- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Law presentation on virtual law offices, next Thursday, February 10th at noon.  – Unbundling Legal Services: Ethics and Best Practices, ALI-ABA Teleconference, February 24, noon-1:30pm EST. – AVVO webinar on unbundling legal services which will also discuss the use of technology to unbundle and deliver [...]

On July 13th and 14th, I will be presenting a two-part webinar with CLE credit for the North Carolina Bar Association on the topic of creating a virtual law office and delivering legal services online.  The first part will be a basic introduction to virtual law practice and how it is used by both completely web-based law [...]

Last week I co-presented a CLE session at the NC Bar Center with Lee Rosen, of Rosen Divorce Law fame, and Erik Mazzone, the Director of the Center for Practice Management at the NC Bar. The conference was the Bar’s Annual Practical Skills CLE which is geared towards newly minted attorneys and others wanting to [...]

Over the past month, I’ve heard from several attorneys who will be opening their own web-based virtual law practices.  The following states are on board now: SC, IL, VA, AK, GA, TX, MD, TN and KY.  Some attorneys are still in the process of speaking with their state bars about providing unbundled legal services.  One [...]

The ABA’s Conference “Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers” was held today at the Justice Center in Second Life (SL). It was a fascinating discussion of virtual reality law issues and the future of law in virtual reality worlds. I attended the conference through my avatar on SL while other attorneys participated through teleconference for [...]

Two recent events have led me to ponder this ongoing debate of whether focusing on the business aspects of running a law practice in some way threatens the legal profession. Perhaps it’s because my state tends to be more conservative because I don’t read too much about this online. Some of it stems from more [...]