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Less Law School + More Practical Training

By | | Cloud Computing, Delivering Legal Services Online, Educational, eLawyering, Practice Management, Technology | Leave a Comment

I have been enjoying the debates that have ensued after President Obama’s recommendation to cut law school down to two years. I agree with it personally, but only with the requirement of some form of mentorship or residency program added on. Actually, this practical skills requirement should be in place even with a three year schedule. However, law schools could start looking at outside solutions to provide their students with this form of practical education. This is emerging in the form of certificate courses and supplemental programs for law students and young lawyers. ...READ MORE

Center for Law Practice Technology

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This week I signed on as Co-Director of a Center for Law Practice Technology which I will be leading with Richard Granat. Over the coming months, we will be working to design a core curriculum and body of courses that reflects our experience in legal tech and draws from the expertise of our colleagues internationally. We hope to bring guest lectures and experts to the Center that will not only provide practical background in law practice management and the use of legal technology, but who will also foster a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. ...READ MORE

Minimalism & Virtual Law Practice

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This will be a more personal post than I usually write. I thought fellow virtual lawyers would find my recent experience with minimalism and moving interesting. It touches on the main reason many of us are attracted to online delivery and the use of tech in law practice – more freedom and efficiency. ...READ MORE

Online Legal Marketplace Book Release

By | | ABA, Book, Cloud Computing, Delivering Legal Services Online, eLawyering, Ethics, Marketing, Online Marketing, Practice Management, Technology, Virtual practice | 4 Comments

My new book about the online legal marketplace, Consumer Law Revolution, was released today from the publisher and pre-orders should be shipping this week. I’m excited to share this book with the legal profession. It dives into an area that is growing in practice and where we don’t have clear, established best practices to guide us. The online legal marketplace naturally involves technology and the unbundling of legal services, but also new forms of online lawyer advertising and collaboration with non-lawyer legal service companies that provide online marketing tools and platforms for lawyers to connect with consumers. ...READ MORE

Virginia State Bar Publishes Virtual Law Office Ethics Opinion

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The Virginia State Bar has published Legal Ethics Opinion 1872 on virtual law offices and the use of temporary office space on March 29, 2013. The ethics opinion acknowledges that virtual law offices and temporary or leased office spaces do not always go together, but it addresses both from the standpoint of ethics issues, such as providing contact information in marketing, supervision of lawyers and nonlawyers in the firm, confidentiality of the tech and competency using it to work with clients online. ...READ MORE

Client Portal Matrix

By | | Cloud Computing, Delivering Legal Services Online, Economic Benefits, eLawyering, Online Payments, Practice Management, Virtual practice | Leave a Comment

Last week I gave a presentation with Chad Burton at the ABA LPM Spring meeting about the eLawyering Task Force’s newest project, the Client Portal Matrix, formally titled as the “Comparative Evaluation of Web-based Practice Management Software with Client Portal Applications for Solos and Small Law Firms” Donna Seyle, who did most of the work gathering data for the matrix, was unable to make the meeting so I filled in to discuss some of the practical uses of a client portal in law practice and the best practices and ethics issues that might come up. ...READ MORE

Gamification vs Games for Legal Services

By | | Cloud Computing, Delivering Legal Services Online, eLawyering, Games, Technology | 2 Comments

As I’ve started talking about the game I’m developing, I hear people throw out the phrase “gamification of legal services” to describe my project. That’s actually not what I’m doing and the terminology does make a difference. There is gamification, serious games and simulations and then there are games. The difference really has to do with the design goal. ...READ MORE
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