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Assignment #2

Part One

5 benefits/advantages to Documents Automation. 1. Save time 2. Save money 3. one and two create less stress 4. maybe improve error rates 5. storage of documents for latter use

5 pitfalls 1. humor error in creating the document 2. to much reliance on computers can cause lawyers to possibly loss a skill set they might need in case of technology crashes 3. Keeping documents safe from hackers 4. Keeping documents safe from crashes of the server 5. Your internet going down.

Part 2

New document creation technology can provide many benafits to the law firm and clients. The document creation sites reviewed varied in their user ease of use and design. The three sites reviewed use HotDocs, Contract Express, and Good win founders work bench (goodwin). Each provided a set

Assignment #1

5 Good things

1. Mobility 2. Work on your own time. 3. little to no formal office space 4. Possibilly fewer staff 5. Possibility lower overhead

5 thing that could go wrong

1. Jurisdiction issues 2. technogily break downs - computer, web cams, 3. Sever hacked where secure files are located 4. Public misunderstanding of what your limited services are. 5. Issue get bigger than planed and requires you to physically in the jurisdiction.

1. "Virtual law practice" - For law firms offering online legal services, this is a way for them to differentiate themselves from law firms that offer legal services in a traditional office setting who eschew digital methods. http://www.elawyeringredux.com/2010/09/articles/virtual-law-firms/defining-the-virtual-law-firm

2. eLawyering is doing legal work - not just marketing - over the Web. Pioneering practitioners have found dramatic new ways to communicate and collaborate with clients and other lawyers, produce documents, settle disputes, interact with courts, and manage legal knowledge. http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=EP024500

3. elawyering - “Virtual law practice, cloud computing, online practice management: these are aspects of what’s known as “elawyering.” Elawyering is lawyering using web-based technology. While the use of technology in the practice of law is nothing new, the speed of recent advances in online communication, storage, and transactions of all kinds has created a potentially confusing environment for new lawyers. Law students should be first in line to learn how online technologies can effectively deliver legal services.” http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_skills/2011/10/elawyering-resources.html