If your case is fairly simple and agreed,
using unbundled legal services may be a good option.
While you may be able to keep your legal costs down by doing a lot of the legwork in your divorce yourself, or by
using unbundled legal services, you are still going to need some kind of legal advice.
Using unbundled legal services has been shown to help our knowledgeable self - represented clients realize a more favourable outcome.
If you're serious about
using unbundled legal services in your divorce, you may want to check out Sue Talia's book called A Client's Guide to Limited Legal Services — A simple and practical handbook for family law litigants.
Click Here to read Woody's Top Ten Tips for
Using an Unbundled Approach to Expand Your Services and Build Your Practice [afccnet.org].
To
use unbundled services most effectively, you must properly task a lawyer.
I have written before about how lawyers can
use unbundling as part of a marketing strategy for their law firms to differentiate themselves from traditional full - service law firms that stick to the billable hour model.
If you are (or know of) someone who's
used unbundled legal services in their family law matter, please consider taking (or sharing) this survey:
Why this is an especially great time of year to
use Unbundled Attorney's lead generation service to help acquire more clients and grow your unbundled practice
We have also included chapters on how you can
use unbundled and Collaborative Law approaches to representing clients during mediation.
The evaluation report also points out areas needing further research (including more robust input from clients who have
used unbundled legal services).
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We have also included chapters on how you can
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Not exact matches
Rosenblatt says that Foursquare revenue is at least doubling every year and marketers couldn't be happier with the results the company is delivering.He explains that by
unbundling Foursquare's core
use cases, the company created two apps that are simpler and easier to
use, making it easier to communicate its value proposition to users and marketers.
There is also another 1 GB data bundle included, which can only be
used between 12 am and 4 pm — this package has
unbundled BT Openzone access too.
Legal
unbundling rules are in place in both sectors, but they are not sufficient to prevent companies from
using their ownership of network infrastructure to favour their own affiliated companies.
Those lawyers will be replaced by: (1) self - help programs, including
unbundling of legal services; (2) greater
use of much less competent people such as law students, paralegals, and untrained volunteers; and, (3) pro & low bono, which, as all charity, is uncertain as to its volume, availability, and timing.
If you quote flat fees or
use subscriptions,
unbundled services, or alternative fee arrangements, you can stop tracking time altogether.
For example, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's publication, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada,» (Sept. 2012) recommends lowering legal costs so as to preserve the existing system by means of
using much less competent alternatives to
using experienced lawyers — students, paralegals,
unbundling of legal services, and the unpredictable capacity, availability, and timing of services provided pro bono.
Other common answers were «minimal in - person contact with clients» (52 percent), «
use of web - based tools for client interaction» (46 percent), «
use of a secure client portal / extranet» (18 percent), «offering
unbundled legal services» (18 percent) and «other» (3 percent).
Traditional models of personal service can not meet demand, but effective assistance can be provided nonetheless by smart
use of technology (and some of the other means noted above, such as
unbundled services, which may themselves be technology - enabled).
Jenny Beck, Partner with UK - based ABS Stephensons Solicitors, explains how,
using fixed prices,
unbundling, and technology, the firm makes its services accessible on a number of levels:
The types of letters and documentation Thomas
uses to inform courts of
unbundled services or limited appearances being offered
Why Moises chose to
use lead generation, and how
Unbundled Attorney compares to the other companies he has worked with
Some of the challenges you can face in courts not
used to working with attorneys who provide
unbundled services, and how to protect yourself
«But
unbundling can be
used in every area of the law,» he says.
[5] It presents three types of solutions: (1) various kinds of self - help, including the «
unbundling» of legal services — the client does more, as a result the lawyer does less; (2) help by way of a greater
use of law students, paralegals, and volunteer workers; and, (3) greater
use of pro bono and low bono legal services (free and low paid legal services provided by lawyers).
Although the report also focuses on more
unbundled services and coaching by lawyers, and
use of law students to provide family law, it recognizes,
As an example of how
unbundling online might work, an attorney whose practice centers on litigation may
use a virtual law practice to generate additional client revenue by answering basic traffic ticket questions while maintaining a full - service litigation practice.
Some are also taking steps to re-tool their practices to better meet the express needs of clients,
using new approaches and tools that include
unbundled services, assisted self - representation, fixed fee retainers and more.
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.
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.
A wide range of innovations are mentioned as being
used by traditional providers including alternative billing, document assembly, artificial intelligence, project management and process improvement, and
unbundling.
The
use of technology, in the case of Cooley Go's document assembly tool, allows their lawyers to offer services
unbundled without sacrificing time or charging the same billable hour for standard documents.
But I can't believe we still have to convince people that they should be considering limited scope representation and
unbundled services as one of the models that they
use to approach law practice.
The Legal Services Commission already acknowledged the benefits of
unbundling and mobile delivery to increase access to justice in its 2013 Report of The Summit on the
Use of Technology to Expand Access to Justice.
All lawyers can benefit from learning techniques for
unbundling and
using technology to deliver services online.
They are of three types: (1) self - help programs; (2) «cutting costs by cutting competence» programs, by way of greater
use of, students, paralegals, and «
unbundled» legal services, wherein the client does more with the intended result that the cost will be lower because the lawyer does less; and, (3) pro bono charity, which, albeit commendable, is too small to have any significant impact upon the volume of legal services needed.
The new ecosystem is giving buyers more options, and presents the opportunity to
use technology - enabled services to meet client demands for cost - effective solutions, to
unbundle services so clients get what they want, and to increase collaboration among law firms, in - house counsel and alternative legal services providers.
«What we're trying to do is operate a lightweight, customer / client - focused law firm which
uses technology to allow us to deliver cost - effective,
unbundled services and, in doing so, actually increase the amount of direct contact we have with clients, and so clients are experiencing this approach,» Mangan says.
Topics to be covered are:
unbundling, outsourcing, advocacy referral and methods of
using technology to do more with less.
Unbundling a family law service means that you can
use our legal assistance for only one aspect of your legal matter, such as document preparation or motion filing.
Matt's method via a walk - through and then live role - playing with the exact words Matt
uses on initial calls to
Unbundled leads and how he is able to convert 50 % of those leads into paying clients
The types of
unbundled legal services and flexible retainer options you can
use to tailor services to the financial needs of your clients
A part of this is considering what other business models attorneys can
use:
unbundled legal services, modest means programs, legal needs inventories (or check - ups).
Even if you choose not to
use fully comprehensive legal representation, the Feldstein Family Law Group offers several
unbundled services including consultation and representation at key court appearances.
Another expression is often
used is «
unbundled services».
Clients who
use «
unbundled» legal services may be seeking only one of the following: advice, research, drafting, negotiation, review of contracts or agreements, or a limited court appearance — or some combination of these services.
Chapter 1: Expanding Your Practice by Representing Clients in Mediation Chapter 2: Family Lawyer as Dispute Resolution Manager Chapter 3: Mediation Confidentiality Chapter 4: Representing Clients in Court - Ordered Mediation Chapter 5:
Using a Limited Scope Approach (
Unbundling) to Represent Clients Outside and Inside the Mediation Room Chapter 6: Representing Clients in Mediation with a Collaborative Lawyering Approach Chapter 7: Setting Up the Mediation Chapter 8: Building an Agreement Your Client Can Live With Chapter 9: Reaching Agreement Chapter 10: Reviewing and Drafting Mediated Agreements Chapter 11: Preventing Future Conflict Chapter 12: Be a Peacemaker
There is no reason why Siaro could not be
used to more easily and economically provide free, or partly free, initial consultations or
unbundled services.