Hello, I am Tessa Shepperson, the author if this blog. Thank you for dropping by and reading my musings!
I think I can safely to said to be an online lawyer. I have been a solicitor since 1990, although I worked unqualified in London as a ‘solicitors clerk’ (as we called them then) before that in the 1980’s.
My main business is my online subscription service Landlord Law (for private residential landlords and tenants), plus I also write two other business blogs, the Landlord Law Blog for landlords and tenants and the Lodger Landlord.
In 1994 I set up my own practice, and became fascinated by the internet. Over the years since, I have studied it, learned html and various other ‘techie’ things, and have written reams of copy for both my own and for other people’s websites and journals. I have also spent a considerable amount of time looking at different ways to deliver legal services (my legal services) online.
My Landlord Law service went live in November 2001 and, so far as I am aware, was the first (and may still be the only) online legal subscription service run by a solicitor for small business / consumers.
I am amazed that other solicitors have not followed and done likewise. A few firms are now running more innovative websites and quite a few blog and tweet (silly words aren’t they – that is probably half the problem). However by and large, the majority of firms seem to be doing things in much the same way as they were ten or twenty years ago.
My view has always been that the internet is the 21st century equivalent of the printing press in the 15th century, and that kick started the Renaissance. We are just at the beginning of the age of the internet, which I am sure will bring major challenges and benefits to our lives. Some good and some bad.
After all, who would have guessed when I set up in 1994 that I would be able to run a national service for landlords and tenants?
This blog is where I write about things which interest me, in the context of a solicitor who uses the internet for her business. For example I write about the technologies used in blogging, social media, do book reviews, and also write about general solicitor stuff.
I hope it will interest you. If so, please do leave a comment as I always like to hear what people have to say.
And, enjoy!
Tessa Shepperson
