We are a full service business law firm dedicated to
solving legal problems so that you can focus on business.
Our business is to focus on
solving your legal problems so that you can devote your attention to your life and your business.
Not exact matches
But is it within the competence (not to mention the
legal authority) of the federal government to
solve those
problems, or will their efforts to do
so simply make things worse for educators, school leaders, and policymakers in the places that really matter?
In the
legal world, the next
problem the alarmists have to
solve is to get the US Supreme Court to make all the
legal «let's pretends» concerning the CPP «
legal» by declaring them to be
so.
«Mindfulness can help us become more aware of each other and our communication deficiencies across the firm
so that we work to improve and integrate our
problem -
solving, responsiveness and interpersonal skills with our
legal skills.
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.
So why does the majority of LSUC's membership tolerate such preference given to the interests of benchers of law firms that serve large institutions and potential investors and not to
solving the unaffordable
legal services
problems of middle and lower income people?
These programs keep our attorneys abreast of technology and current
legal issues, and they sharpen litigation skills
so our attorneys
problem -
solve more efficiently for our clients.
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?»
Saying
legal tech sucks is not going to
solve anything,
so let's instead collaborate in the real world to
solve real
problems.
Some investors find that lawyers are not innovative enough to disrupt an industry,
so lawyers then seek out tech disrupters with
legal industry knowledge (a hard find) to
solve their
problems.
Lawyers are never taught this second step, which is not part of the
legal process, and
so lawyers tend to believe that a group of lawyers, sitting in a conference room, can
solve firm management
problems without any additional input, learning, or testing.
I mean it's this interesting dynamic that we've talked about on the show before where there's for sure the distinction between access to justice and access to lawyers, and that you can have your
legal problem or your life
problem with
legal implications
solved without necessarily needing to engage a lawyer,
so not all access to justice
problems are access to lawyer
problems.
So how should we start thinking about that when we think about the construction of the
legal system and how to
solve that
problem?
He suggests that if clients hired firms that were interested in
solving problems rather than rounding up billing and carrying overhead, they might not have to spend
so much time auditing their
legal bills.
She says, «This research shows technology can help
solve two
problems: both making contracts faster and more reliable, and freeing up resources
so legal departments can focus on building the quality of their human
legal teams.»
«I am indeed impressed to see
so many talented minds collaborate and come up with feasible solutions to
solve certain
legal problems in society.»
So: threaten law societies that if they don't get competent to
solve the
problem of unaffordable
legal services, then we must petition government to abolish law societies which would be the best thing that could be done for the population, the justice system, and the
legal profession itself.
And
so, the only way that the
problem of unaffordable
legal services will be
solved is by way of government programs for socialized law.
Therefore, if bencher election candidates» campaign literature doesn't provide a detailed strategy for
solving the unaffordable
legal services
problem, don't vote for them, and tell them
so when you see them.
Make us your partner to
solve your
legal problems with à la carte services
so you pay for only what you need and nothing else.
So, to reap the harvest of the great volume of new
legal work that technology will bring the
legal profession, it must first
solve the
problem of unaffordable
legal services.
These great successes prove that the «unaffordable
legal services
problem» can be
solved with the power of a collectively as represented by a law society, rather than attempting to do
so by way of the very limited powers and resources of individual law firms negotiating with high - powered investors.
Legal AI has been
so successful already because the bigger story is always one about positive change, the one about using technology to
solve problems, deliver value, open up new areas of insight and capability, as well as to boost productivity, not just in the law, but across the entire economy.
The restrictions are
so severe that the result is to deprive North Carolina's citizens of low cost solutions to
solving many
legal problems, inhibits innovation in developing
legal solutions by an emerging self - help
legal software industry, stifles competition to attorneys from self - help
legal software publishers in the State of North Carolina, and will eliminate any possibility of private investment in self - help
legal software development.
Therefore we see for example, LSUC embracing apps, with no assessment as to: (1) their relation to, and impact upon
solving the
problem; (2) their ability to bring about the economies - of - scale
so badly needed in the production of
legal services; (3) their ability to serve and sustain the continued existence of the general practitioner; (4) the prevalence (frequency and availability) of the solicitor - client relationship among all of the many and fast - moving developments in the provision of
legal services; and, (5) the issues set out above.
There are obviously good (ethics related) reasons why
legal professionals may be reluctant to collaborate (as I have just defined it) online, but it's hard to fathom that there is absolutely no reasonable and prudent model that would allow us to tap into the more collaborative nature of the web to
solve legal problems and, while doing
so, meet unmet
legal needs.
«Our clients are going to look for other ways to
solve their
problems,
so we as a profession and in general in the
legal industry need to move much more in the direction of
solving that
problem,» he says.
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.
We discussed the genesis of Sadie Blue Software, the
problems that Agility Blue
solves, why project management has become
so important in efficiently managing
legal projects, and how the development of tools like Agility Blue reflect where the
legal market is headed in 2017, among other topics.
Summary With
so many new changes on the horizon in the
legal industry there are tons of interesting
problems to
solve and interesting things to learn with a future we can barely imagine.
It is because interdisciplinary collaboration is
so crucial for
solving today's complex
problems that we wonder if labeling this approach «
legal design» is counterproductive.
We often hear clients want a focus on value, which translates to thinking like the clients, understanding their business,
solving their
legal problems and helping them manage costs — and doing
so in a predictable fashion.
«Customers trust Elevate to help them
solve their
problems managing and performing
legal work — and to do
so efficiently and effectively,» said Liam Brown, Founder and Chairman of Elevate.
Wright and Perrin would want to
solve the political
problem, and
so would not be able to see that the
problem also had
legal and ethical dimensions.
Unbundling
legal services or providing clients with assistance à la carte can go a long way in helping to
solve the access to justice
problem that is
so apparent in family... Read more
Unbundling
legal services or providing clients with assistance à la carte can go a long way in helping to
solve the access to justice
problem that is
so apparent in family law, says Toronto - area family lawyer