This is the 9th and final class in our TDLP course. Thanks to our 900+ registrants and our fantastic volunteer expert speakers for helping make our first TDLP MOOC a success!
Even if you attended just one class we need your feedback:
Your homework assignment for class 9 is here. And if you missed some classes or homework, you can still catch up. The archive of class videos is available on Youtube and homework assignments are posted at the TDLP homework wiki website.
Below is the video of Ernie Svenson (Ernie the Attorney) discussing social media in lawyering.
Ernie online: http://www.ernietheattorney.net
Ernie on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ernieattorney
Aba Journal – http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/
Scotusblog – http://scotusblog.com
Rex Gradeless on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rex7
EEOC v. Simply Storage Mgt, 2010: ??
Bass ex re. v. Miss Porter’s Sch., 2009
Stored Wire & Electronic communications Privacy Act: 18 USC 2701:
Crispin v. Christian Audigier, 2010
US v. Fumo, 2009:
Tapanes v. State, 2010:
Carino v. Muenzen, 2010
World According to Twitter
The Philadelphia Bar Ass’n Professional Guidance Comm.: ??
Florida Bar v. Conway: ??
Below you’ll find a video recording of the eighth class in the TDLP course: Will Hornsby on Unauthorized Practice of Law.
Don’t forget to do your homework for week 8.
Links mentioned (coming soon).
Here is the link to video on Youtube of Ron Staudt’s class on Online Legal Aid Forms.
Your homework assignment for this class is here.
Here are Ron Staudt’d slides.
Here are John Mayer’s slides.
Some links from the presentation
A2J Author website – www.a2jauthor.org
Center for Access to Justice and Technology at Chicago-Kent College of Law
National Law Help website (links to all 50 state legal aid websites) – www.lawhelp.org
Law Help Interactive – https://lawhelpinteractive.org/
Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grants – http://tig.lsc.gov/
The Legal Aid Safety Net: Report on the Legal Needs of Illinoisans
Future Ed: New Business Models for U.S. and Global Legal Education
Kingsley Martin of kiiac.com and contractstandards.com is the guest presenter in this class. He discusses contract standardization. You’ll find video of the class below.
Here are Kingsley’s slides and John’s slides (when available).
Here’s homework for class six.
Relevant links:
kiiac.com – Kingsley Martin’s company.
Association of Corporate Counsel: http://contracts.acc.com/acc/forms.aspx
Below you’ll find a recording of class #5 for the Topics in Digital Law Course: Sarah Glassmeyer on free legal research.
Here are Sarah’s presentation slides on free legal research.
And John’s slides.
Your homework assignment can be found here.
Relevant links from the presentation:
Legal research guide (includes research chart): http://freelaw.classcaster.net/research-resources/research-primer/
Deep Web Indexes
- Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
- OAIster http://oaister.worldcat.org
- Complete Planet http://www.completeplanet.com
Dead Web Finding Tools
- CyberCemetary http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/
- Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
- Google Cache (appears via google search)
- Google Advance Search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
- Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
- Google Scholar Advanced Search http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Secondary Sources
- LLRX.com http://www.llrx.com/
- Zimmerman’s Research Guide http://www.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmerman/
- Dictionaries / Encyclopedias
- –Law.com http://dictionary.law.com/
- –LII / Wex http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex
- –Legal Abbreviations http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/
Case Law
- Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/
- Justia http://law.justia.com/
- Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
- LexisOne http://www.lexisone.com/caselaw/freecaselaw
- U.S. Supreme Court Webpage http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx
- LII Supreme Court http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
Statutes, Codes and Legislation
- LII US Code http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
- Thomas (Passed PLs and pending) http://thomas.loc.gov/
- Findlaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
- Justia http://law.justia.com/
- FDSYS http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
- State websites
Administrative Law
- LII http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/
- FDSYS http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/
- Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/
Foreign/International
- GLIN (LoC) – Foreign http://www.glin.gov/search.action
- EISIL – International http://www.eisil.org/
- World LII http://www.worldlii.org/
- GlobalLex http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex
Below you’ll find video of Richard Granat’s presentation on unbundled legal services.
Accompanying homework assignment for week four.
Here are Richard Granat’s slides.
Here are John Mayer’s slides.
Relevant Links from the class video:
Definition of Unbundled legal services: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbundled_legal_services
www.legalzoom.com – Legal Zoom
www.ezlaw.com – EZ Law
www.lawpivot.com – Law Pivot
www.mdfamilylawyer.com – Powered by Granat Legal Services, P.C.
www.granatwills.com – Richard Granat Wills
www.mylawyer.com – My Lawyer
www.24-7legalsolutions.com – 24-7 Legal Solutions Lawyer Blog
www.attorneyfee.com – Attorney Fee
www.directlaw.com/learningcenter.asp – DirectLaw Learning Center
www.solopracticeuniversity.com – Solo Practice University
Serving the DIY Client: A Guide to Unbundling Legal Services for the Practitioner” by Stephanie Kimbro, Esq.
www.abanet.org/legalservices/delivery/delunbund.html – ABA Unbundling Resource Center
www.abanet.org/legalservices/delivery/downloads/prose_white_paper.pdf – ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services white paper, “An Anlysis of Rules That Enable Lawyers to Serve Pro Se Litigants”
www.abanet.org/litigation/taskforces/modest/report.pdf – ABA’s Section on Litigation, Handbook on Limited Scope Legal Assistance, a Report of the Modest Means Task Force (2003)
www.elawyering.com – ABA ELawyering Task Force
Here’s the video of class number three for the Topics in Digital Law Practice MOOC: Jim McMillan on Technology in the Courts.
Here are Jim McMillia’s slides … Jim_McMillian_Tech_In_Courts.
And here are John Mayer’s slides … TDLP_03.
Questions from the presentation answered here.
Relevant links:
- Orange County Courts myorangeclerk.com
- The Future is Not Paper – Part 4 http://goo.gl/dk1uc
- A2J http://a2jauthor.org
- Retrospective of Courthouse Design 2001-2010 http://www.amazon.com/Retrospective-Courthouse-Design-2001-2010-Chang/dp/B006PHE6Y8
- Electronic Judicial Bench Article http://courttechbulletin.blogspot.com/2011/12/electronic-judicial-bench.html
- Oasis Open ECF Standard for Filing http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=legalxml-courtfiling
- Texas Supreme Court Website http://www.texas.gov/en/tx-efiling/Pages/getting-started.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
- Uniform Electronic Transactions Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Electronic_Transactions_Act
- X1 Desktop Search http://www.x1.com/
- Court Technology Bulletin http://courttechbulletin.blogspot.com/
- NCSC Twitter Feed http://twitter.com/#!/statecourts
- Westlaw/Lexis suits by lawyers for copyright in briefs http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202543304675&slreturn=1
Video of Marc Lauritsen‘s presentation on legal document automation is available below.
Here are Marc’s presentation slides, and John’s slides.
Here are the questions asked during Marc’s presentation (and a growing list of answers).
You can find your homework assignment here.
Relevant links
Link Name – URL
Capstone Practice Systems http://www.capstonepractice.com/
KIIAC http://kiiac.com/
Ridacto https://www.ridacto.com/
Thomson Reuters Accelus http://accelus.thomsonreuters.com/solutions/disclosure
Hot Docs http://www.hotdocs.com/
USLegal http://www.uslegalforms.com/
LegalZoom http://legalzoom.com
Nolo http://nolo.com
I-Can E-File http://www.icanefile.org/
MyLawer.com http://www.mylawyer.com
Illinois Legal Aid http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/
LawHelp Interactive http://lawhelpinteractive.org
Legal Genie http://www.legalgenie.com/
DirectLaw http://www.directlaw.com/
Total Attorneys http://www.totalattorneys.com
Slate Article: Will Robots Steal Your Job? http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/robot_invasion/2011/09/will_robots_steal_your_job.html
Apps for Justice http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/tag/apps-for-justice/
Online Examples
Term Sheet Caclulator https://tsc.orrick.com/
WSGR Term Sheet Caclulator http://www.wsgr.com/wsgr/display.aspx?sectionname=practice/termsheet.htm
Exari Demo http://www.exari.com/demo-trial.html
ContractExpress http://www.contractexpress.com/KoncisionNDA
Founder’s Workbench http://www.goodwinfoundersworkbench.com
Download Trial Software
ContractExpress Pricing http://www.contractexpress.com/planspricing.html
Hot Docs Trial http://hotdocs.com/request-30-day-trial
Order Pathagoras Demo http://www.pathagoras.com/orderdemo.html
DirectLaw Pricing http://www.directlaw.com/featurestable.asp
Marc’s Writings
Current Frontiers in Legal Drafting Systems http://www.capstonepractice.com/CurrentFrontiers.pdf
Dancing in the Cloud http://www.americanbar.org/newsletter/publications/law_practice_today_home/law_practice_today_archive/december11/dancing-in-the-cloud.html
The Lawyer’s Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5110706
Educating the Digital Lawyer http://virtuallawpractice.org/2012/02/educating-the-digital-lawyer-ebook-available-for-free-download/
List of Commercial Doc Assembly Engines (from a slide)
ABF Processor
ActiveDocs
Agility - Agility, from RealWorld Solutions, was a DOS-based product most suitable for offices using pre-Windows versions of WordPerfect. The program had a deliberate strategy of simplicity. Agility included most of the basic features one would expect in a document assembly tool, including nested logic and repeat loops. But as there is no Windows version, non integration with any word processor, and no math functions it lacked viability for search document assembly applications.
AmazingDocs
Atlis
BizDocs
Black Letter
Blankity-Blank
Boilerplate
Brentmark Document Assembler
CAPS
Cetara WordShare
Clause-It
D3
DAS@H
DealBuilder
DocBuilder
DocCon
DocBuilder
Docdolittle
Documaker (Docucorp)
Document Modeler (LegalWare)
DocuMENTOR
Update 2/14/12: Stephanie went through and answered all of your questions we couldn’t get to in the live show. Here’s a link to your previously unanswered questions.
Below you’ll find the video of our first class in Topics in Digital Law Practice. Stephanie Kimbro discusses virtual law practice.
John Mayer’s introductory slides can be found here.
Stephanie Kimbro’s presentation slides can be found here.
A gold star to student Hani Sarji who captured the links to the websites that were mentioned in the class…
| Kimbro Legal Services | http://kimbrolaw.com/ | |
| Rice Law | http://www.ricefamilylaw.com/ | traditional firm with VLO |
| McGrath & Spielberger, PLLC | http://mcgrathspielberger.com/ | multijurisdictional virtual law firm |
| Texas Wills & Trusts Online | http://www.texaswillsandtrustslaw.com/ | VLO – home office |
| Burton Law LLC | http://www.burton-law.com/ | |
| Clearspire | http://clearspire.com/ | |
| Rosen Law Firm | http://www.rosen.com/ | |
| Rocket Lawyer | http://www.rocketlawyer.com/ | branded network concept |
| Fair Outcomes, Inc. | http://www.appellex.com/ | game theory solutions for disputes |
| QualitySolicitors | http://www.qualitysolicitors.com/index.html | |
| InstaLaw | http://instalaw.com/ |
Stephanie Kimbro has generously shared a free chapter from her book Virtual Law Practice (amazon.com link).
This chapter is titled… Ethics and Malpractice Issues.
Virtual Law Practice_Ch6.pdf (click to open, right click to download)
Thanks Stephanie!
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