Sentences with phrase «using unbundled legal services»

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.

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:

The evaluation report also points out areas needing further research (including more robust input from clients who have used unbundled legal services).

Not exact matches

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.

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 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 pServices 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 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 legal services, and the unpredictable capacity, availability, and timing of services provided pservices, and the unpredictable capacity, availability, and timing of services provided pservices 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).

[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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To continue to support the expanded use of unbundled services and legal coaching, including offering Continuing Legal Education opportunities, as well as tools that address concerns over legal liabilegal coaching, including offering Continuing Legal Education opportunities, as well as tools that address concerns over legal liabiLegal Education opportunities, as well as tools that address concerns over legal liabilegal liability.

«Unbundled» legal services, also known as «limited legal services» or «discrete task representation,» is using your lawyer for what only a lawyer can do.

Topics will include: justice system reform, supporting self - represented litigants, serving Indigenous communities, unbundled legal services, reduced rate legal services, paralegal pro bono services, the politics of access to justice, using new technologies and good corporate citizenry.

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Unbundled legal services might be the solution, but education is needed about the advantages and disadvantages of using them [pp. 56 - 57].

wouldn't tell the public that the problem is not the Law Society's problem, as in effect it does; (15) LSUC's website wouldn't state that lay benchers «represent the public interest,» which is impossible now that we are well beyond the 19th century; (16) CanLII's services would be upgraded in kind and volume to be a true support service, able to have a substantial impact upon the problem, and several other developed support services, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authservices would be upgraded in kind and volume to be a true support service, able to have a substantial impact upon the problem, and several other developed support services, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authservices, all provided at cost, would together, provide a complete solution; (17) LSUC's management would not be part - time management by amateurs - amateurs because benchers don't have the expertise to solve the problem, nor are they trying to get it, nor are they joining with Canada's other law societies to solve this national problem; (18) the Federation of Law Societies of Canada would not describe the problem as being one of mere «gaps in access to legal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorilegal services» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authservices» (see its Sept. 2012 text, «Inventory of Access to Legal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authoriLegal Services Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authServices Initiatives of the Law Societies of Canada» (1st paragraph), (19) LSUC would not be encouraging the use alternatives to lawyers, such as law students, self - help, and «unbundled, targeted» legal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorilegal services, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authservices, as a «cutting costs by cutting competence» strategy; and, (20) it would not be necessary to impose an Ontario version of the Clementi Report (UK, 2004) that would separate LSUC's regulatory functions from its representative functions, to be exercised by separate authorities.

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Even if a law firm works primarily with corporate and business clients or in - house counsel and GC of companies, these clients are also increasingly looking at their law firms to use technology to make legal services more cost - effective and to find ways to unbundle legal services with alternative fee arrangements.

It aims to encourage more family lawyers to offer unbundled legal services to support families using mediation.

Look for developments such as more loss - leading advice on websites; more use of video and visual; more integration of video communication between lawyer and client; more use of fixed fee «unbundled» services; more integration of discussion communities with legal practices; and some possibly questionable referral arrangements between what are presented as not for profit organisations and associated for profit providers.