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Alternative law firms Bargain briefs 律师事务所可他选 概说律所议价 Technology offers 50 ways to leave your lawyer 网络给你50种选择来挑律师 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. At least, that is how itseems to many clients, whose irritation at being overcharged turned to fury during therecession. 传统的律师事务所每小时的收费很多，但之后老板就把工作丢给手下去办，以至于当律所合伙人在俱乐部里打高尔夫的时候，他们的客户却只能望门兴叹。至少，对很多的客户来说就是这么一回事，律所的过度收费使得在经济危机期间这些客户的怨气重重恶化成了恼羞成怒。 Some clients are switching to unconventional law firms, which claim to offer equally goodlawyering for much less money. Take Clearspire. The firm s 20 or so lawyers work mostlyfrom home, collaborating on a multi-million-dollar technology platform that mimics a virtualoffice. A lawyer checking in on a colleague automatically sees a picture of her on the phonewhen she is, in fact, on the phone. Clients use the platform too, commenting on and evenchanging their own documents as they are being drawn up. Conventional lawyers are far lessopen. | 
