Category: Online Legal Services

I have updated the list of online legal services that I maintain. (I have also cleaned up the format a bit as well). The last full update was about 18 months ago. It’s fair to say the space is fairly quiet.  I and many others...

In my prior post Thoughts on the Paucity of Online Legal Services, I suggested that one factor holding back development of online legal services is that the natural users, corporate counsel, lack the resources to develop them. It turns out this not universally true, as...

The article The Many Faces of E-Lawyering in the Jan/Feb issue of Law Practice provides a good survey of many online legal services topics.  The article, edited by Richard Granat and Marc Lauritsen, the Co-Chairs of the ABA eLawyering Task Force, is a compendium of...

The unauthorized practice of law (UPL) is a potential concern for those who wish to offer online legal services. Do UPL Restrictions Apply to Impeachment Lawyers from the The Connecticut Law Tribune on law.com offers an interesting perspective on UPL.  The article discusses the possible...

I recently came across a very well-done white paper, Online Strategies for Law Firms 2004, on online legal services by Charles Christian, Editor & Publisher, Legal Technology Insider. It provides an insightful analysis of the current state of online legal services, especially in the UK....

In celebration of Law Technology News’ 10th anniversary edition (October 2003), former managing editor Robert J. Ambrogi posed two questions to a dozen plus people, including me, who are deeply involved with legal technology. In The Future, The Past, Ambrogi asks one question about the...

Why are there so few commercial online interactive legal advisors (online legal services)? One explanation is lack of demand. This seems unlikely. Both corporations and consumers are desperate for affordable advice and, unlike lawyers, seem not to care who provides it or how. Lack of...

Law.com reports in Group Alleges Document Prep Service Provides Legal Advice by Nonlawyers (9/24/03) that the Texas “Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee filed suit on Sept. 17 against a California-based company, alleging that it operates a document preparation service which provides legal advice by nonlawyers.”...