The document discusses online legal services and how they are evolving to meet client demands. It notes that clients want fixed prices, speed, transparency, convenience and better technology. It also discusses how online legal services provide document automation, virtual law firms and multi-sided platforms connecting consumers, attorneys and vendors. The document argues that online legal technologies will help law firms compete and that state bar associations should support the evolution to online legal services.
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On-Line Legal Services: Keeping Pace with the Evolving Practice of Law
1. On-Line Legal Services Richard S. Granat, J.D. Co-Chair, eLawyering Task Force, ABA and President, DirectLaw, Inc. Keeping Pace with the Evolving Practice of Law August 6, 2010 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
10. THE SIZE OF THE LATENT MARKET $45 billion latent market 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
11. Competition Legal Zoom 1,000,000 wills More than a Thousand Legal Form Web Sites Independent Paralegals Tax Preparers 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat CONSUMERS OR CLIENTS
12. CLIENTS WANT Legal Services Ala Carte- Unbundled Legal Services 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
13. Only 52.1% of Solos Have a Web Site. Legal Profession is Lagging ONLNE LEGAL SERVICE 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
14. Services? What are Online Legal ONLNE LEGAL SERVICE 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
15. On-Line legal services are legal services delivered over the Internet directly to clients through a password protected and secure web space where both the attorney and client may interact and legal services are consumed by the client . Sometimes called: elawyering or virtual lawyering . Defined 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
16. Virtual Lawyering Is Not: No physical office Having a Web site Email communication 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
17. Know-How Systems Document Automation Technology-Assisted Services Internet Technologies 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
18. Web Advisors Smart Calculators Other Client Tools Internet Technologies 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
27. Differentiation Remarkable Client experience BUILDING A STRONG BRAND ONLINE
28. POWER OF WINNING LAW FIRMS WILL HAVE A STRONG BRAND & USE THE ONLINE TECHNOLOGY
29. Help law firms compete. Create Go-To Places for Consumers. State Bar Associations Must Be Part of the Solution 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat
30. 1 . ABA eLawyering Task Force 2. The Virtual Law Firm Learning Center 3. Unbundling Resource Center ABA Learn More About On-Line Legal Services 息 Copyright, 2010, Richard S. Granat