Do Lawyers Unbundling In A Frigid Economy Lead To Exposure?
A large number of middle class litigants find the cost of legal representation prohibitive. Clients have resorted to self-representation out of economic necessity. Many litigants opt for partial self-representation because they have no financial alternative. A litigant has decided to handle the case, but needs some guidance on procedure or an attorney to handle the specific tasks that he/she cannot handle. In this situation, how can an attorney handle some aspects of the case and protect himself/herself against exposure in this frigid economy? One approach that has been increasingly utilized to bring down the costs of legal services is for lawyers and clients to allocate the duties and responsibilities for handling a legal matter between themselves thereby limiting the scope of the lawyer’s representation to specific services or discrete tasks. Limiting the scope of legal representation is sometimes referred to as ‘unbundling’ a lawyer’s legal services. Such unbundling of legal service
