December 03, 2017

21st Century Mobile Lawyering: How to Utilize Legal Technology to Build a High Volume, Streamlined, and Location Independent Practice

1 hour 2 minutes

Episode 45: 21st Century Mobile Lawyering: How to Utilize Legal Technology to Build a High Volume, Streamlined, and Location Independent Practice

Rebecca Fuller is part of a new era of lawyers who embrace legal technology to build a highly efficient and streamlined practice. The cloud-based tools she uses enable her to operate her practice from any location, at any time, and never skip a beat. Today, Rebecca joins us to share the technologies she uses and explain exactly how she implements them in her practice. She provides a complete walk-through of how each tool comes into play from the moment she receives a lead all the way through to the delivery of her services. We also discuss how she leverages new technology to scale up her practice, enabling her to effectively serve a higher volume of clients.

To read a complete transcript of this interview, click here

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why Rebecca decided to start her own practice after years of working for someone else

The typical fears attorneys face when considering opening their own practice, and how she overcame them

Why she sees herself as a business owner and entrepreneur first, and a lawyer second

Some of the books she read that helped her tremendously when she first started her practice

The advantages of delivering estate and family law services as a flat rate

How working with clients on a “pay-as-you-go” basis can make your services more affordable and your practice more profitable

The importance of investing time into implementing technology and systems that help build a more efficient practice, and how this plays a critical role in your ability to serve a higher volume of clients

A breakdown of the main tech tools she uses and how they help streamline her practice

How technology helps her become location independent, enabling her to continue her practice while traveling and spend more time with her daughter

A list of the specific tasks Rebecca offloads to her legal assistant in order to free up more of her time

The importance of building systems to ensure you are following up with your clients, and how this leads to a significant increase in the number of clients retaining your services

A step-by-step walk-through of Rebecca’s process from the time she first receives a lead, to consultation, intake and retention of each new client, then through to the preparation and delivery of documents, and beyond

How Rebecca has been able to eliminate no-shows from her practice

And much more…

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Book: How to Start and Build a Law Practice

Book: Flying Solo: A Survival Guide for Solos and Small Firm Lawyers

Book: Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of Law: Planning and Operating for Survival and Growth

Practice Panther

Clio

Box.com

LawPay

Microsoft Outlook (Office 365)

Quickbooks

Lexis Advance

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