Many potential clients are now looking online
for solutions to legal problems.
Forty - two percent (42 %) of consumers who try to handle their own legal affairs end up consulting an attorney
for a solution to their legal problem.
Not exact matches
The national labor and employment law firm is committed
to providing practical business
solutions for employers» workplace
legal problems.
Under DfE policy,
for a school that is in special measures or has «serious weaknesses», conversion
to academy status is the preferred way forward, but it is not the only
solution to a school's
problems, and there is no
legal requirement
for academisation until an enforcement notice has been served.
He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a
problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be
legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global
solutions are worse than local
solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons
to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought
to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit
for.
Maybe this low percentage is the root cause of the
legal tech industry's obsession with solving all the wrong
problems, or maybe 9 % is a typical percentage of ex-professionals
to have on staff
for companies trying
to provide tech
solutions to that industry.
First, what I call «quantitative» ADR —
for cheaper, faster and more efficient docket clearing from long queues in court (the judicially promoted reason); second, more «qualitative» ADR which means more tailored and party fashioned
solutions to legal problems, including a focus on future relations, not just the past, and thirdly, a more politically process oriented hope
for greater party participation and de-professionalization («lets not have lawyers if we don't need
to») and democratization of dispute resolution.
The
problem is that the urge
for a single
solution is completely incompatible with any urge
to achieve choice and value in the
legal information market.
For further details see (pdf downloads): (1) «Access
to Justice — Unaffordable
Legal Services» Concepts and
Solutions»; (2) «The Technology of Centralized
Legal Research Can Solve the Unaffordable
Legal Services
Problem»; (3) «Access
to Justice — Canada's Unaffordable
Legal Services — CanLII as the Necessary Support Service»; (4) «A2J: Preventing the Abolition of Law Societies by Curing the Defects in their Management Structure: A
Solution to the Unaffordable
Legal Services
Problem»; (5) «A2J: «Let Them Eat Cake,» So Let Them Use Alternative
Legal Services»; (6) Indexing; (7) Sometimes Laws are Too Important
to be Left
to Lawyers — Lawyers Without Technical Support,» (Slaw January 28, 2016), and other access
to justice (A2J) articles on my SSRN author's page, and Slaw author's page.
The research clearly indicates the crisis involves the recognition, or lack of recognition, by people that their
problems have
legal solutions and decisions need
to be made determining when it is of value
for people
to pursue those
solutions.
Over four months, the teams identify a
problem related
to law, and then create a business plan
for a
solution and a prototype — often a
legal startup.
There is,
for example, a recommendation that the Law Society sponsor an annual hackathon «
to harness enthusiasm and expertise
to help
legal assistance providers find innovative
solutions to specific
problems».
I think, so often lawyers try
to solve
problems with lawyers, so I think anytime you can involve technology, business folks from your company that are the end - receivers of your
legal output, and really bring different thinking, and I think that's where you'll get your best
solutions for, «Are we solving the right
problem?»
In other words, they have been told the
legal industry is ripe
for disruption, so they go find something about law practice that does not make sense
to them, and then they build a «
solution»
to what they perceive
to be a
problem.
The future of
legal practice management will invariably lie in technological
solutions to strategic
problems, especially
for those with limited resources.
For low - income residents of Maine, PTLA offers HelpMeLaw, designed
to help users find
solutions to common
legal problems.
First, LRW faculty at our institution believe it is critical
for students
to become part of the basic discourse community first —
to learn how
to find and find meaning in domestic
legal resources so that they can become versed in the ways United States lawyers analyze
legal problems, find
solutions, and convey their analysis in writing
to others.
You can make one, but it's no substitute and it's completely backwards
to start with a persona but it's no substitute
for actually knowing and having deep knowledge about the kinds of
legal solutions that you want
to provide and the
problems that those are
solutions to, so I don't know.
Reed said that the key benefit of blockchain in
legal is
to provide a
solution for the «global root of trust
problem.»
For such, the lawyer shall also be an agent forming strategic partnerships, able
to prevent
problems and find future
solutions, even more that Brazil has a complex
legal and licensing system, in addition
to a set of rules and decisions that take into account excessive rights transmitted
to the consumers, including removing rules contracted in detriment
to the economical - financial balance of the system.
The law foundation has donated $ 50,000
to Ryerson University's
Legal Innovation Zone and $ 54,083
to Osgoode Hall Law School's Winkler Institute
for Dispute Resolution
to fund initiatives that support «innovative youth - led tech
solutions to justice
problems,» according
to a statement from the law foundation.
(2) I believe that trying
to find a just
solution to a contentious matter is as if not more demanding than arguing
for its resolution according
to legal precedents (I always tell my students that they are mistaken if they believe that mooting is the pinnacle of intellectual achievement in law school — in fact it is learning how
to negotiate, mediate and
problem - solve)(3) Learning how
to problem - solve (which includes relating
to the people as well as the
problem) is a good deal more practical and important
for prospective lawyers than being able
to find and apply
legal precedent, any well - trained monkey can learn
to do that and (4) I think we make the mistake all the time of imagining that knowledge and skills are somehow binary processes.
When we point out that the burden really lies upon those who would toss aside centuries of history on short - term, flimsy evidence, who ignore the actual evidence of heavy consolidations with more
to follow, who would saddle us with a change that would be irreversible regardless of how much harm it later engendered, who would risk so much of what the
legal profession has stood
for, who refuse
to work anywhere near as hard on real
solutions to real
problems as they do on this pig - in - a-poke, then we are met with silence or insults.
Rather than seeing a
legal problem, we strive
to use our extensive experience, critical thinking skills, and
legal savvy
to create long - term
solutions for our clients.
We look
for creative, effective
solutions to the
legal problems our clients face.
The
solution to the ongoing paper
problem for legal departments is an effective matter management system.
This experience has allowed him
to formulate creative yet practical
solutions to complex
legal problems in a cost - effective manner
for his clients.
For more than 40 years, Manhattan attorney Michael Mantell has helped clients to create effective solutions for their legal proble
For more than 40 years, Manhattan attorney Michael Mantell has helped clients
to create effective
solutions for their legal proble
for their
legal problems.
Client comments as published in the
legal directories and guides include: «A first - class mind and clearly a silk in the making»; «a QC in waiting»; «a very bright, uber - responsive, rising star»; «formidable advocate able
to stand up
to commercial silks and senior juniors»; «an extremely impressive and effective advocate who gets on top of things extremely fast and is quick on his feet»; «complete grasp of all current developments, strategic input and forceful yet polite cross-examination»; «undoubted star junior who goes well past the extra mile in preparing his cases»; «brilliant, completely committed
to the brief; a great all - rounder»; «intellectually very strong»; «very sharp and
to the point»; «ringing endorsements from the market»; «impressive and knows his stuff»; «razor sharp
legal skills»; «comes up with extremely clever points» with an ability «
to handle hearings with utmost self - possession and confidence and produce some first - class advocacy»; «a thorough and thoughtful advocate who has an agreeable but tough courtroom manner»; «very proactive and, once instructed, takes control of a case and pushes it forward
to the advantage of the client»; «has the ability
to sift through complex
legal problems, and present practical
legal solutions that not only win you the battles, but also the war»; «very commercial and savvy»; «infectious passion
for the law»; «his commitment
to his work is outstanding»; «relentless energy and precise attention
to detail make him invaluable.»
For the average person, just getting started with this document can be a daunting task of figuring out exactly where in that 2600 pages the
solution to one's
legal problem can be found.
This creates opportunities
for law schools
to work with all of these organizations
to develop
solutions to specific
problems that increase our general knowledge, which will lead
to increasing access
to legal services
for everyone.
When a client comes
to your law firm's website, it's usually because he or she has a
legal problem and is looking
for a
solution.
For example, once students recognize that texting has its own discourse community whose members have certain rhetorical expectations, they are more likely to appreciate that legal writing similarly has its own discourse community whose expectations students will also need to learn.128 As students develop towards becoming experts, they «shift their basis for categorizing problems from relatively surface attributes of problems to more abstract, structural attributes that cue principles relevant to the solution.&raq
For example, once students recognize that texting has its own discourse community whose members have certain rhetorical expectations, they are more likely
to appreciate that
legal writing similarly has its own discourse community whose expectations students will also need
to learn.128 As students develop towards becoming experts, they «shift their basis
for categorizing problems from relatively surface attributes of problems to more abstract, structural attributes that cue principles relevant to the solution.&raq
for categorizing
problems from relatively surface attributes of
problems to more abstract, structural attributes that cue principles relevant
to the
solution.»
GGI unites a group of international, independent audit, accounting, law and consulting firms with the joint potential
to find the right
solution for any specific
problem and so resolve any financial,
legal and tax issues which may arise.
By a «self - help
legal software publisher», I mean web - based
legal software used directly by consumers
to resolve a
legal problem or a
legal issue through automated
legal document assembly applications, expert system applications, decision - tools, intelligent databases, smart calculators, and other software applications that manipulate
legal sources and
legal information
to generate a
legal solution for a user from facts provided by the user.
We are also known
for the high level of service we provide
to all of our clients, creating personal relationships and developing customized
solutions to their particular
legal problems.
Clients rely on us
for our strong understanding of their industries and business goals, pragmatic and clear advice — even in the midst of complicated issues, complex
legal and regulatory regimes, and high - stakes decisions — and ability
to deliver practical
solutions to real - world
problems.
Women and minorities in
legal tech create
solutions for a wide variety of
problems related
to the business and practice of law and the
legal system — not just access
to justice and social justice issues.
(3) «Access
to Justice Support Services or Government Intervention — A
Solution for Canada's Unaffordable
Legal Services
Problem» (67 pages);
Both
solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts
to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as
to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges
to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied
Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable
Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this
problem which continues
to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted
for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried
to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford
to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them
to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of
legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable
legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as
to be able
to solve this
problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference
to the
problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order
for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able
to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able
to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.
It is contrary
to the duty and purpose of law societies that alternative
legal services be used as a reason
for not attempting
to find a
solution to the
problem, i.e., «let them «eat» alternative
legal services instead.»
For almost two years now the
Legal Hackers community has brought lawyers, politicians, technologists, advocates, artists, and business people together to explore and create alternative solutions to pressing legal and regulatory prob
Legal Hackers community has brought lawyers, politicians, technologists, advocates, artists, and business people together
to explore and create alternative
solutions to pressing
legal and regulatory prob
legal and regulatory
problems.
Many ALSPs offer services formerly provided only by law departments or law firms, that help clients solve
legal and business
problems «better / faster / cheaper» than law departments and firms; they specialize in developing
legal technologies / automation, staffing inexpensive and swift cost centers
to perform routinize - able tasks, and offering sophisticated expertise
to deliver
solutions via managed service offerings that can solve client
problems or help advance their clients» businesses: all
for a fraction of the cost and with a quantifiable level of consistency and competence.
Lawyers can get the access
to a wide network of consumers looking
for redressal of their
legal problems, with the use MyAdvo's state - of - the - art technology
solutions.
* opportunities
for students
to address alone and in teams complex, fact - intensive
problems as they arise in the world (rather than digested into
legal doctrines in appellate opinions) and
to generate and evaluate
solutions through private ordering, regulation, litigation and other strategies;
He insists going
to a regional centre is «a plausible
solution for people who can't get articles in big cities,» adding the
problem of supplying
legal services in smaller centres is only going
to get worse as older lawyers retire.
Like self - driving car technology if such cars have their own dedicated lane, robo
legal advice from start
to finish
for client with a done
solution, works under several assumptions about the client, simplicity of the
legal problem (if it is a
legal problem vs. something remedied by better communication involving the right parties that is less adversarial / costly), etc..
In - house counsel are constantly challenged
to find the right
legal providers
for the
problem at hand, and at the same time the
solution also has
to fit the always - under - pressure budget.
For those who wish
to deliver
legal content, information, tools and other
solutions to lawyers and their clients»
problems, whatever stage we are at in the evolution of what has been the law publishing business they would be wise
to try
to align themselves
to the thinking processes and principles that underlie
legal practice, rather than upon their own assumptions.
And therefore, the
solution to the currently massively damaging «access
to justice»
problem of unaffordable
legal services, is to make CanLII as good a national support - service as LAO LAW is for Ontario's legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&r
legal services, is
to make CanLII as good a national support - service as LAO LAW is
for Ontario's
legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&r
legal aid lawyers — see: (1) my Slaw blog of Oct. 24th; (2) my Comment
to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 25th: «Access
to Justice: Courts and Technology: A Twitterchat»; and, (3) my Comment
to Monica Goyal's Slaw post of Nov. 4th: «Innovation and the
Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.&r
Legal Profession: A Twitter Chat.»