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Online Document Signing for Your Virtual Law Practice

Online Document Signing for Your Virtual Law Practice

September 30, 2009 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

One of the questions I hear regularly about virtual law practice is related to the execution of legal documents and how that process can be handled through a virtual law office.  I’ve written before on this blog about the establishment of the attorney/client relationship online and how an attorney may rely on a clickwrap agreement to […] ...READ MORE
Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) in other Jurisdictions with a Virtual Law Office (Part Two)

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

December 15, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 2 Comments

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

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

December 8, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 2 Comments

Frequently I am asked about the unauthorized practice of law in other jurisdictions and how a virtual law practice can avoid this malpractice risk.  In a two-part post, I’ll address some of these ethics questions.  As more VLOs open and collaboration among attorneys creates VLOs operated by attorneys licensed in multiple states, the issue grows […] ...READ MORE
Checklist for Opening a Virtual Law Office

Checklist for Opening a Virtual Law Office

July 3, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 6 Comments

The following is a basic checklist for attorneys considering opening up a virtual law practice. ___ Choose a VLO hosting company and find out what it will require in order to set up your VLO. Of course, I’m biased, but I recommend Virtual Law Office Technology (VLOTech). ___ Register a domain. ___ Retain a website […] ...READ MORE
Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Other Jurisdictions When Practicing Law Online

Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Other Jurisdictions When Practicing Law Online

June 10, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

Practicing law from a web-based virtual law office brings the risk of unwittingly establishing an attorney/client relationship regarding a legal matter that the virtual attorney is not licensed to handle. The unauthorized practice of law in other jurisdictions can be avoided by following some simple practice methods. First, the virtual law practitioner has the responsibility […] ...READ MORE
Notice & Understanding: Setting the Scope of Representation for Online Clients

Notice & Understanding: Setting the Scope of Representation for Online Clients

May 19, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

While each state’s bar has different rules governing their attorneys, I suspect that many of the rules of professional conduct and ethics opinions are similar. The NC State Bar was one of the first to address virtual law practice. On January 20, 2006, the NC State Bar adopted the 2005 Formal Ethics Opinion 10 (Ethics […] ...READ MORE
Clickwrap Agreements in a Virtual Law Practice

Clickwrap Agreements in a Virtual Law Practice

April 25, 2008 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

I’ve been doing more blogging for the VLOTech website. A lot of my material is coming from the CLE manuscript that I’m drafting for a presentation this summer on security/ethics issues with virtual law practices. The legality and enforceability of clickwrap agreements in a vlo is a question I’ve gotten from other attorneys. In my […] ...READ MORE

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