness for legal service in the state. ” certificate?

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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.

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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 […]

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Attorney at Work

MAY 2, 2022

Today, consumers of legal services — from individuals to large corporate entities—are online, in control, with access to more information than ever. Clients want to hire lawyers who understand them. They’re not buying legal services. They’re not looking for a “super” lawyer. Why it’s important.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 29, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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The Empowered Paralegal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Choosing the right lawyer can be an intimidating process, especially when unsure of what you should look for. In any case, you need to select the best lawyer possible to represent you. If you do not select a lawyer who is fit for the job, you will find yourself with little support in your legal case and frustrated.

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