Unbundled legal services : a family lawyer's guide /

"Focusing on family law practitioners, [this book] is a particularly appropriate resource given the unique promise that unbundling holds for family law litigants. In many jurisdictions, self-representation rates are highest in family cases. But, as any family law attorney (or family court litig...

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Main Author: Mosten, Forrest S., 1947-
Corporate Author: American Bar Association. Section of Family Law
Other Authors: Scully, Elizabeth Potter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, 2017
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Hon. Rebecca Kourlis and Natalie Anne Knowlton
  • Prologue : embracing the future : unbundling as an effective and profitable response to the pro se revolution
  • Unbundling! : what it is and why it works for clients and lawyers
  • Unbundling : how it works
  • Be a limited scope non-court family lawyer
  • Client intake and the initial client conference
  • Family lawyer as limited scope dispute resolution manager and limited scope relationship monitor
  • Family lawyer as limited scope drafter of correspondence, agreements, and court forms
  • Family lawyer as limited scope negotiation coach
  • Family lawyer as limited scope litigation counsel
  • Limited scope representative for clients participating in mediation
  • Family lawyer as collaborative attorney
  • Family lawyer as limited scope preventive transactional attorney and legal wellness diagnostician
  • Ethical and malpractice minefields of unbundling : how to deliver limited scope services without being sued or disciplined
  • Setting up, managing, and marketing your unbundling practice
  • Providing limited scope services for specific family law issues : parenting, support, and property division
  • Involuntary unbundling : limited scope services for underserved populations
  • Successful models for providing unbundled legal services in today's marketplace
  • Your first steps toward offering unbundled legal services