Law Office Management

• Alberta Appointment for Assessment of Costs

  File a legal action in Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to recover unpaid legal fees with this free Form 45, Appointment for Assessment of Costs. The application is brought by a lawyer whose client who has failed to pay his ⁄ her legal bills. The Appointment form is provided by Alberta Courts, in...

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• Alberta Appointment for Review of Retainer Agreement/Lawyer's Charges

  Have your lawyer's retainer agreement or legal fees in a Court of Queen's Bench lawsuit reviewed by filing this free Form 42, Appointment for Review of Retainer Agreement/Lawyer's Charges, under Rule 10.13. This free form is provided by Alberta Courts in accordance with the revised Rules of Court...

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• Alberta Contingency Fee Agreement for Lawyer

  Alberta lawyers, prepare a Contingency Fee Agreement between you and your client with this easy-to-use template, in accordance with Rule 10.7 of the new Alberta Rules of Court. The lawyer's legal fees charged to the client will be based on the lawyer's success in prosecuting the client's claim. T...

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• Alberta Guarantees Acknowledgement Act Certificate of Notary Public

  Prepare a Certificate of Notary Public form under the Alberta Guarantees Acknowledgement Act with this free form. The Certificate must be attached to a Personal Guarantee. The notary public certifies that the guarantor has examined the guarantee, understands the contents and has acknowledged execu...

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• Alberta Notice of Appeal of Assessment Officer's Decision

  If a lawyer or a client in an Alberta legal claim wishes to appeal the decision of the assessment officer regarding the lawyer's Bill of Costs, they must file this Form 46 Notice of Appeal of Assessment Officer's Decision with the Clerk of Court of Queen's Bench under Rule 10.44 of the revised Rules...

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• Alberta Notice of Appeal of Review Officer's Decision

  If a lawyer or a client in an Alberta legal claim wishes to appeal the decision given in a review of the lawyer's charges or retainer agreement, they must file this Form 43 Notice of Appeal of Review Officer's Decision with the Clerk of Court of Queen's Bench under Rule 10.26 of the revised Rules of...

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• Alberta Solicitor's Conflict Letter

  Alberta lawyers, use this template Solicitor's Conflict Letter to inform a client about a potential conflict of interest, pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Province of Alberta Code of Professional Conduct. The letter should be sent to each party in a transaction where the lawyer has been asked to repr...

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• Boilerplate Agreement Provisions

  These boilerplate agreement clauses can be used in most types of legal agreements and contracts. The clauses include the following: amendments to the contract, severability of articles and clauses, contra proferentum, counterpart signatures, interpretation provisions (ordinary usage, gende...

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• British Columbia Fee Agreement between Lawyer and Client

  British Columbia lawyers, prepare a Fee Agreement between you and a client with this easy-to-use template. The agreement sets out the understanding between the parties with respect to: billing rates of the lawyer(s) working on the file, methods of calculating legal fees, disbursements and...

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• Building a Successful Law Firm

  Learn how to build your own successful law firm with this downloadable guide. Building a Successful Law Firm walks you through a number of questions you need to answer to help you assess and analyze the firm's present condition and future viability and profitability. Learn how to: develop a missi...

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• California Attorney Retainer Agreement

  California lawyers, prepare an Attorney Retainer Agreement between you and your client with this fully editable template. The client’s retainer deposit will be deposited in a trust account and applied to legal fees, costs and expenses as billed. The rates for legal, paralegal and secretarial ser...

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• Canada Acknowledgement and Waiver of Independent Legal Advice

  Canadian lawyers, prepare an Acknowledgement and Waiver of Independent Legal Advice for a client with this template form. The person signing the document acknowledges that he or she has been offered independent legal advice to advise him (her) of the ramifications, effect and scope of the document ...

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• Canada Certificate of Independent Legal Advice

  Prepare a Certificate of Independent Legal Advice with this ready-to-use form for use in Canada. The lawyer making the Certificate states that he ⁄ she has provided an individual with legal advice regarding a document independently from any other party. The individual confirms that they have rec...

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• Canada GST Agency Agreement

  Prepare a GST Agency Agreement between a client and a lawyer with this free template form for Canada. The client appoints and indemnifies the lawyer as its agent to pay fees for certain federal and provincial government services on its behalf, thus negating the charging of GST (Goods & Services...

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• Canada Independent Legal Advice Checklist

  Canadian lawyers, use this handy Independent Legal Advice Checklist to document the required information and the steps to be taken when providing independent legal advice to a client, including advice given regarding domestic contracts. This Canada Independent Legal Advice Checklist is a download...

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• Canada Notarial Certificate

  Canadian notaries, download a free Certificate of Notary Public form. The notary certifies that he/she has examined certain original documents and that the copies of documents attached to the certificate are true copies of those originals. This Canada Notarial Certificate form is available in MS...

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• Confidentiality - A Client's Right, A Professional's Duty

  Inform your office about the confidentiality obligations of legal and clerical staff of a law firm with this free article entitled Confidentiality - A Client's Right, A Professional's Duty. This is a PDF download....

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• Employee Confidentiality Agreement for Law Firm

  Law firms are bound by client confidentiality provisions, which must be observed by legal professionals and staff alike. Have all new employees sign this Confidentiality Agreement as a condition of their hiring. The employee acknowledges that all information and documents in the firm's possession a...

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• Fee Splitting Disclosure and Consent Form (Associate)

  Prepare a Fee Splitting Disclosure and Consent form for an associate with this easy-to-use template. The form would be used in situations where a client's legal representative wants to bring in additional counsel on a particular matter, on an associate basis. This Fee Splitting Disclosure and ...

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• Fee Splitting Disclosure and Consent Form (Referral)

  Prepare a Fee Splitting Disclosure and Consent form for a referral with this easy-to-use template. The Disclosure and Consent form would be used in situations where a client's original legal counsel wishes to refer a particular legal matter to another law firm. This Fee Splitting Disclosure an...

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• Law Office Administrative Systems

  Law Office Administrative Systems discusses issues to be considered by the managing partner(s) in the following events: when determining whether or not to hire a full-time law office administrator; when developing a policy to review new clients or cases prior to acceptance; when developing file m...

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• Lawyer Practice Level Qualifications and Compensation

  Download this free set of guidelines to help establish qualifications for each lawyer's level of practice in your firm, from junior associate lawyer to partner. The file contains a chart setting out the expectations of the firm with respect to ability to handle files and cases, deal with clients,...

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• Letter of Intent to Incoming Associate

  Prepare a Letter of Intent for an incoming associate to a law firm, medical clinic or other professional association with this ready-made template. The Letter of Intent summarizes the practice support and services that the firm will agree to provide to the associate, including: marketing assistan...

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• Limitation Diaries

  It is critical for a law firm to set up and maintain an efficient and effective Limitation Date Diary. This article will show you how to do that. Learn how to develop an effective system to track all critical dates for limitation periods, and how to keep the limitation system thorough and up to d...

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• Nova Scotia Lawyer's Contingency Fee Agreement

  Nova Scotia lawyers, prepare a Contingency Fee Agreement between you and your client with this easy-to-use template. The Agreement sets out the understanding between the parties with respect to legal services provided in connection with a lawsuit. The legal fees charged to the client will be bas...

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• Referral Acknowledgement and Release

  Download this free Referral Acknowledgement and Release form which is given by a client who has been referred to a lawyer in a specific matter. The form releases the referring party with respect to any claims arising from the matter being referred, and acknowledges that the client is relying sole...

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• Resume for Lawyer

  Are you applying for a position as a lawyer with a law firm? Prepare your resume with this free template. The Resume template contains sections for: work experience, education, professional development, bar admission and related activities, community involvement, publications, competencies, ...

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• Ten Tough Questions to Ask Before Retaining a Business Lawyer

  Download this list of questions a client should ask any lawyer or firm that they are considering retaining as their commercial or corporate legal counsel. These questions are designed to gather information regarding background, training, billing practices and cost reduction strategies. Ten Tou...

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• USA Lawyer Partnership Agreement

  USA lawyers, if you plan to go into partnership with other legal practitioners, use this template to draw up a Lawyer Partnership Agreement among the partners. Partners will not receive a salary for services rendered. Instead they will each have a drawing account from which they can make withdrawal...

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• What's a Reputation Worth?

  What's your reputation worth? Download this free article which discusses defamation law, and the Supreme Court of Canada's view of the value of a person's public image and reputation. What's a Reputation Worth? is a free PDF download....

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