Mosten and Scully’s New Book on Unbundled Legal Services
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What is Unbundling and Why is it Important?
Unbundling goes by many names, including “limited scope legal services.” Lawyers provide specified services to clients rather than “full service” representation. It’s like ordering food à la carte instead of a fixed, seven-course meal.
So, instead of hiring lawyers to take complete control of a case, people may hire them to perform specific tasks, such as drafting documents, coaching people to represent themselves, negotiating as settlement counsel or collaborative lawyers (where the lawyers do not represent the clients in litigation), representing clients in mediation, and a long list of other possible tasks including those identified in a comment to Missouri Rule of Professional Conduct 4-1.2.
Unbundling can be a valuable intermediate option between complete full-service representation and complete self-representation. Some people don’t want to retain lawyers to provide full-service representation but they do want some limited legal assistance.
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