The closed loop argument that using alternative
legal services providers results in lesser quality work product is not true anymore.
Not exact matches
England & Wales as well as Australia prove that it is possible to open the market to other
legal service providers without causing the harm that so many predicted would
result.
Legal Futures this week posted on the results of the third annual survey of what clients want from their legal service provider, conducted by legal technology service provider Peppermint Technology in the United Kin
Legal Futures this week posted on the
results of the third annual survey of what clients want from their
legal service provider, conducted by legal technology service provider Peppermint Technology in the United Kin
legal service provider, conducted by
legal technology service provider Peppermint Technology in the United Kin
legal technology
service provider Peppermint Technology in the United Kingdom.
The theme of my paper is that unless law societies solve the, «access to justice, unaffordable
legal services causing lawyers to be short of clients problem,» they will never have a persuasive answer to the argument that the
resulting conflict of interest should bar them from being the regulators of non-lawyer
providers of
legal services.
Late last year, CLOC, the Corporate
Legal Operations Consortium, released the results of its first annual State of the Industry Survey, looking at such metrics as legal spend; legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priori
Legal Operations Consortium, released the
results of its first annual State of the Industry Survey, looking at such metrics as
legal spend; legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priori
legal spend;
legal department and legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priori
legal department and
legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative service providers; and law firm evaluation priori
legal ops headcounts; commonly used e-billing vendors, contract management systems and alternative
service providers; and law firm evaluation priorities.
The dramatic increase in competition from new
legal service providers offering credible and cost - effective alternatives to traditional «BigLaw» has
resulted in a major shift in the bargaining power and clout of clients.
I don't think you can attribute it all to doubts about the efficacy or reliability of alternative
legal services providers: the major players in this sector have ten - plus years of outstanding
results and tens of millions of dollars in annual turnover.
Legal Executive Leadership helps law departments (and the
service providers who support them) deliver the value and
results their clients want.
The study concludes that
legal services providers would be disadvantaged disproportionately compared with the UK economy as a whole due to their reliance on intermediate demand from other sectors likely to be adversely affected, particularly financial and other professional
services, and from
resulting lower levels of business investment.
As a
result, many solos and smalls tend to be plain vanilla
legal services providers, making it hard for the general public to differentiate between them — and making them ripe for disruption by new players who do things differently.
Bob and I entered into a good - natured Twitter chat in which I pointed out that the former AG did not have my sympathy as he freely chose his
legal service providers and likely could have found less expensive personnel to achieve the same
result.
The importance of community - based intermediaries was also identified in the Manitoba Bar Association's 2010 Report and Summary: Town Hall Meetings on Access to Justice and
resulted in recommendations to: enhance access to community based advocacy and
legal support
services; support efforts to enhance cooperation among and coordination of community based -
services; and provide training opportunities for community
service providers in relation to domestic violence and cultural awareness, in particular.