On November 24, 2009 the Kansas Bar Association released Legal Ethics Opinion No. 09-01. The opinion was prompted by a request from a Kansas attorney as to (a) whether the Kansas Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee approved the determination in ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 07-446 and (b) concerning the extent to which, if any, the assistance [...]
Category Archives: Unbundled Legal Services
Unbundled Legal Services Or Self-Represented Consumers? You Decide.
I recently came across a study by the New York State Bar Association that says that each year, New Yorkers experience a total of 2.5 million legal problems per year for which no lawyer is available. Some of these people do nothing at all, others try to do it on their own.
Both of these groups [...]
Unbundled Legal Services – A Primer
One of the major themes here at The Untethered Lawyer is the notion of unbundled legal services, and how a virtual law firm can use this as a business model while delivering excellent service to clients. It’s a concept I’ve been kicking around in my head for the past decade or so, and the [...]
Are Unbundled Legal Services Bad For The Public?
Most of what now passes for unbundled legal services takes the form of providing forms for fees rather than any substantive legal advice. We see online forms processors, We The People-style storefronts advertising quickie divorces and wills, and LegalZoom bringing “simple” things to the public. In one sense that’s a great idea – after all, [...]
Unbundled Legal Services – The Future Of The Law?
I’ve been thinking a lot about unbundled legal services lately, particularly in the field of consumer bankruptcy law. With the changes to the US Bankruptcy Code that became effective in October 2005, a host of new requirements forced lawyers to raise their fees significantly in order to cover their costs. Though necessary from [...]