How to be a Virtual Lawyer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Learn from Stephanie L. Kimbro, author of Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online, ABA/LPM Publishing (2010) and Virtual Law Practice.org Blog how to deliver legal services online by creating a virtual law office that is either completely web-based or by integrating a virtual law office into a traditional practice.
Topics to be covered include:
• Setting up a virtual law office
• Unbundling legal services
• Ethics issues related to delivering legal services online, such as
o Unauthorized practice of law• Marketing a virtual law practice
o Multijurisdictional law firms
o Defining the scope of representation
o Authenticating client identity
o Determining client competency
o Duties to prospective clients
o Establishing the attorney/client relationship online
o Taking online payments
• The use of social media by lawyers
• Cloud computing, Software as a Service and other issues related to legal technology
• Best practices for the online delivery of legal services
Faculty:
Program Co-sponsor: NYCLA's Cyberspace Committee
Program Co-chairs: Natalie Sulimani and Alan Pearlman, Co-chairs, NYCLA's Cyberspace Committee
Faculty: Stephanie L. Kimbro, Esq., M.A., J.D., Kimbro Legal Services, LLC