Not exact matches
It is
also true that
traditional structures in England & Wales are regulated in a nearly equally heavy - handed manner given that many of the regulations that apply to ABSs in fact apply to all
legal service providers.
The move
also suggests that if «
traditional» law firms don't accelerate their adoption of AI systems, such as document review in this case, then other providers already skilled in project management and process level work will deliver AI - augmented
legal services to corporates instead.
Reduced demand for
traditional legal services (typically billed by the hour)
also means there is less demand for articling students and a tendency towards over-supply of lawyers (while paradoxically at the same time, many rural and smaller communities don't have enough lawyers).
Eric Laughlin, managing director, Thomson Reuters
Legal Managed
Services, said: «We sought an innovative partner that not only could deliver results but
also could work with us to build something beyond just
traditional data extraction.»
Also from a
traditional advertising and marketing perspective, imagine signs on commuter buses, billboards, or in subway stations that advertise
legal services that direct consumers to visit «newyorkdivorce.lawyer» or «seattlehumanrights.attorney.»
(I can't help but noting that there
also is a lack of empirical data about the effectiveness of «
traditional»
legal services around the country — except for the fact that it doesn't serve large swaths of society.)
Also known as limited scope
legal services and refers to a situation where a lawyer performs one or more discrete tasks for a client, while the client handles other matters that, in a
traditional full
service retainer, would form part of the
services the lawyer would provide.1
Indeed, accepting work outside of your
traditional practice areas not only allows you to offer new
services and
legal work to your existing clients, but it
also allows you to expand the pool of potential clients available to you.
The firm is
also elevating the role of technology, with Atrium's lawyers working as advisors to Atrium LTS to develop more efficient tools and processes for delivering
legal services and for automating low - value tasks that
traditional firms bill for on an hourly basis.
What's enjoyable about the site, in my view, is that it doesn't just feature the
traditional working mom with a full - time nanny or daycare watching kids but
also includes lots of examples of moms (including Keroes herself who runs her site and provides freelance
legal service to The Gap) experimenting with flex - time hours, writing books or striking out on their own so that they can tip the work - life balance scales in their favor.
The rub is that we'll have to do it in the context of a
traditional market for
legal services that is not just tightening but
also evolving rapidly.
Does it — could it —
also encompass structures, be they companies or other types of organizations, that are owned in whole or in part by nonlawyers, and that provide
legal services outside the limited contexts of existing companies like the ones listed above, but in «nontraditional» manner such that it could be difficult to describe the structure as a
traditional «law firm»?
Uber
also occupies a sizeable chunk of the
legal horizon, as ride sharing quickly eclipses
traditional taxi
services.
Artificial intelligence is
also reshaping
legal services from the ground up — potentially bypassing
traditional providers.
It would
also seem that it is difficult to persuade the public in large numbers to use them, unless they are supported by
traditional legal advice
services.
However, the paper
also suggests that there are reasons to believe that non-lawyer ownership will not lead to significant access gains because (i) those in need of civil
legal services often have few resources and, for them,
legal aid is the answer, (ii) non-lawyer ownership is likely to be attracted to profitable sectors of the market, (iii) some
legal services require the individualized attention of an experienced practitioner who charges high rates and the
traditional worker owned partnership model may be the better approach in this context and (iv) there may be reasons other than price causing people not to address civil
legal needs.