Tweets from LexThink.1 2013

Twitter tweets from LexThink.1 2013 lightning talks about innovation in legal technology and law practice, held 3 April 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, are now archived in .csv format.

The Twitter hashtag for the event was #lexthink

Click here for the event’s program.

Click here for the event’s Website.

Archived Tweets for COLPM 2012: College of Law Practice Management Futures Conference

Archived Twitter tweets in .csv format are available from COLPM 2012: College of Law Practice Management Futures Conference, held 26-27 October 2012 at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, USA.

The archived tweets cover both days of the conference.

The Twitter hashtag for the conference was #colpm

Click here for the conference Website.

Click here for the conference program (pdf).

Kimbro on Regulatory Barriers to the Growth of Multijurisdictional Virtual Law Firms

Stephanie L. Kimbro, J.D., M.A., of Kimbro Legal Services and VLOTech has published Regulatory Barriers to the Growth of Multijurisdictional Virtual Law Firms and Potential First Steps to Their Removal, North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, 13, 165-225 (2012).

Here is the abstract:

The spread of disruptive technologies to the legal profession is changing the dynamic of how law firms are structured as well as the value propositions associated with the delivery of legal services. The number of law firms with a national presence has grown due to the cost benefits and efficiency of using cloud computing. New models for expansion across jurisdictional boundaries are increasing. However, the regulatory barriers to create these new firm structures are numerous and costly. This paper reviews the evolution of technology in multijurisdictional firms and examines the primary regulatory barriers to their further development. A starting point for standardization of regulations is proposed as well as potential first-steps to removing barriers to the growth of multijurisdictional virtual law firms.

Lauritsen, Kimbro, and Granat on Virtual Law Practice: Basic Concepts

Marc Lauritsen, Esq., of Capstone Practice Systems; Stephanie L. Kimbro, Esq., of Kimbro Legal Services and VLOTech; and Richard S. Granat, Esq., of The Granat Group, have posted slides from their presentation: Virtual Law Practice: Basic Concepts, given 27 September 2011.

Click here for video of the presentation. (HT @stephkimbro).

The presentation was sponsored by the American Bar Association’s eLawyering Task Force, of which Mr. Lauritsen and Mr. Granat are co-chairs.

The presentation explains the basic concepts of virtual law practice and elawyering; describes the benefits of virtual law practice; furnishes examples of virtual law firms and their technology; discusses ethical issues arising from virtual law practice; and explores practical aspects of running a virtual law practice.

Many of the ideas introduced in the presentation are explained in more detail in Ms. Kimbro’s recent book, Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online.

[Updated 9 October 2011 to correct URL for video.]

Legal Technology Programs at ABA 2010

A number of legal technology programs will be presented at ABA 2010: The American Bar Association Annual Meeting, being held 5-10 August 2010 in San Francisco, California, USA.

Click here for the conference program.

Here is one of the technology programs being presented at ABA 2010:

Marc Lauritsen, William Hornsby, Richard Granat, Stephanie Kimbro: The Virtual Law Firm: How to Build Your Practice in An Online World, 6 August 2010 (2:00-3:30 PM). Abstract:

This program will discuss, in a panel format, the concept of practicing law virtually and how it can enhance an existing traditional law practice, or exist as a totally virtual law firm. The program will discuss the benefits of delivering legal services online and how it can help a law firm acquire clients who are members of the connected Facebook generation, as well as provide more effective services to existing clients. Topics covered will include: what is a virtual law practice; the web architecture for a virtual law practice; online legal service applications, such as web enabled document automation: ethical issues in the delivery of online legal services, such as confidentiality, security, unauthorized practice of law, client identification and authentication procedures, conflict of interest checking; criteria of vendor selection; the costs associated with setting up a virtual law practice; and marketing your brand and virtual law practice online. This program is brought to you on behalf of the LPM eLawyering Task Force.