Whether your practice is transactional or litigation-focused, one area of burgeoning opportunity is in providing limited-scope legal services. Here is a great article written by Kevin Cheung for Canadian Lawyer Magazine on February 13, 2017: The case for limited-scope retainers
Limited Scope Representation Resources: Read Dan Pinnington’s online article in Slaw dated March 21, 2016 about information and resources on practicePRO’s Limited Scope Representation page. They are intended to help you understand some of the risks inherent in providing limited scope legal services, and how you can reduce your exposure to a claim when working for a client on an unbundled basis.
Limited Scope Retainers: Read this special electronic publication of the CBA – Alberta Branch Access to Justice Committee published on June 9, 2014.
List of Resources for Family Law Lawyers
Ontario/Canada-specific resources:
- Family Law Limited Scope Services Retainer Agreement
- Legislation
- Limited Scope Representation Resources – Law Pro
- Tips for Keeping your Family Lawyer’s Legal Fees Down – A client playbook for working with their lawyer to manage fees
- Family Lawyer’s Guide
- Flowchart for lawyers
- Additional tools/resources for lawyers
- Ontario Court Notice Finder – a volunteer project organizing Ontario family law Notices to the Profession in a searchable database
- Client Intake Guide – Alberta Limited Legal Services Project
- Managing the Risks of a Limited Scope Retainer – Law Society of British Columbia
- Domestic Violence Information
- De-mystifying Unbundled Legal Services – Why Family Lawyers Should Embrace it and What to Avoid – Zahra Jimale
- Legal Coaching Resources
- Process Information for Clients
- Guide to Family Process – Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Family Law Flowcharts – Community Legal Education Ontario
- Steps to Justice Family Law Information
- Family Law Information Program – Legal Aid Ontario
- Tools for Parenting issues
- Parenting Guide and Template – AFCC Ontario
- Parenting Plan Worksheets – Department of Justice Canada
- Successfully Parenting Apart – CBA Toolkit
- www.mysupportcalculator.ca – Ontario child support and spousal support calculations
- Steps to Justice Guided Pathways and Smart Forms – CLEO. Online, interactive tools help users to complete court forms and understand the court process by taking them through a series of plain-language questions. Based on the user’s answers, the pathways populate the applicable court forms and provide tailored legal information. At the end of the pathway, the user receives a package of their completed forms and a next steps checklist, which may be printed or saved to a computer.