Monthly Archives: August 2017

The ACE Congress will be held on October 5 & 6, 2017 in Strasbourg and will bring together more than 250 lawyers specializing in business consulting.

The work will begin with an introductory speech under the theme of Openings by Mr. Denis Raynal, president of the ACE. This is followed by two days of conferences and workshops around themes, in particular, collaboration, internationalization, interprofessionality.

The ACE association and the ACE Congress

Created in 1992, theAssociation of Business Lawyers represents the entire business bars French, bringing together business consulting firms of all sizes, French and international.

With its technical commissions operating in all areas of law, its international section and its young lawyers section (ACE-JA), the ACE has elected representatives in all institutions and technical organizations representative of the profession (Conseil national bars, orders, CARPA, etc.).

She was thus able to promote her innovative ideas, effectively contributing to forging the modern legal profession.

Discover the latest e-journal put online by the association. 

Each year, its Congress brings together its members around a large number of qualified legal personalities. A specific day is dedicated to the management of the association and governance activities.

Jarvis Legal and Corporate Lawyers

Jarvis Legal works with a large number of law firms (more than 6.000 users worldwide), including corporate consulting. Market developments and deregulation of the profession are opening the doors to transformation wide. Indeed, on a cultural, digital and managerial level, law firms must open up to develop.

We have been supporting them in this process for more than 4 years. As such, we are very happy to participate in the 25th ACE Congress in Strasbourg and thus further strengthen our ties. Find us on the themes of digital transformation and collaboration with clients and colleagues.

Everyone knows that Houston, Texas is experiencing massive flooding due to Hurricane Harvey. However, we know less that we have the headquarters of the American subsidiary Jarvis Legal USA in Houston. Find here et here other news from our American subsidiary.

Located on the 22nd floor, our offices have not a drop of rain are of course dry. However, the car park, road access and elevators are completely out of service. Fortunately, no casualties or injuries have been reported, the whole team is doing well. Of course, vigilance is required as mentioned in this tweet from the American Coast Guard.

To report a #harvey emergency you must call numbers below or 911 for assistance. If busy keep trying. Do not report distress on social media pic.twitter.com/2YROOVWwDk

- US Coast Guard (@USCG) August 28

The picture below is a few blocks from our building. A height of 4 to 6m of water is reported by the American media.

Jarvis Legal USA works perfectly despite flooding

However, thanks to our SaaS tools and the mobility of our teams, everyone works remotely, from other American cities not affected by the tragedy (Atlanta in particular).

Our applications (web, mobile apps) are hosted in different datacenters American and have experienced no interruption. Our support and technical teams work using software and portable IT equipment. In fact, no difficulty or inconvenience is experienced by our American customers who still use our Jarvis Legal application on a daily basis.

The situation is not going to improve in the short term unfortunately. In fact, the hurricane moves very slowly (around 4 km/h) and dumps more than 50 cm of water per day. The peak is scheduled for August 30 and September 1.

1001startups recently published an article asking the question of the “Uberization of law” (see article below). This is indeed a question that many lawyers and legal professionals in general ask themselves.

http://1001startups.fr/legaltech-doit-on-reellement-parler-duberisation-du-droit/

There is no uberization of law

The term uberization was created by Maurice Levy, boss of Publicis a few years ago. It designates a process of replacing a profession and its rules by a new actor who frees himself from them. From this point of view, we can state very clearly that there is no Uberization of law, neither in France nor even in the United States.

If we cite players such as Doctrine, Predictice or Mon-avocat, none is a threat to lawyers. They all provide relevant solutions to improve their work. Jarvis Legal is also a provider of added value for the lawyer, so that he can concentrate on his expertise and his client relations and not on the administrative and accounting management of his activity.

Even players like Rocket Lawyer, Captain Contract or Legalstart are not threats. Although they offer end customers the opportunity to purchase documents and contracts online, for a price often lower than those of lawyers, these sites do not offer a service WITHOUT a lawyer. It is a kind of inexpensive access to a first level of legal services, which needs to be supplemented by the expertise and interpretation of a lawyer. They are ultimately more business providers than legal services.

On the other hand, the deregulation of the legal professions is changing the economic model of the various players, particularly lawyers. The legal market is also evolving, with the client (company, individual) taking power and the lawyer becoming a “price maker”. 

This diagnosis is recalled in particular by Kami Haeri, Richard Susskind. David Wilkins ou Rohit talwar also highlight the opportunities that these transformations create.

The good and the bad #Legaltechs

No #Legaltech is bad, all provide useful services to lawyers. The American market, 6-7 years ahead of the French market, sheds light on the possible future of the French market:

• acceleration of growth in lawyers' turnover,
• increase in the number of lawyers
• distribution of avocado prices on a broader scale
• increase in the specialization of lawyers
• optimization of costs and organization of practices

So what’s the difference between good and bad legaltech? It's about as clear as the difference between the good and bad hunter in the famous Unknowns sketch. 

Seeking to “moralize” #legaltechs between good and bad is actually a bad fight!

Happy Holidays to all !