{"id":2739,"date":"2019-10-31T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:26:06","slug":"the-future-of-law-is-already-here-time-to-get-onboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/2019\/10\/31\/the-future-of-law-is-already-here-time-to-get-onboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Law is Already Here. Time to Get Onboard."},"content":{"rendered":"

Optimization via smart technology is no longer just a slick option. It is fundamental and essential to long term survival. \u201c9 out of 10 Americans believe that the cost of legal services is extremely high. Most of them agree that alternatives to \u2018traditional lawyers\u2019 are needed\u2026 They need cost-effective legal solutions. And they need it quick\u201d, states Valentin Pivovarov in\u00a0Forbes<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. In order for law firms to stay relevant, they will have to get up to speed, and quickly.<\/p>\n

If traditional firms are losing potential clients to more cost-effective e-legal alternatives, how can they compete? By utilizing\u00a0Legal practice management software<\/em><\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0integrations<\/em><\/u><\/a>; firms can streamline business processes and automate tedious, and time-consuming tasks. If firms can keep overhead down, they are more likely to consider alternative fee arrangements; which would make seeking legal counsel less daunting.<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0further reports that: \u201cwe have witnessed the emergence of new online legal services that cut the cost by providing individuals with direct access to the relevant legal expert.\u201d Traditional law firms incur massive costs in maintaining their infrastructure, and in turn these \u201chigh costs [are] passed onto their clients\u2026 law firms, being quite bureaucratic structures, also suffer from a long adoption of new technologies that could have optimized legal processes, for example, by eliminating repetitive tasks. Investment in new technologies has been proven to increase law firms\u2019 efficiency and reduce costs\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who ignore advancements in technology that could improve legal services will do so at their peril. Those who choose to keep up on the tools available to them will have remarkable opportunities. For those who want to take part in the future of legal work, it\u2019s time to get to work and reboot\u201d, Gabriel Teninbaum of\u00a0ABA Journal<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>supports. As the\u00a0Lexicata<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0blog points out in their brief on the\u00a0Clio Report<\/u><\/strong><\/a>: \u201cwe were surprised by how many people choose not to hire a lawyer when solving a legal problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order for law firms to stay relevant, they will have to get up to speed, and quickly. \u201cClients expect information on demand. There\u2019s a need for immediacy. They look for information outside of work hours, on weekends. They\u2019re mobile and constantly engaged online. The legal industry needs to adapt to the 24\/7, mobile nature of doing business\u201d notes an article on\u00a0Dynamic Business<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/u>\u00a0The future of law is already here. Time to get onboard.<\/p>\n

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Optimization via smart technology is no longer just a slick option. It is fundamental and essential to long term survival. \u201c9 out of 10 Americans believe that the cost of legal services is extremely high. Most of them agree that alternatives to \u2018traditional lawyers\u2019 are needed\u2026 They need cost-effective legal solutions. And they need it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyer"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cellphone-device-electronics-699122-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2741,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions\/2741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corvum.io\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}