Faculty Announcement – Stephanie L. Kimbro
Stephanie operates a web-based Virtual Law Office (VLO) in North Carolina and will teach about all aspects of running a Virtual Law practice in the 21st century at Solo Practice University®.
Stephanie Kimbro, Esq., MA, JD, has operated a Web-based virtual law office in North Carolina since 2006 and delivers estate planning and small-business law to clients online. She is the recipient of the 2009 ABA Keane Award for Excellence in eLawyering and the author of Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online (ABA/LPM Publishing 2010). She is also the co-founder of Virtual Law Office Technology, LLC (VLOTech), which was acquired by Total Attorneys in the fall of 2009.
In addition to operating her own solo virtual law practice, Kimbro writes about the ethics and technology issues of delivering legal services online and is interested in the use of technology by legal professionals to increase access to justice in our country. She has presented educational sessions on virtual law practice for the ABA, the North Carolina and South Carolina Bar Associations, Campbell Law School and other organizations. Kimbro also teaches a course on virtual law practice as a faculty member of Solo Practice University, a Web-based legal education community.
Kimbro serves on the board of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP) and is a member of the ABA eLawyering Task Force, the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Law Practice Management (LPM) Council, the NCBA Tech Advisory Committee and the NCBA YLD Internet Committee. She lives in Wimington, NC, near the coast, with her husband and two children.
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This is an exciting addition as I’ll likely be pursuing a similar path to Mrs. Kimbro. Any idea yet on how much membership will cost? I’d like to get an idea as I prepare my budget whether SPU is something I can afford.
@Kenan – I make a PROMISE to you and every potential student at Solo Practice University…the tuition will be VERY affordable. It is part of SPU’s mission to recognize all the challenges new lawyers and current solos face. More often than not, financial is in the top three.
Keep checking back…it won’t be long before we announce.
Thanks for joining the discussion.
Another awesome addition to the faculty. What better place to learn solo practice than online… and with specific instruction on virtual offices. I look forward to Stephanie’s information!
@Joe That’s exactly the way we feel. Virtual learning may be the only option available to some and the faculty we have lined up not only understands this but has embraced (or is willing to embrace)this and are excited by the possibilities.
Stephanie — congrats on being the next faculty announced for SPU. I am so excited to see you are among those teaching. And I am excited to know that those who are taking advantage of SPU will get exposed to the concept of the Virtual Law Office. The VLO way of operating a law office is truly the future and it will be exciting for those at SPU to learn from someone so passionate about it.
Again, congrats and SPU is getting better and better with each announcement. And way to go Susan for landing a quality faculty member like Stephanie.
Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome! I’m looking forward to working with SPU students, and I can’t wait to start up a productive dialogue about virtual law practice.
Virtual Law Offices (VLOs) are becoming more common in the legal profession. SPU will provide the perfect platform to discuss the use of technology to practice law online. I’m excited to start teaching!