APPROACHABLE LAWYER

High cost structures and tendency towards the use of 'legalese' mean that many people are put off using a lawyer. Approachable Lawyer was formed with the intention of bringing a human side to legal practice and making legal advice more accessible through the availability of online documents and articles. Through my research, and conscious about how technology may impact the profession in the future, I formed the view that the real value of a lawyer is less about their knowledge of the law but more about how they can use their skills to apply the law to achieve positive outcomes for their clients. I identified that there was a need for a skills based and empathetic law firm which could more easily relate to the clients it served.