Flexible law firm Juno is breaking tradition

Flexible law firm Juno is breaking tradition
Dan Brunskill
Lawyers traditionally charge for everything, but new-law Juno is trying something a little different. The in-house specialist legal firm last week launched an open source ‘clause bank’ with a range of common legal clauses lawyers can use to construct or review contracts.Founder and director Helen Mackay said Juno has flipped the traditional model - where the law firm held all the information and a client paid for access - on its head.“No one is paying for knowledge, they are paying for the application of good judgement to...

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