The Most Common Advice on Starting a Firm
Almost a dozen attorneys have been willing to talk with me and my partner about our law firm so far. Some attorneys have offered better advice than others, but it has all been valuable in some way....
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Four Things Lawyers Can Learn from Weight Lifters
I am far from a professional powerlifter. In fact, I’m light years away from even being an amateur powerlifter. But I still spend about three hours in the gym every week, almost without fail. I’ve had...
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Clients Don’t Care if You Are “Virtual”
One of the problems with a label like “virtual” is that, as Lee Rosen points out, clients don’t care about the label. They may like your fees, or the fact that they don’t have to come to your office,...
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Your Practice Isn’t a Used-Car Lot: Puffery and Virtual Offices
Lawyers can attract new clients and engage existing ones with the click of a button, without leaving home. But as some law firms shift from traditional brick and mortar law firms to virtual...
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Innovative Attorneys Push Forward with Virtual Law Practice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilikeitsimple/3351771579/ There has been much debate about the recent New Jersey opinion related to that state bar’s “bona fide office” rule. Around the same time, an...
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Intangible Benefits of Law Firm Outsourcing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/2622591491/ Guest post by Kevin Chern. Recently, I did a guest post on the costs of hiring in-house law firm staff versus the costs of outsourcing. As I stated in...
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Avoiding Malpractice Risks When Providing Unbundled Legal Services Online
Before offering unbundled legal services, an attorney must explain exactly what services will be provided at what cost to the client. A virtual law practice providing these services should operate with...
View ArticleAdding a Virtual Law Office (VLO) to Your Practice
Delivering legal services online is a growing method of law practice management as both attorneys and clients find ways to benefit from the use of the technology. However, a virtual law office (VLO) is...
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Access Files Anywhere With Pogoplug
If you have concerns about cloud computing, but still want remote access to files, Pogoplug might be right up your alley. Pogoplug lets you turn an external hard drive into an online hard drive...
View ArticleHow to Choose A Malpractice Insurance Policy for a Virtual Law Practice
When your law practice is dependent on technology to operate, you need to carefully select a malpractice insurance policy that provides adequate coverage. This is even more important if you will be...
View ArticleOpen Source and the Virtual Law Firm
At this year’s ABA TECHSHOW, Rodney Dowell and Dennis Kennedy gave a presentation on the open source powered law firm. I’ve used open source software for years for various purposes in my virtual law...
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Podcast #87: Building an Agile, Virtual Immigration Law Practice, with Greg...
With Sound Immigration, we’re trying to test the hypothesis that clients are willing to work with us in a purely online space.—Greg McLawsen Sam was ill this week and wasn’t able to record a new...
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How Lawyers Work: Scott Bassett, Virtual Lawyer and Tech Enthusiast
In this week’s edition of How Lawyers Work, we talked to Scott Bassett. Scott is a lawyer, professor, musician, and tech enthusiast. He is in his 36th year of practicing law, the last 15 as a virtual...
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Podcast #172: Law Firm Profile: MyVirtual.Lawyer, with Brooke Moore
In this episode, Brooke Moore gives us a snapshot of her client-centric, virtual law firm. Brooke discusses how she uses automation, the approach she uses to make improvements, and how she measures...
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Intangible Benefits of Law Firm Outsourcing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/2622591491/ Guest post by Kevin Chern. Recently, I did a guest post on the costs of hiring in-house law firm staff versus the costs of outsourcing. As I stated in...
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Innovative Attorneys Push Forward with Virtual Law Practice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilikeitsimple/3351771579/ There has been much debate about the recent New Jersey opinion related to that state bar’s “bona fide office” rule. Around the same time, an...
View ArticleTrip report: taking my law office with me to Europe
As you may remember, I recently took off for Europe with nothing but a USB drive and my Blackberry, audaciously leaving my laptop running UltraVNC on my desk at home. Fortunately nobody took that as an...
View ArticleAdding a Virtual Law Office (VLO) to Your Practice
Delivering legal services online is a growing method of law practice management as both attorneys and clients find ways to benefit from the use of the technology. However, a virtual law office (VLO) is...
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Podcast #118: Old-School Virtual Law Practice and E-Brief Best Practices,...
In this episode we talk to Scott Bassett, who had a virtual law practice before anyone thought in those terms. We discuss the challenges he had to overcome, like getting insurance, dealing with bona...
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Podcast #28: Nicole Bradick on How to Build a Virtual Law Practice
Nicole Bradick explains what a virtual practice is and how to build one. But first, we talk about a baby who is crazy about a local personal injury lawyer, and the difficulty in combating link rot....
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