Sentences with phrase «increasing demands for legal services»

In the end these solutions bring down costs, increase demand for legal services (whatever they may be), and grow the industry for the benefit of everyone in it, consumers, workers, firms and businesses alike.

Arguing that increasing the availability and affordability of lawyers will merely increase the demand for legal services, is like saying feeding starving people will merely increase the demand for food, therefore don't do it.

They think that ABS will either be income neutral to them or will come at the expense of lawyers not in their practice area or will somehow come about either from, first, a hoped - for increased demand for legal services or from, second, a hoped - for set of efficiencies mostly through the magic of algorithms.

This migration from firms has created a growing delta between increased demand for legal services and a flat demand for law firms.

This helps to explain why demand for law firm service is waning at a time of increased demand for legal services.

Not exact matches

Women, and Generation X and Y lawyers more generally, are pushing for these changes on the supply side; clients determined to reduce legal fees and increase flexible service are pulling on the demand side.

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Though part of the increase in PPP was attributable to increased demand for high - end legal services and «unrelenting rate hikes,» they're also higher because fewer lawyers are getting a piece of the partnership pie.

It has also brought over more consumers and an increase in demand for quality legal services, regardless of the practice area.

By most accounts 2013 was another lackluster year for U.S. law firms, marked by stagnant demand for legal services and only minimal increases in lawyer productivity.»

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Latitude CEO Ross Booher, who has seen the increasing demand for specialized attorneys in regions like Middle Tennessee, believes that the changes could help attract legal talent nationally, and that because large companies are able to purchase legal services on a national scale, it will benefit these companies, Tennessee law firms, and the attorneys.

He comments on the current state of the African markets: «Overall, African economies have continued to grow, which has led to increased demand for a range of services including those provided by international legal firms.

The new ecosystem is giving buyers more options, and presents the opportunity to use technology - enabled services to meet client demands for cost - effective solutions, to unbundle services so clients get what they want, and to increase collaboration among law firms, in - house counsel and alternative legal services providers.

On demand for legal services: The demand for legal services is declining, and law firms that have modeled their businesses on steady increases in demand need to adapt, argued Helfer.

To increase demand for litigation services (essentially the only legal service area out of reach of most Canadians), you must lower the cost of those services.

The problem we're facing is that certain law schools (Ottawa, Queen's, Bond University) are increasing the supply of would - be lawyers at a time when demand for legal services is shrinking (a point that was driven home last week by the implosion of Heenan Blaikie).

I see an increasing demand for this area of legal and business services and it is becoming recognised as a unique and specialised practice area.

«I foresee the continuing development of robust and strong economies in Africa with increasing demands for expert legal services,» he added.

As the demand for legal services increases, so will the awareness of the «rule of law» principles, therefore ensuring more transparency and less corruption across private, public and social sectors.

But one of the things that they share in common is the client demand for legal services in these areas is increasing every year and showing no signs in slowing.

The demand for legal services will only increase if lawyers want to get paid less (we don't) or the government wants to increase legal aid (they don't).

Increasing the supply of lawyers however does not appear to effectively address that demand, because the way legal services are currently structured they are simply unaffordable for the majority of the public.

While developing strategies to cope with the lagging demand for legal services, lawyer management must understand their partners» expectations so that the former may develop and begin to implement strategies to reduce costs and enhance the volume of profitable business which, in turn, leads to increased revenue per lawyer and profits per partner.

Along with ever - increasing competition from non-traditional service providers, the flatlining demand curve for legal services does not look like it will pick back up anytime soon.

2) Increasing demand for lawyers: this argument is basically that if you make legal services free, people will run to the courthouse to file frivolous lawsuits.

This helps to explain why demand for law firm services has been flat for three years and counting while overall need for legal services has increased steadily.

However, the consumer market has evolved, and as accessibility to information increased and efficiencies through technology are offered by other types of services / industries, consumers expect and have created demand the same be available for legal services.

Demand for more cost - effective legal services models, increased interest in self - representation, and advances in technology have made unbundled legal services (limited scope representation) more appealing to clients.

There is a strong demand from both consumers and businesses in the UK for fixed costs legal services and with the increased competition following deregulation that demand is here to stay and will grow.

Under his direction, demand for ALSF's legal services has increased ten-fold in the past five years, estimated to have helped save African governments more than half a billion dollars.

Where, perhaps, government in the past has been too blinkered, has been by trying simply to squeeze more from the system for the same cost (or less, when factoring in the lack of inflationary increases) rather than addressing whether services are procured in the right way and properly understanding the drivers for rising costs (the latter when their own research has shown that government is itself a driver through legislation, the growing number of offences and the associated demand for legal aid).

While there is no doubt that the foundation is not an alternative to securing Community Legal Service funding, Baroness Scotland has made it plain that the government will not provide extra funds to meet increased demand for pro bono advice.

In addition, that reducing pricing model permits the firm to increase revenue through the ability to access and satisfy the latent unmet demand for legal services.

Without demand for legal services improving significantly, continued increases in fees appear unsustainable.

Demand for services Applications for civil legal aid have increased significantly in recent years, as can be seen in the table below.

Demand for unbundled services is likely to increase as individuals look for affordable ways to access the legal system, Toronto - area family lawyer Andrew Feldstein says in Law... Read more