“I was told there’d be no math.” It’s a common joking refrain for law students and even practicing lawyers. “I went to law school to help people,” so many lawyers tell me. But a firm needs to pay for you  – and itself – in order to keep helping people. Let’s face it: law firms are businesses. And the better a firm runs, the more people it can help. So understanding the finance and economics…

Ernie “the Attorney” Svenson has been thinking about law, tech, and making law practices work better for lawyers for a long time. So, we were stoked when he invited our own Dan Lear to be a guest on his Law Firm Autopilot podcast. The occasion was the recent release of Gravity Legal’s subscription legal services white paper and the topic was . . . wait for it . . . subscription legal services. Dan…

For many law firms, credit card processing fees are a sizeable item on the income statement. Because there are a variety of different types of processing fees, it can be difficult to determine exactly how much a firm is paying and how those fees can be reduced. This event is designed for accounting and financial consulting professionals who work with and advise law firms. We will cover:…

We’re very pleased to announce the release of our subscription legal services white paper. Six months and over 40 pages in the making, this is every law firm’s guide to getting started with subscription legal services.…

Getting paid electronically is more relevant than ever in our current pandemic moment. It’s no wonder, then, that lawyers have lots of questions about how to get paid without cash or paper checks.…

Note: This is the fifth in a series of posts on the what, why, and how of subscription legal services. You can find our first post “What are subscription legal services?” here. Our second post, “The ‘why’ of subscription legal services (Part 2)” is here.  The third post, “The ethics of subscription legal services (Part 3)” is here. Part 4, “How to launch your subscription legal services offering (Part 4),” can be…

Allen Rodriguez is a legal product development strategist who has been serving the legal industry for over 18 years. He’s currently the Founder and CEO of the law innovation agency One400. Before that he was the Director of Attorney Services at LegalZoom, where he helped LegalZoom figure out their, now very successful, subscription and lawyer-assisted offerings. He got his start in the legal sector running operations at the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Lawyer…