Virtual Law Practice Resources
Attorneys wanting to find more information about virtual law practice, including ethics and malpractice information from the ABA and different state bars, may want to review the following list of resources.
The definition of virtual law practice will continue to develop as the legal profession responds to the growing demand of the public for affordable and convenient, online legal services. Because many virtual law practices will offer unbundled or limited legal services to clients rather than full-service legal representation, some of these resources discuss the unbundling of legal services as well as virtual law practice in general.
* ELawyering Task Force, ABA Law Practice Management Section
* Improving the Delivery of Affordable Legal Services Through the Internet: A Blueprint for the Shift to a Digital Paradigm, by William Hornsby, updated 11/30/2006
* Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance: A Report of the Modest Means Task Force, ABA Section of Litigation
* Pro Se/Unbundling Resource Center, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services
* Cornell University School of Law’s American Legal Ethics Library, provides a state-by-state comparative analysis of ethics opinions and professional responsibility rules
* Virtual Law Practice Blog, Practicing Law Professionally and Securely with a Web-Based Virtual Law Office (VLO)
* Practicing Law Online: Creating a Web-Based Virtual Law Office
* Law Practice Today, “Building a Virtual Law Firm: Changes and Opportunities”, by Joe Kashi, January 2004
* ABA TechShow 2008, “Your Office: Don’t Leave Home without It”, by Brett Burney & Adriana Linares, November 2007
* Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School, “New Skills, New Learning: Legal Education & the Promise of Technology”, 2007
* ABA Legal Technology Resource Center Survey Report, Web and Communication Technology Report, 2008
* Virtual Law Firms Going Viral, by Carolyn Elefant, June 26, 2009, Law.com Legal Blog Watch
* Virtual Law Practice: A Passing Trend or the Wave of the Future?, by Aviva Culyer and Nicole Black, GP Solo Magazine, Volume 26, Number 4, June 2009.
* More virtual law firms sprout up, by Mitch Kowalski, National Post, June 26, 2009.
* Law firms boost their image and client base by going social, Long Island Business News, July 9, 2o09
* Richard Susskind’s keynote presentation at the April 2009 ABA TECHSHOW discussed disruptive technology changing the face of the legal profession.
* Law Firm Websites that Work, “Virtuality”, ABA Journal, April 2009
* Law Practice Management in the Cloud, by Nicole Black, Practicing Law in the 21st Century Blog, May 12, 2009
* Practicing Law with SaaS, by By Luigi Benetton, Canadian Bar Association’s National Magazine, Winter 2009.
* Why Going Home To Go To Work May Be Just What Your Client Wants,by Susan Cartier Liebel, Build a Solo Practice, LLC, June 22, 2009
* Lawyers find meaning floating on the Tag Cloud, by David Bilinski, Thoughtful Legal Management Blog, June 9, 2009