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Alternative law firms 可选择的律所 Bargain briefs 讨价还价 Technology offers 50 ways to leave your lawyer 再也不用依赖您的律师了，技术提供了更多方案 CONVENTIONAL law firms charge vast hourly fees and then hand the work to underlingswhile the partners play golf at clubs their clients are too poor to join. 通常律师事务所会按小时收取高额费用，而后将工作扔给下属，而合伙人得以出入一些客户都支付不起的高尔夫俱乐部。 At least, that is how it seems to many clients, whose irritation at being overcharged turnedto fury during the recession. 至少，很多客户看起来是这样，为此他们很恼怒。在经济低迷期，这种做法更是让他们暴跳如雷。 Some clients are switching to unconventional law firms, which claim to offer equally goodlawyering for much less money. 一些客户于是转向一些非传统律师事务所，这些律所宣称提供同样优质的律师服务，但价格更低廉。 Take Clearspire. 就拿Clearspire来说吧， The firm s 20 or so lawyers work mostly from home, collaborating on a multi-million-dollartechnology platform that mimics a virtual office. | 
