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Welcome to an old blog, reborn as a new one. Welcome to The Untethered Lawyer.
This blog began under the able watch of Grant Griffiths as Home Office Lawyer. From 2005 until 2009, Grant informed and entertained you in matters relating to home office lawyering and the technology that helps lawyers achieve their dreams of freedom. Then I stepped in, arm wrestled Grant and won the contents of the site as the spoils of war.
Not really, but it makes for a good story.
In reality, Grant decided to entrust the site to me. And now I’ve put a fresh coat of paint on it, just for you.
So what the heck is an Untethered Lawyer?
It’s today’s legal professional. The lawyer checking her BlackBerry or iPhone (or Palm Pre, or Android phone, or whatever) outside the courthouse. The solo working from a coffee shop. The virtual lawyer. The mobile professional.
It’s all about where you are, and where you want to be. Engaged with technology, but on your own terms. Working with virtual assistants in a way that makes you comfortable. Paperless, but organized.
It’s what happens when you step away from your office … for two weeks … and never miss a beat.
Why do you need to be an Untethered Lawyer?
Consumers of legal services have never been more demanding, nor have they ever had more choices when it comes to selecting a lawyer. The information age has truly taken over, fueled by the overwhelming volume of information at their fingertips. They are more impatient, less tolerant of the old ways, and require greater amounts of transparency than ever.
Whereas people were once content to venture out into the world to find solutions, they now want problem solvers to come to them. Day and night, weekend and holiday. From the biggest cities to the sleepiest rural communities, the rallying cry is: NOW! MORE! BETTER! FASTER!
You can sit by the sidelines, content with your old ways of working. Or you can realize that this is not the future – this is today’s world.
A world where overnight delivery is too slow, where people drum their fingers waiting .25 seconds for a web page to load, and where faxing seems like a quaint and vaguely archaic way of communicating.
Don’t freak out, but we’re gonna break some rules.
In fact, we’re going to break every rule I can think of. This is the place where the future of the legal profession will live and breathe – and it isn’t going to be easy. Lots of blood will be spilled as mighty giants are taken to task for forcing the same old, same old down our throats. The status quo will be challenged. Technology will be reviewed not for the coolness factor, but for the practical implications.
There may be some swearing, and there will be some grammatically incorrect happenings. So if you’ve got tender ears … well, get over it.
Because above all, we’re going to have a ton of fun.
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