Will LegalZoom Become the Largest Law Firm in the US?
LegalZoom has been beta testing a concept which links its marketing capabilities to a network of law firms that offer legal services under the LegalZoom brand. With some state bar associations...
View ArticleApplications for the James Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering Are Still...
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA is seeking recommendations and applications for the James Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering which is awarded annually...
View ArticleVenture Capital Flowing Into Legal Enterprises: Total Attorneys Receives...
Private capital is beginning to flow into companies that are operating at the intersection of the delivery of legal services and the Internet. Total Attorneys, a Chicago-based company, just announced...
View ArticleLawPivot: Another Legal Advice Web Site
Another interesting start-up has emerged out of Silicon Valley to provide crowdsourced legal advice to other start-ups for free. Vertical Q&A web sites seems to be the next new thing among venture...
View ArticleThe Online Bar Association Meets 04/29-05/01 in Coral Gables, Fl
A new international bar association was formed last year, based in Miami, Florida, called the Online Bar Association. It is an eclectic group of attorneys some based in the United States and many based...
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Legal Forms for the Price of a Song on iTunes?*
Legal forms, without the legal advice or assistance of a lawyer, continue to decline in value. As a pure digital product, a legal form follows the price curve of other digital goods eventually...
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Law Firms and Cloud Computing: Ethics Guidelines
State bar associations are starting to address the issue of law firms storing confidential client information in the cloud and are rolling out ethics opinions to guide law firm conduct. You can find a...
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Virtual Lawyering and “Virtual Presence” under Model Rule 5.5 (b) (1)
The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group on Uniformity, Choice of Law, and Conflict of Interest has identified some issues related to defining limits on Virtual Practice under Rule 5.5. Model...
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13 Top Law Schools Teaching Law Practice Technology
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA was created in 2000 by then President of the ABA, William Paul. At that initial meeting Gary Munneke, a founding member of...
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What are Client-Centric Legal Services?
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, with the ABA Legal Access Job Corps Task Force and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System...
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