Virtual Law Practice

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Call for Comments – ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission Reviews Cloud Computing and Client Confidentiality

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This afternoon the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 sent an email through the listserv announcing a public hearing in mid-October in Chicago.  The Commission is looking for comments on two topics: 1) “Client Confidentiality and Lawyers’ Use of Technology” and 2)  “Lawyers’ Use of Internet Based Client Development Tools.”  I’ve uploaded the first of these […] ...READ MORE

Article Notes Rise in Virtual Law Firms

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Today’s Legal Technology section over at Law.com has an article about the increasing number of solo practitioners who are profiting from going virtual.  As I’ve blogged about in the fall of last year, operating a virtual law office is a great way for a solo or small law firm to compete in this difficult economy.  […] ...READ MORE

Twitter and the Virtual Law Office

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I’ve been using Twitter on almost a daily basis since last summer as @StephKimbro.  I started using it out of curiosity and am at over 1400 updates.  I have met many new people both in the legal profession and in other industries through Twitter.  Like anything else online, it requires savvy filtering skills.  I use […] ...READ MORE

Attorneys Discuss Virtual Law Practice

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Check out two blog posts discussing virtual law practice from Chuck Newton and Jay Fleischman, both attorneys who use technology to practice law outside a traditional law office.  Newton’s post Is Virtual Virtually Impossible? prompted Fleischman’s post An Open Response to ‘Is Virtual Virtually Impossible?’ As I commented on Newton’s blog, I believe there is […] ...READ MORE

Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) in other Jurisdictions with a Virtual Law Office (Part Two)

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Part I of this post on the unauthorized practice of law in other jurisdictions addressed the following questions:  How does a virtual law practice avoid UPL in other jurisdictions? and If a website is accessible internationally, then how can a VLO be limited to provide legal services only in the state(s) in which the attorney is […] ...READ MORE

Elawyering Ethics: Determining Competency and Contractual Capacity Through a VLO

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A couple good ethics questions came out of my CLE presentation at the GP/Solo and Small Firm Symposium this past week concerning the competency and contractual capacity of a virtual attorney’s clients.  I thought I would share those questions and my thoughts.  How can you determine the competency and contractual capacity of a client before providing online […] ...READ MORE