This year has brought the legal profession closer to the acceptance of virtual law practice as a method of delivering legal services through the use of technology.  Virtual law practices are improving access to and affordability of legal services to the general public.  For legal professionals, practicing law online provides the flexibility to create innovative and unique [...]

The NC Bar Association held its Law Tech Expo this past week.  Erik Mazzone, the Director for the Center of Practice Management at the Bar, did a great job of reviving the Expo.  I look forward to this being an annual event for our Bar Association and anticipate its growth considering the important role that technology [...]

Interested in using a virtual paralegal for your virtual law practice?  I was one of the interviewees for a recent podcast for The Virtual Paralegal on Legal Talk Network discussing virtual law firms.   The co-hosts, Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin, asked great questions covering security and confidentiality issues involved in working with virtual paralegals in [...]

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 [...]