Hong+Shen

Part 1:

The good things of virtual law practice include:

(1) Time and cost saving to clients. (2) Flexibility of working style for attorneys. (3) Easier management of client base and accounting. (4) No office space, no physical file storage. (5) Inviting clients to connect. (6) Reduce risks of unauthorized practice of law.

The bad things include:

(1) No personal contact with the client. (2) Security, security, security. (3) Misidentification of clients. For example, juvenile clients. (4) Danger of computer crash. (5) Only unbundled practice.

Part 2:

Virtual Law Practice: By definition, a completely virtual law office (VLO) is a professional law practice that exists online through a secure portal and is accessible to the client and the attorney anywhere the parties may access the Internet. []

Digital Law Practice:

A digital law office will be defined as a law office where much of the critical information is kept on office computer systems and where it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to conduct daily business without access to the computer system. [|www.okbar.org/cle/AMTracks07/Transactional/Calloway.pdf]

elawyering:

eLawyering is doing legal work - not just marketing - over the Web.

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