Hi Tom- Interesting approach. You are to be commended for your creativity!
One of the ways we use email in our cases is the meeting memorandum. At the
first four way meeting, the lawyer in whose office the first meeting is held
asks permission of the clients to create a meeting memo during the last 10
minutes of the meeting. The memo is dictated by the lawyer but everyone
listens and participates so that it is a joint project and everyone is
comfortable with the content. The memo details what happened at the meeting,
creates a "to do" list, and often sets the next meeting's agenda. After the
memo is typed it is then emailed to everyone. The memo reinforces the joint
problem solving approach (we are all in this together) and also breaks down
barriers. We explain that in a more traditional approach a lawyer would
never directly email another lawyer's client, but that one of the goals in
CFL is efficiency and the direct email is efficient. It's just one more way
to change the dynamics. Sherri
Sherri Goren Slovin
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