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DIY Platform ‘Hello Divorce’ Raises $2M To Fuel National Expansion

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started Hello Divorce in 2017 as part of her law firm and spun it off in 2018 as a platform for do-it-yourself divorces. The site has earned several legal industry awards, including the American Bar Association’s 2020 James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering and Clio’s 2019 Reisman Award for legal innovation.

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Rethinking Law Firm Strategy: The Road to Growth and Success with Toby Brown and Nita Sanger (TGIR Ep. 200)

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The podcast focused on innovative and creative ideas in the legal industry. But Marlene, in June of 2018, you and I started this podcast with the idea that there’s so much on the creative and innovative side of the legal industry that just wasn’t getting talked about enough. I’m Marlene Gebauer. Marlene Gebauer 0:37 I agree.

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ABA Opinion Provides Guidance on Proper Client Intake by Nonlawyer Assistants

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Lind , 2018 IL App (1 st ) 171915, ¶33 (internal citation and quotation omitted). 2018 IL App (1 st ) 172041, ¶78. However, Illinois lawyers should exercise caution and recognize that the involvement of nonlawyers in the intake process is not the equivalent of removing lawyers from the process. See Clark v. Gannett Co.

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At A Turning Point for the Law Firm Docketing Profession, A Conversation with Three of its Trailblazers

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Elaine Screechfield , president of the NDA from 2018 to this year, and firmwide litigation docket manager at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, a position she has held since 1983, has announced that she will retire in July. We don’t provide legal advice, even if we’re lawyers. Explain it to me: What do you do?

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

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And so we had to end scanning in early 2017, although eventually we were able to extend it into 2018. We launched both the API and the bulk data service publicly in late 2018 and got a wave of favorable publicity. I’ve heard people question these compromises, as if they made the project pointless. That’s bunk.

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Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Attorneys Saved More Than 633 Hours from Remote Court Appearances, Access to Justice Commission Found

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Moreover, the number of registered lawyers in the First Circuit has been dropping and none of the counties have added a new lawyer since 2018, according to the report and the Illinois ARDC. Land of Lincoln, which is funded by the Legal Services Corporation, works to fill this gap.

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A Closer Look: Three Common Arguments Against Regulatory Reform

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Examples of new delivery methods include using technology tools to help people complete forms, identify whether they have a legal issue or understand if they qualify for relief, and training people who are not lawyers to offer legal advice in limited areas.

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