Virtual Law Practice

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No Substitute for an Attorney

By | | Delivering Legal Services Online, Document Automation, Ethics, Technology, UPL | Leave a Comment

During yesterday’s ABA ELawyering Task Force call, we discussed the recent settlement agreement entered into by LegalZoom and the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. In an Assurance of Discontinuation, the online legal services company must not state in advertising to the public that its services are less expensive than those of a law firm without […] ...READ MORE

Technology at Techshow to Enable Online Delivery of Legal Services

By | | ABA, Cloud Computing, eLawyering, SaaS, Technology, Unbundling - Limited Scope | Leave a Comment

Exhibitor Hall at this year’s ABA Techshow has a number of different web-based technologies that allow  for attorneys to take all or portions of their practice online.  Most of them seem to be practice management applications, and not so much geared towards working online securely with clients. However, there are a few new developments that assist virtual […] ...READ MORE

Top Ten 2008 Developments in Virtual Law Practice

By | | Cloud Computing, Practice Management, SaaS, Technology, Virtual practice | 4 Comments

Happy New Year!  The following is my list of the top ten developments in the delivery of legal services using technology that have happened in the past year.  Please feel free to expand on this list in the comments.  I’m also including at the end my predictions for virtual law practice in the new year. […] ...READ MORE

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

By | | Ethics, UPL, Virtual practice | 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

Elawyering Ethics: Determining Competency and Contractual Capacity Through a VLO

By | | Clickwrap Agreements, eLawyering, Ethics, Practice Management, Virtual practice | Leave a Comment

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
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