About ALegalLife

Our Mission

ALegalLife exists to demystify the legal system. We're not lawyers — we're your guide to finding, hiring, and working effectively with one.

The legal system can be intimidating, confusing, and expensive. Most people only interact with it during high-stress moments in their lives. We believe that better clients get better legal services from all lawyers. When you know how to communicate, organize your facts, and ask the right questions, you save time, reduce your bill, and achieve better outcomes.

Our Story

Charlie Morton, founder of ALegalLife, has been a park ranger, a history professor, a screenwriter, and the oldest and best looking student at the University of Nebraska, College of Law. ALegalLife grew out of his experience as a law student.

He realized that most legal clients needed more education about the legal system and their own situation before they ever spoke to an attorney. Most have no understanding of the legal system, their role in it or what to expect from an attorney. Worse, they were so distrustful of attorneys that it often prevented them from being honest or asking good questions.

Modern attorneys spend an enormous amount of time on client counseling in law school and later in continuing education. They understand that a good client can help them present the best case possible and win more often, but often, given the limited amount of time at their disposal, they simply cannot educate every client the way they would in a perfect world.

Until recent developments in artificial intelligence, there was no way to help bridge that gap and make the legal system work better for both clients and attorneys. Now, ALegalLife delivers the same themes of active listening, educated questioning, respect, and compassion that attorneys learn in client counseling classes to prospective clients.

Good attorneys whose clients use ALegalLife will be less stressed and more effective because they will have better clients. It will be easier for attorneys to forge an effective legal team for these clients because they will be better educated about their situation and have a better understanding of what their attorneys are trying to accomplish.

Clients who use ALegalLife will be more relaxed, more effective, and better able to help their attorneys. They are more likely to hire the right attorney for their situation and give their attorney the information they need to succeed.

ALegalLife is to be a win-win for both clients and attorneys.