Although these are noteworthy accomplishments, they don't speak to
consumers in need of legal help.
Not exact matches
«With the growing divide between
consumers that
need access to affordable
legal help and the high cost
of attorney fees, we knew the time was right to make
legal insurance available to all
consumers,» David Murray, ARAG president and CEO, said
in announcing the plan.
Leveraging technology to provide
consumers with
legal check - ups, a mobile app, and direct access to attorneys
in their geographic area for their specific type
of legal need, ARAG's
helped more than one million plan members (people like you) gain relief for their
legal needs.
We all know I think that
legal and the way
legal is practiced,
in the way services are delivered to
consumers needs to radically change
in the next decade and will radically change
in the next decade and we want to be at the forefront
of that wave
of change
in helping bring our customers along to what the future
of the practice
of law looks like.
So
in addition to the kind
of inward facing, how are lawyers doing and how productive are our lawyers and where do they
need help in in getting the most out
of their day, this year, we also looked outward and did a
consumer survey
of over 2,000
consumers and tried to understand two things, from
consumers of legal services.
To use the service, the
consumer first enters his or her zip code and then selects the type
of legal matter
in which he or she
needs help.
It is emblematic
of a burgeoning collaboration process that has three central components: (1) machines working with machines; and (2) machines working with
legal service providers — lawyers, other professionals, and paraprofessionals; and (3) machines working directly with — and for — the
consumer (individuals or businesses) to provide self -
help, self - serve and collaboration
in fulfillment
of certain
legal needs.
Lawyers.com is an online directory
of lawyers and law firms
in Canada for
consumers to find the
legal help they
need.
All the different players
in the
legal industry may not always agree, but the dialogues that are happening now are rich and
need to continue, to
help everyone understand how we can build on the best values
of the profession and innovate our services to meet the demands
of justice
consumers today.