For startups developing solutions
for consumers of legal services, it may be ensuring accessibility and ease - of - use of their services for both businesses and members of the public.
(Insurance companies, the most savvy
consumers of legal services in most instances, employ entire firms to «monitor» cases they would not do so if the overall cost were not reduced through monitoring.)
One of the projects SMU students have been working on in the lead up to the FLIP launch has involved helping to collate a catalogue of 100 legal industry problem statements from legal counsel, paralegals, other supporting staff and service providers, as well
as consumers of legal services, such as corporates, SMEs and private clients.
There is very little guidance available for
most consumers of legal services, and Avvo seeks to fill that gap by obtaining information about lawyers and presenting it in a way that consumers can readily understand and use.
I will write more about this, but this is clearly part of a larger trend towards
providing consumers of legal services with the same types of reviews and ratings that consumers expect when buying other products and services.
Janet: My passion is for bar associations to become the go - to, safe, and convenient place for the public to find appropriate, quality legal services, including simple, straightforward, and trustworthy guidance about whether and why to hire a lawyer and how to be a
confident consumer of legal services.
The
average consumer of legal services just doesn't engage with a lawyer often enough to warrant developing a relationship with a franchise — and franchises, as any franchisor will enthusiastically tell us, are all about cultivating consumer relationships.
Our experience suggests that nonlawyer ownership (provided it is properly regulated) is more likely to
benefit consumers of legal services than not — it is more likely to make justice more accessible and affordable.
He acknowledges, «I can see [attorneys] not wanting to do that, particularly with individuals who are not
regular consumers of legal services, because the incentive [for the one - time client] is to not give the remaining money.»
We are constantly working to understand how lawyers and
consumers of legal services use technology and legal services and bring that knowledge to every project we design.
Trends are
showing consumers of legal services are starting to look for fixed or capped fee structures, are wanting more value at a lower price, and are not necessarily looking to traditional legal resources for legal services, they're going to innovative professional service firms that offer a wider range of options.
We expect that as folks get used to a simpler way to «make it legal, ™» they will become
lifetime consumers of legal services that they otherwise wouldn't be able to access or afford.
We've created a website filled with detailed information about the law, our court system, types of cases and injuries, and your legal rights which will help you become an
educated consumer of legal services.
As social media sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook become increasingly important for law firm marketing, the more static nature of a traditional law firm website is changing
how consumers of legal services (both professionals and individuals) interact with a law firm, according to the article.
In conjunction with this role, he assisted in carrying out a brief survey of Access to Justice efforts and the extent to which they include the voice of
actual consumers of legal services in responding to the difficulties of accessing justice in Canada.
Richard also has been pressing for liberalization of the regulation of the legal profession, especially in unauthorized practice of law and nonlawyer investment in law firms, as means to better serve middle -
class consumers of legal services.
LODA's Mission: The Legal Open Data Alliance is a global community of attorneys, technologists, entrepreneurs, scholars, designers, engineers, policymakers, and corporate leaders, united to develop and promote sustainable standards and best practices relating to the ethical and secure collection, exchange, storage, and analysis of legal data in order to better
serve consumers of legal services and their attorneys.
Pressure
from consumers of legal services (corporations or consumers) who are not going to accept work from unaccountable law firms who are not driven by data and predictions.
A website
for consumers of legal services is to be launched in the autumn by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as part of a two - year «action plan».
My passion is for bar associations to become the go - to, safe, and convenient place for the public to find appropriate, quality legal services, including simple, straightforward, and trustworthy guidance about whether and why to hire a lawyer and how to be a
confident consumer of legal services.
Maybe the bigger trend here is that clients are getting some power back and that will force lawyers to shape up and honestly that would be pretty disruptive if the
average consumer of legal services has the same sort of clout as the average Fortune 500 company when it comes to choosing a lawyer, that would be pretty huge.