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Rethinking Law Firm Strategy: The Road to Growth and Success with Toby Brown and Nita Sanger (TGIR Ep. 200)

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Looking into the future, Sanger envisions law firms as technology-enabled platforms, providing a wider range of services, while Brown expresses concerns about the reluctance of law departments and law firms to prioritize standardized business processes over the individual preferences of frontline lawyers. I’m Marlene Gebauer.

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DIY Platform ‘Hello Divorce’ Raises $2M To Fuel National Expansion

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Other investors included Jack Newton , cofounder and CEO of law practice management company Clio ; Lightbank ; Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures ; Gaingels , a network of LGBT investors; Lisa Stone , WestRiver Group managing director and former founder and CEO of BlogHer; and EquityESQ, led by San Diego lawyer and investor Ed Diab.

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ABA Opinion Provides Guidance on Proper Client Intake by Nonlawyer Assistants

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The opinion says that “[t]rained intake personnel may check for conflicts of interest, collect basic information from prospective plaintiffs or class members for lawyers to ascertain their eligibility to make a claim, and explain how fees and costs are charged in such cases.” How should lawyers be involved in the client intake process?

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A Closer Look: Three Common Arguments Against Regulatory Reform

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There is a lack of consensus among the legal community when it comes to regulatory reform. Some lawyers are for it, some lawyers are against it, and many lawyers are completely unaware of the conversation altogether (and thus have yet to participate in it). We know that is not the case.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

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Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain and l were sitting down with Daniel Lewis and Nik Reed , the founders of a legal research startup named Ravel Law, along with lawyers from Harvard’s Office of General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton and Gundersen Dettmer. About the Author Adam Ziegler is a lawyer and software builder.

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At A Turning Point for the Law Firm Docketing Profession, A Conversation with Three of its Trailblazers

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Elaine Screechfield , president of the NDA from 2018 to this year, and firmwide litigation docket manager at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, a position she has held since 1983, has announced that she will retire in July. We don’t provide legal advice, even if we’re lawyers. Of what the lawyers want?

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Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Attorneys Saved More Than 633 Hours from Remote Court Appearances, Access to Justice Commission Found

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The ATJ Commission provided grant funding to the First Circuit and Land of Lincoln Legal Aid’s Southern Regional Office in Carbondale to support infrastructure and technology updates needed for remote appearances. Land of Lincoln, which is funded by the Legal Services Corporation, works to fill this gap. hours of “found time”?

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