State Courts, the National Legal Services Program through its TIG Program, lawyers delivering
unbundled legal services online, alternative providers of legal solutions such as LegalZoom, are all exploring ways to broaden the market for legal services by finding effective solutions for what has been called, «the latent market for legal services.»
One solution is to offer software - powered
unbundled legal services online for a fixed fee.
Similar to full - service representation, the attorney must use his or her judgment on a case by case basis when deciding whether he or she may competently provide
unbundled legal services online.
Even if document automation is not used to deliver
unbundled legal services online, attorneys may enjoy the flexibility that is provided in their schedules by requiring that the online client be responsible for handling the footwork of executing or filing a document for themselves with instruction from the attorney.
If the attorney maintains a physical law office in addition to a virtual law office, the attorney may provide a combination of
unbundled legal services online with full service representation.
Some state bars, such as the North Carolina State Bar, have specifically published ethics opinions permitting virtual law practices and encouraging the practice of providing
unbundled legal services online.
For attorneys who are able to provide
unbundled legal services online, some of the benefits include increased client revenue, expanded online client base and improved flexibility in the work schedule as a result of the technology's ability to streamline the production of legal work.
Not exact matches
This
legal services model does not provide the same case or client management features or the functionality of a backend virtual law office for the attorney, but it does generate leads to
online clients who are interested in
unbundled legal services.
An attorney may provide
unbundled legal services with a virtual law office as the sole method of delivering
legal services to clients, or a virtual law practice may be added to an existing law office as an amenity to in - person client or as a method of pulling in additional revenue from a separate
online client base.
In addition to the benefits that
unbundling provides for attorneys, it also increases access to justice by making affordable
legal services available to a larger segment of the public who are actively seeking such assistance
online.
Depending on the
legal services that the firm offers, a VLO could be added to provide
unbundled or limited
legal services for new
online clients while also working with in - person client through the system.
The Goitia Law Firm — offers
online Florida
unbundled legal services through a client portal with a focus on fixed fee prices.
This is an important lesson for law firms, because other
online legal services such as UpCounsel are already on the scene attracting startups, small business owners, and entrepreneurs with affordable and convenient
unbundled legal services.
Abadin advocated that the Florida Bar consider allowing: Fee splitting with non-lawyers, such as
online companies that deliver
legal services;
Unbundling of
legal services; Reciprocity with -LSB-...]
The «
unbundling legal services and
online delivery,» as it's the path towards the «value - chain business model» and opening up
service to the latent
legal market.
online at http://www.floridabar.org/TFB/TFBResources.nsf/0/B591E315F65F20FC85256FE1007766E3/$FILE/SpecialUnbunLegalServMonitorRpt..pdf?OpenElement concluded that «the Florida Bar has not received any complaints regarding lawyers providing
unbundled legal services» (at 9).
Some of the means suggested to increase access — de-lawyering;
unbundling of
legal services; alternate fee arrangements;
online dispute resolution; risk avoidance, etc. — are the same as those offered up as answers to Susskind's more - for-less challenge, thereby bringing the discussion full - circle.
It brings together tailored
legal information with options to pursue
unbundled,
online dispute resolution
services.
Consumers are going
online in large numbers to purchase
unbundled legal services, mostly DIY
legal forms.
[W] e invite you to take a few minutes to complete a confidential,
online survey specially designed for family lawyers offering
unbundled (and
legal coaching)
services.
She is the author of «Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver
Legal Services Online» and «Limited Scope
Legal Services:
Unbundling and the Self - Help Client.»
Our new free
legal forms consumer portal with a Law Firm Directory of «virtual law firms» delivering «
unbundled legal services»
online at http://www.mylawyer.com is an example of whats coming.
Consider offering
unbundled services like
online legal document reviews, especially for business clients — the initial fees may not be much, but could lead to bigger things down the road.