It is also the first legal app out the door and actually being used daily by Malaysian lawyers,” Fahri said, adding that he aimed to reach 5,000 verified users by the end of the year. “Locum Legalis is the first lawyer-only app in Malaysia. Lawyers typically do administrative or routine work at mentions, such as informing the court if a writ has been served or if court directions have been complied with, said Fahri.Īccording to Fahri, who has his own firm, solo practitioners who have several cases may not have the time to attend case mentions, or they may want to use their time more efficiently instead of turning up for routine court matters. With the app, the rates are constantly changing.Ī case mention refers to a date when the case is called up in court. Prior to the creation of the app, the average Locum rate was between RM100 and RM150. Lawyer Fahri Azzat launched the Locum Legalis app last November that puts lawyers on a common platform so that they can easily find another lawyer to attend a case mention on their behalf, called a “Locum”, for a fee. Lawyer Fahri Azzat said the Locum Legalis app is the first lawyer-only app in Malaysia and it is also the first legal app out the door and actually being used daily by Malaysian lawyers. Tan said Office Parrots aimed to expand into other segments like accounting and other professional sectors, as they already had a “very strong and active” community of law students and legal professionals. “Some common gripes people have had are long working hours, a lack of supervision and guidance, micromanagement - nothing that many of us haven’t heard before. She said that while reviews are anonymous to the public, they are also moderated before publication. “So far, users have been pretty objective and fair about their experiences - so in a sense, many are aware of how the platform works and to an extent, are self-policing,” Tan said. Tan said there have been over 2,000 visitors to the website every week, mostly from Malaysia. Office Parrots users, who only need to share a job experience without having to pay membership fees in order to read other reviews, range from fresh graduates to professionals with five to six years’ experience. Tan Mei Chel, who previously worked as a lawyer for four years at an international firm, said she founded Office Parrots in 2014 because she found that there was sparse information in various industries, including the legal sector, on things like market-rate salaries, interview processes and company culture.Īccording to Tan, hundreds of reviews have so far been posted on Office Parrots about companies in the legal, accounting, consulting, banking, marketing, technology and engineering fields, across Malaysia and some in Singapore. Office Parrots founder Tan Mei Chel (right) and community manager Louisa Lee (left). “BurgieLaw is founded to solve this issue by easing the search for lawyers in the database we have,” he added. For example, when an in-house counsel who reviews contract(s) is asked to register a trademark, he/she will then have to go through Google to find an IP lawyer, of which in most instances, will not return a helpful match. Searching the right or suitable lawyer has always been tough even for in-house counsel. “In brief, it is always a tedious process to get the right lawyer who practises in the right area for a lay person. “I have been in active practise for the past 10 years and I often hear issues from my client(s) in two different areas: They don’t know the areas of law (when they bump into a legal matter) and they don’t have the contacts of getting a right lawyer practising in the areas,” he said. Lai said BurgieLaw is still being fine-tuned, but hopes to charge a flat fee of RM100 for the first 15 minutes, with lawyers’ respective hourly rates applying thereafter. One can then book an appointment and a 15-minute face-to-face consultation with a lawyer. People can search for lawyers by area of expertise and location, with the profiles detailing their hourly rates, languages spoken and qualifications. Most of the lawyers listed are single proprietors and small firms. The online directory has 60 lawyers to date across different areas of law, though many deal mainly with litigation and are largely concentrated in the Klang Valley. Lawyer Lai Chee Hoe set up BurgieLaw last November.
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