Maria+Gonzalez

Homework 1: Your assignment is to create **two** lists:
 * 1) Five **good** things about running a virtual law practice. What are the advantages over an entirely office-bound practice. What are the efficiencies gained, money made or saved, etc.
 * 2) The law office is completely web based
 * 3) Clients are provided with a secure client portal
 * 4) Clients will have full access to their cases
 * 5) Being able to have clients contact and leave emails with attorneys 24/7
 * 6) Being able to provide online resources and information for clients


 * 1) Five things that could go **wrong** running a virtual law practice. What are the mistakes you can make, problems you could encounter, issues raised, etc.


 * 1) Ethics concerns
 * 2) Choosing the correct technology and researching provider
 * 3) Due diligence to ensure that the clients’ information is transmitted properly
 * 4) Not having the face to face communication with clients as traditional law firms does
 * 5) Potential conflicts of interest and confirming that there is no conflicts

Search the web and find at least three definitions for “Virtual Law Practice”, “Digital Law Practice” and/or “eLawyering”. Copy/paste the definitions into your homework wiki with a link back to the place you found.
 * 1) A **virtual law firm** is a group of lawyers with diverse expertise that are banded together through technological means to provide a suite of services to its clients. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_law_firm
 * 2) To deliver legal services online by creating a virtual law office that is either completely web-based or integrating a virtual law office into a traditional practice. []
 * 3) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16px;">eLawyering - is doing legal work - not just marketing - over the Web. Pioneering practitioners have found dramatic new ways to communicate and collaborate with clients and other lawyers, produce documents, settle disputes, interact with courts, and manage legal knowledge. ELawyering encompasses all the ways in which lawyers can do their work using the Web and associated technologies. Think of lawyering as a "verb" - interview, investigate, counsel, draft, advocate, analyze, negotiate, manage, .. - and there are corresponding Internet-based tools and technologies. http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=EP024500