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The ABA’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 held a public hearing at the ABA’s Mid-year conference in Orlando, Florida to discuss topics related to their Preliminary Issues Outline. On Friday, I was honored to be invited to speak to the commission about virtual law practice. The ABA Now wrote up an article about the hearing and presentations here. Below are […]
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Happy New Year – Going on Year 4
Happy New Year! I reviewed many of the virtual law practice news from 2009 in my last post. In this post I want to look forward to the year ahead by providing some news about my own virtual law office and upcoming speaking/sharing engagements. 2010 will mark year four of owning my own solo, virtual […]
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Virtual Law Practice Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
This upcoming Thursday, December 17 at 1pm EST, Richard Granat, Marc Lauritsen and myself will be co-presenting a CLE teleconference and live audio webcast entitled “The Virtual Law Firm: Benefits, Costs and Ethical Pitfalls to Avoid.” It is sponsored by the American Bar Association LPM Section and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education. From the program description, the topics […]
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Technology eReport: Setting Up a Web-Based Virtual Law Office
Check out my article in the November issue of the ABA GP/Solo & Small Firm Technology eReport: Setting Up a Web-based Virtual Law Office. From the article: Consumers are actively seeking more affordable and convenient access to legal services over the Internet. Due to the cost of traditional legal services, they are turning to cutting […]
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Minimum Requirements for Delivering Legal Services Online
Co-chairs of the ABA eLawyering Task Force, Marc Lauritsen and Richard Granat, have submitted a draft set of minimum requirements for delivering legal services online which was published in this month’s Law Practice Today. As a member of the Task Force, we have discussed these minimum requirements as a set of guidelines that attorneys will be able to […]
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Keane Award Nomination Info Available
The updated materials for the ABA Jim Keane Award for Excellence in ELawyering have been posted on the ABA website for the 2010 Techshow and on the ELawyering Task Force website. Requirements to be considered for the award are listed as well as an online nomination form. Please also read my previous post about the […]
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Excellence in eLawyering: ABA Keane Award Nominations
It’s that time of year again to consider sending in your nominations for the ABA’s James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering. The Award is presented by the Law Practice Management Section’s eLawyering Task Force at the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago at the end of March. My virtual law office, Kimbro Legal Services, was the […]
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Spring Virtual Law Office Update
By now the word has circulated that the ABA Techshow website has posted the audio file from Richard Susskind’s keynote presentation at the ABA Techshow in Chicago earlier this month. I wasn’t able to attend the event and accept the Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in Elawyering. However, my husband, the programmer who designed my […]
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Virtual Law Office Listed as a “Law Firm Website That Works”
The April edition of the ABA Journal published an article entitled Law Firm Websites That Work. Under the category “Virtuality”, my virtual law practice is described along with illinoisdivorce.com. The article consulted a list of panelists to provide suggestions for law firm websites that are productive in the categories of branding, solo, innovation, virtuality, all […]
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BigLaw Attorneys Taking to Virtual Law Practice
The ABA Journal published an online article today about the progress that Virtual Law Partners (VLP) has made in recruiting attorneys from large law firms. One of the reasons for the growth is the downturn in the economy and large law firm layoffs. The beneficial reasons cited for the move to a virtual law firm […]
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