Directlaw.com Company Blog - Developments in Virtual Lawyering

A survey just released by Epoq, the developer of the Rapidocs document automation system  that is built-in to the DirectLaw virtual law firm platform provides support for the proposition that lawyers can save a huge amount of time in creating a first draft of a document by using a document automation system.

If you purchase a DirectLaw Subscription for a one year term, either as a New Lawyer, or regular subscriber, you are now entitled to a free month of courses at Solo Practice University ® .

Case management, document management or automation, e-billing, SaaS, e-discovery, mobile apps, virtual law office.  This is just a starting list of legal technology that promises a better, faster, and more efficient law practice.  It’s enough to make your head spin.

For years some law firms, but not all, have used some form of document automation in their law offices. Ranging from an MS Word macro to long standing programs such as HotDocs, as well as automated forms distributed by legal publishers such as Willmaker by Nolo, some law offices have incorporated some form of document automation in their law practices. Document automation of legal documents that are generated in high quantity by a law firm is an indispensable process for increasing law firm productivity and maintaining profit margins in an era of intense competition.

DirectLaw's founder and CEO, Richard Granat is participating this week in the Minnesota's State Bar Association's "Nine Days in June" Unconvention. Instead of concentrating CLE in the Twin Cities Area, where most of the population is Minnesota is located, the MSBA does a road show throughout the state to make it easier for attorneys in other parts of the state to attend. It's a good idea for states that have manadtory CLE like Minnesota.

You may find that existing or in-office clients may welcome this type of online interaction and enjoy the convenience of sharing documents/files with the firm in a secure environment; communicating with you; paying invoices for legal fees/bills; and much more.

DirectLaw enables you to offer free legal forms from your virtual law firm platform. You can enable a prospect to assemble and download a legal form without your review, or you can require that the prospect submit the forms for your review before the prospect can access the form. In both cases, you are capturing the prospect's name and email address which you can use in other email-based lead nurturing campaigns.

This strategy can help you develop your virtual law practice and generate traffic to your web site.

Welcome to the DirectLaw company blog. During the past few years, I have been making posts to my eLawyering Blog which  focuses on the broader subject of what is happening to the legal profession because of the ascendency of the Internet.