Comments on: On Commoditized Free and Low Cost Legal Work and the Future of Legal Services http://blog.jparkhill.com/2009/07/24/on-commoditized-free-and-low-cost-legal-work-and-the-future-of-legal-services/ Business and Legal Notes, mostly Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lukeobrien http://blog.jparkhill.com/2009/07/24/on-commoditized-free-and-low-cost-legal-work-and-the-future-of-legal-services/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 lukeobrien Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:28:57 +0000 http://blog.jparkhill.com/?p=417#comment-5661 FirstDocs is now Brightleaf Corporation (<a href="http://www.brightleafcorp.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.brightleafcorp.com</a>) and Jay's description of how a "a law firm could give clients access to this forms library so that the clients themselves can create documents, but with only limited ability to make changes " is very much the sort of thing we do. We don't provide our forms; we automate yours (actually, we work hard to make the system simple enough so that you can automate your own). FirstDocs is now Brightleaf Corporation (http://www.brightleafcorp.com) and Jay's description of how a “a law firm could give clients access to this forms library so that the clients themselves can create documents, but with only limited ability to make changes ” is very much the sort of thing we do. We don't provide our forms; we automate yours (actually, we work hard to make the system simple enough so that you can automate your own).

]]> By: jigordon http://blog.jparkhill.com/2009/07/24/on-commoditized-free-and-low-cost-legal-work-and-the-future-of-legal-services/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 jigordon Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:13:05 +0000 http://blog.jparkhill.com/?p=417#comment-5654 You can shill for whomever you wish! ;) I was just pointing out the fact that I'd not reviewed the quality of their documents, so I couldn't comment on whether they were good templates or not. You can shill for whomever you wish! ;) I was just pointing out the fact that I'd not reviewed the quality of their documents, so I couldn't comment on whether they were good templates or not.

]]> By: Jay Parkhill http://blog.jparkhill.com/2009/07/24/on-commoditized-free-and-low-cost-legal-work-and-the-future-of-legal-services/comment-page-1/#comment-5653 Jay Parkhill Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:05:46 +0000 http://blog.jparkhill.com/?p=417#comment-5653 I agree with that, and also with the idea that a good set of forms are among a firm's strongest assets. Not that they need to be unique to the firm- you just need to know them cold and have confidence in them.<br><br>I was definitely not trying to shill for FirstDocs, but will note that they let firms use FirstDocs forms or the firm's own. I agree with that, and also with the idea that a good set of forms are among a firm's strongest assets. Not that they need to be unique to the firm- you just need to know them cold and have confidence in them.

I was definitely not trying to shill for FirstDocs, but will note that they let firms use FirstDocs forms or the firm's own.

]]> By: jigordon http://blog.jparkhill.com/2009/07/24/on-commoditized-free-and-low-cost-legal-work-and-the-future-of-legal-services/comment-page-1/#comment-5652 jigordon Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:48:34 +0000 http://blog.jparkhill.com/?p=417#comment-5652 I'm not sure about the quality of the documents from FirstDocs, but generally speaking, I'm a little worried about using templates by people you don't know/trust, as I detailed fully in this recent post on my site: <a href="http://www.licensinghandbook.com/2009/07/23/forms-and-templates/" rel="nofollow">http://www.licensinghandbook.com/2009/07/23/for...</a> I'm not sure about the quality of the documents from FirstDocs, but generally speaking, I'm a little worried about using templates by people you don't know/trust, as I detailed fully in this recent post on my site: http://www.licensinghandbook.com/2009/07/23/for...

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