However, new
models of online legal services are developing that combine the products and branding of familiar companies with the services of licensed professionals.
Here Clive Rich, lawyer and
chairman of online legal service provider LawBite, gives Lawyer Monthly a rundown of the latest important changes every small or medium enterprise needs to keep an eye out for, and potentially take action on or risk being fined.
For the past two decades, Richard has pioneered the
concept of online legal services by establishing one of the first virtual law firms in the United States and founding a series of companies that provide online legal services directly to consumers and small business.
Ron Friedmann has updated his
list of online legal services — law firms, law departments and private companies that use the Web to deliver advice, guidance or legal training to clients.
Beginning in 2000, I co-chaired the American Bar Association's eLawyering Task Force, with my colleague Marc Lauritsen, publishing articles about the eLawyering concept, publishing guidelines on the
delivery of online legal services, guidelines for operating law practices in the cloud and creating the ABA's James Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering.
One senior figure in the
field of online legal services once said the secret is this: do not even think about doing something online unless you are sure that clients are going to want to pay for it.
I've actually had two calls with lawyers based upon the recent Florida Bar news article that came out about my presentation on the
proliferation of these online legal service providers and they're both doing this themselves already.
Here Clive Rich, lawyer and
chairman of online legal service provider LawBite, gives Lawyer Monthly a rundown of the latest important changes every small or medium...
However, legal IT consultant Ron Friedmann commented in June 2012 that there has been less than expected online legal service activity since the previous update of his
list of online legal services.
LegalZoom is the nation's leading provider
of online legal services, and since its inception almost 15 years ago, has served over 2 million customers.
Right now, the primary focus is we're looking at the proliferation
of online legal service providers and how that's going to affect Florida lawyers and how Florida lawyers can either participate or compete.