I’ve posted the video of my journey through LegalZoom in my quest to draft and purchase an online Will, for a total price of $71.95 (price includes $2.95 for printing and shipping). The journey is part of an experiment to determine how an online forms business works and then to compare that process with obtaining …
Phoning the Jolly Troll
Warning: While this post targets one of the MSBA’s newest online offerings, it opens with warm, familiar Minnesota references – like a Coen brothers movie [1]. That’s because the subject – the Bar’s annual Bench & Bar directory issue – was itself a warm, familiar Minnesota reference. As in, a hefty reference book offering quick …
What’s New at practicelaw?
In addition to shoveling and slipping, the practicelaw staff has been busy at work. Some of the fruits of our labor: Online Directory – To save money and paper, the print MSBA Member Directory (traditionally Bench and Bar’s January issue) has gone the way of lickable stamps, replaced by a new and improved version. MSBA, …
Keyboard Shortcuts
Every month we get together with Minnesota State Bar Association members for Off the Clock, an informal discussion about tech tools for solo and small firm practitioners. Once a week we post either a tech or writing tip so you can better yourself two minutes at a time. One of the best ways to save …
Do-It-Yourself Legal Services
At last week’s Off the Clock #6, we got into a very interesting discussion about the number of solo and small firm attorneys (and perhaps big firm attorneys) who are competing with online “legal service” outfits such as LegalZoom, Nolo, and LawDepot.com. An interesting experiment came out of that discussion, namely I agreed to buy …