This blog is published by RIchard S. Granat, a member of the Maryland and the District of Columbia Bar, CEO/Founder, of MyLawyer.com, Inc., a company and web site that is devoted to providing consumers accessible and affordable legal services.
This blog is addressed to consumers who are seeking alternatives to expensive legal services and to solos and small law firms that want to connect with these consumers by offering affordable legal services over the Internet.
Developments that we monitor include:
- The trend towards limited legal services and pro se (self-help) representation, particularly limited legal services over the Internet;
- new web sites that offer affordable legal services over the Internet and the technologies that support these web sites;
- non-lawyer web sites that offer legal information, legal documents, and self-help tools that enable consumers to represent themselves;
- efforts by the organized bar to support or constrain the delivery of legal services over the Internet;
- efforts in other countries particularly the United Kingdom and Ireland to de-regulate the legal profession in the interest of providing greater access to the legal system.
We believe that the legal services delivery system will be impacted by rapid change caused primarily by the expansion of access to the Internet. We plan to report on these changes and the implications for both lawyers and consumers. We invite comment on both our reports and our opinions.
In the interest of full disclosure, we should mention that Richard Granat is also President of DirectLaw, Inc., a legal information and legal software company that provides a turnkey solution to law firms who want to deliver automated legal forms and legal services to their clients over the Internet. The MyLawyer.com web site is designed to generate prospects for law firms in the DirectLaw network.
