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Disillusioned with lawyers?
- Steph Turner
- Dec 7, 2024
- 9 min read
Updated: Dec 11, 2024
Are you disillusioned with lawyers? And with the legal process?
Consider the emerging alternative of need-response. It’s a new professional service in development to address needs the law cannot effectively address.
Based on anankelogy, the new social science for understanding our needs, it applies and prioritizes responses to our inflexible needs. One caring act at a time.
Which do you prefer?
Stick with established institutions and attempts to reform them, then hope for the best.
OR
Join efforts to co-create a fresh alternative for accountably responding to your needs.
When prompting ChatGPT for a “List of pain points of those disillusioned with lawyers,” it offered these 15 pain points. See how the new professional service of need-response answers each one.
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After each of these items below, see how need-response can be far, far better. Click the right arrow to expand the text.
This is where you can join the effort. You are welcomed to respond to this vision, add to it, critique it, and help shape this alternative. Join us in resolving more needs to improve our overall wellness, which the law itself can never do.
According to ChatGPT, “Here are some common pain points experienced by people who feel disillusioned with lawyers.”
“Many feel that legal services are prohibitively expensive, with hourly rates and retainers creating significant financial strain for individuals and small businesses.”
Need-response starts free and always costs less than hiring a lawyer.
“There's a perception that some lawyers are more focused on billing hours and earning fees than on genuinely helping their clients.”
Need-response incentivizes need-responders to prioritize their client’s wellbeing.
“Legal language can be inaccessible and confusing, leaving clients feeling lost and unable to fully understand their own cases.”
Need-response uses easy-to-understand language to better understand needs.
“Frustration with lawyers who are unresponsive or fail to keep clients informed, leading to anxiety about case progress or outcomes.”
Need-responders remain responsive and engaged with each client.
“Some feel that lawyers are overly combative, prioritizing “winning” at all costs rather than pursuing a fair or amicable resolution.”
Need-response accomplishes far more with its mutual support paradigm.
“A common pain point is the experience of lawyers making unrealistic promises about case outcomes to secure clients, only to fall short.”
Need-response holds need-responders accountable to clients' improved outcomes.
“Concerns over lawyers representing multiple interests or clients in a way that could compromise the quality of representation for any one client.”
Need-responders balance a case load they know can improve each client’s wellbeing.
“Many perceive that some lawyers may take cases primarily based on the potential financial gain, rather than based on the merits or justice of the case.”
Need-response financially rewards need-responders who improve wellness.
“Clients may feel pressured to settle rather than pursue further litigation, even when they believe they deserve a better outcome.”
Need-response incentivizes all to resolve needs and not compromise their wellness.
“The perception that legal help is reserved for those who can afford it, leaving low-income individuals with limited access to justice.”
Need-response exists as a nonprofit with free and low-cost services anyone can afford.
“Frustration with the legal system’s slow pace, which lawyers can’t always avoid but may fail to clearly explain or manage for their clients.”
Need-response alerts those in power that avoidable delays risk their legitimacy.
“Some clients feel that lawyers often prioritize technical legal arguments over fair or ethical considerations, which can feel frustrating or unfair.”
Need-response stays anchored in relatable principles that anyone can understand.
“A common complaint is that lawyers can come across as cold or detached, making clients feel that their personal struggles aren’t fully understood or valued.”
Need-response puts your needs first.
“Some feel that lawyers push for litigation rather than alternative methods like mediation, which could save time, money, and emotional stress.”
Need-response uniquely replaces legal adversarialism with responsive mutuality.
“The variable quality of legal representation can make it difficult for clients to know if they’re receiving good counsel, leading to doubts about their lawyer’s competence.”
Need-response sets a higher standard of accountably improved wellbeing.
Does this speak to you? Could you benefit from what need-response potentially offers?
Thank you for your interest. Follow developments by listening to the Need-Response podcast each Wednesday, starting 30 April 2025.
Let’s build this amazing service that can more effectively serve your overlooked needs.
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