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Asia Scarlett-Jones discusses the benefits of subscription billing in family law and how technology can enhance efficiency in legal practices.

Sign up for Practi , a new platform that helps law firms use subscription billing. Here are the top 5 takeaways from this episode: * Ditch the billable hour and subscriptions reward efficiency. Asia found that billing by the hour penalized attorneys for being fast and good. Subscription billing lets her charge for expertise, not time, and motivates real efficiency across her whole team. * Tiered pricing and clear scope are essential. A flat subscription without defined tiers is too vague. Asia recommends building tiered packages with explicit scope in the retainer agreement, especially in family law, where cases can unexpectedly go litigious and pricing needs to adjust accordingly. * AI accelerates the work but prompting matters. Asia is actively using AI tools (Clio, Copilot, and others) to move faster, but emphasizes that vague prompts yield poor results. Treat AI like a team member: give it specific, detailed instructions to get useful output. * A tech stack is non-negotiable for running a subscription firm. She runs her firm with Clio (case management + portal), Trello (task management), Notion (SOPs/knowledge base), Loom (async team communication), and Microsoft Teams all…

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Host: Mathew Kerbis

Guest: Asia Scarlett-Jones

Topics covered

• family law
• subscription billing
• efficiency in law
• AI in legal practice
• tech stack for law firms
• recurring revenue

Keywords

• subscription billing
• family law
• AI tools
• law firm technology
• recurring revenue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASJ Law Office, Clio, Copilot, Trello, Notion, Loom, Microsoft Teams

Products: Practi

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