• A guide to becoming an associated lawyer
• Benefit by association
• Pricing
• Sign up

Return on investment

Becoming an associated lawyer with ALS offers you a risk-free return. A trial costs nothing and lasts until you've been selected by your first ALS client. Assuming you're satisfied, you can then take out a subscription for as little as R2000.

Testimonials

"I started my own law firm 6 months ago. I was getting a few enquiries from the advertising I was doing but not enough to sustain my new practice.

I heard about ALS from a colleague and decided to check it out. I registered on the site and got a free trial. During the free trial, four clients chose me to represent them. I immediately signed up for an annual subscription. I have been a member for almost one month now and in that month I have been chosen for 44 cases. I have already received payment from 9 of the 44 clients meaning I made back the cost of the subscription in the first month. I find the majority of cases relatively simple matters and the clients just need some legal guidance. There are also some corporate clients. 2 of the 44 have turned out to be corporate clients which is great!

ALS are very professional and, as attorneys themselves, understand attorney-client relationships.

I would highly recommend joining the site."

- Kelly Picken, Brockwell-Watson Attorneys

A guide to becoming an associated lawyer

Becoming an ALS associated lawyer couldn't be easier. Our matching process couldn't be simpler. The benefits couldn't be clearer. Here's a five-step guide to how the process works, four good reasons to give us a free trial, and three subscription options if you decide to sign up after your trial.

• Using our online submission system, the client outlines the details of their case and specifies the legal field it falls into.

• If you practice in a field that our client is looking for, we will automatically send you an email notifying you about their case.

• If you're interested in taking on the case, you can express your interest with the click of a button and the client is automatically notified.

• The client is free to review profiles of the lawyers who've shown an interest in their case. It's up to the client to decide which lawyer best suits their needs.

• If the client chooses you, you decide whether or not to accept their case. Once the lawyer client relationship is created through your acceptance, our role is completed and you deal directly with your new client.

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Benefit by association

Signing up as an ALS associated lawyer offers you a whole range of benefits.

Joining our database means you pay us to act as your marketing partner. In practice, this means that we use the latest internet marketing techniques to promote your expertise to our extensive customer base.

Among other leading-edge marketing tools, we use geographical targeting, paid search marketing, search engine optimisation, affiliate marketing and affinity partnerships alongside traditional channels such as print and radio.

As one of our associate lawyers, you no longer need to waste valuable time taking instructions from potential clients only to discover that the case is not worth pursuing or the client can't afford your services.

That's because ALS gives you the detailed information you need to assess new cases on your own terms. We also allow you to agree your fee structure before accepting a referral and meeting your potential client.

Joining our database of associated lawyers brings you significant benefits through your links with the ALS brand, which is widely recognised and respected inside and outside the legal profession.

Sign up as an ALS associate lawyer and you could make significant savings on your overheads while qualifying for special rates and discounts. That's because we are constantly negotiating with existing and potential partners to agree preferential deals on your behalf.

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• Shackleton Risk Management
  Shackleton Risk Management, is an authorised Financial Services Provider (FSP Number 33621), specialising in the provision of niche market commercial insurance products to liquidators, attorneys and professional persons. In 2007 Shackleton Risk Management introduced a Professional Indemnity product for Attorneys and Liquidators to the market. This product offers the same level of cover as is the market standard, but is extremely competitively priced. SRM also offer Fidelity Guarantee and Misappropriation of Trust Fund Insurance products to firms requiring Professional Indemnity cover.

• Powerhouse Dictation
  Powerhouse Dictation is the official importer and distributor for PHILIPS Speech Processing in Southern Africa. PHILIPS Speech Processing has, for over 54 years, serviced people and organizations around the world in their need to capture ideas, thoughts or information, and convert these into written communication. All products come with a 2-year warranty. With a less than 1% return rate PHILIPS is definitely a brand you can trust!
  
  5% discount on all products to subscribed ALS lawyers

• Legal Suite
  With a client base of over 6500 users in South Africa, Swaziland, Mauritius, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia, LegalSuite provides a complete turnkey solution for the legal profession in Southern Africa.
  
  10% discount for subscribed ALS lawyers, 5% discount for registered trial ALS lawyers

• The Typing Pool
  The Typing Pool gives your organization access to accurate legal transcription services and saving you on time, effort, resources, expensive technology and infrastructure. With the Typing Pool's efficient legal dictation work, your organization will not have to hire extra staff.
  
  Substantial savings on cost for subscribing ALS members

• Richard Lawrence Attorneys
  Richard Lawrence Attorneys - We understand the importance of drafting bills of cost as expeditiously as possible. Being an attorney firm we also understand that failure to draft one's bills is probably the biggest evil in a practice. Drafting bills always comes second to that important trial or to other time constraints and inevitably the task falls to a Candidate attorney or to a secretary who is ill equipped to deal with the task. Let our bills department take your file and maximize your income.
  
  Subscribed ALS lawyers qualify for a 10% discount on our fee

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Outstanding value

Your free trial lasts until you take on your first ALS case. Assuming you want to stay with us, we offer you three subscription options:

	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Cases	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Free trial period
Instant email notifications
Online lawyer profile
Email support

For more information on fees and registration, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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