tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post9130901650289908685..comments2024-01-23T04:12:56.180-08:00Comments on My Law License: Can We Talk About Our Profession, Just For A Minute, Please?My Law Licensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-37436866726824242702011-09-02T04:51:37.140-07:002011-09-02T04:51:37.140-07:00I practice through the medium of a virtual law fir...I practice through the medium of a virtual law firm. Virtual in that we work from home and take office space in town by the hour when we need to see clients. This keeps the overhead low and the client contact personal. For me it works very well. The technology removes the need for lawyers to "huddle together" around the law library, the cases and precedents are delivered electronically to my lap top and for that I am grateful.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776615492815188441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-51162149056950557282011-08-29T11:32:30.827-07:002011-08-29T11:32:30.827-07:00Stephen,
She is now that she read your comment.Stephen,<br /><br />She is now that she read your comment.My Law Licensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-44534304500051781682011-08-29T11:22:02.598-07:002011-08-29T11:22:02.598-07:00Is Evelyn hot?Is Evelyn hot?Stephen Stanfieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-40296202937049330702011-08-29T09:48:27.033-07:002011-08-29T09:48:27.033-07:00I took the opportunity to speak at IgniteLaw to sp...I took the opportunity to speak at IgniteLaw to spend 6 minutes on this issue of commoditization and fighting the advance of technology as the excuse to drive down (and dumb down) the practice of law. <br /><br />It was recorded and the video is available, but I'm not vain enough to post it. Point is, there's a slide in there called, "Do You Want to Be Soap?" <br /><br />Judging from the response in the room, half of the people got it, and half the people thought _I_ was dumb. <br /><br />They might be right, but I'll never compete with the online solutions. The cost is too high.<br /><br />VictorVictor Medinahttp://www.jerseyestateplanning.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834335945349958946.post-47674317775597212472011-08-29T09:23:49.666-07:002011-08-29T09:23:49.666-07:00To the extent that a law practice is a business, i...To the extent that a law practice is a business, it is changing just like most other businesses. But the substance of what lawyers do does not depend on technology, and hasn't changed, and probably won't change.<br /><br />I have no doubt that someday lawyer-programmers will great an artificial intelligence that is capable of replacing a lawyer. I am also confident that day is a long way off, and that AI lawyers will be more expensive than real lawyers for quite a long time after they arrive. Even then, we will just have AI lawyers doing pretty much what lawyers do now.<br /><br />In the meantime, we've got people trying to replace legal advice with websites. This isn't really about technology. Self-help forms have been available at Office Max for years, and lawyers have been creating form-selling businesses for years. Rocket Lawyer and LegalZoom are just putting those same mediocre legal forms online.<br /><br />People will buy them, in part because people don't know how harmful the forms can be. But lawyers sell judgment, not boilerplate. A lawyer who does nothing but sell forms isn't practicing law, he or she is just running a business, and technology is definitely changing the practice of business.Sam Gloverhttp://lawyerist.comnoreply@blogger.com