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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.

Ernie’s slides here.

John’s slides here.

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: ??

Will Hornsby’s Slides.

John Mayer’s Slides.

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

Illinois Legal Aid

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 

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.

contractstandards.com

Association of Corporate Counsel: http://contracts.acc.com/acc/forms.aspx

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

• 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

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 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.

Homework for this class.

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

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

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…

This chapter is titled… Ethics and Malpractice Issues.

Virtual Law Practice_Ch6.pdf (click to open, right click to download)

Thanks Stephanie!

If you cannot wait for invitation email to arrive or it HASN’T arrived by now, you can to to http://tdlp.wikispaces.com and click the JOIN THIS button (see graphic below).

We will approve your membership so that you can start editing the wiki and submitting your homework as soon as we see it.

Where to click to join the course wiki

It is very short and your feedback is essential and valuable to us.

The course lectures are every Friday at 2:00pm Eastern Time starting Friday, February 10, 2012.

The lectures will be using GoToWebinar to deliver a screencast and audio to your computer. It is a good idea to test out the GoToWebinar connection.

You should see something like the following if your test was successful…

It is a GOOD IDEA to do this BEFORE the class starts.

If you have technical difficulties with the test or on the day of the webinar, contact our webconferencing software host GoToWebinar.

Do not contact us at CALI, we will not be able to provide technical support for the webconferencing software.

Welcome to the blog home for the Topics in Digital Law Practice course.

Register for the course.

Course registrants, please take our pre-course survey.

CALI OFFERS FREE ONLINE COURSE: TOPICS IN DIGITAL LAW PRACTICE
BEGINS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 AT 2PM ET

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The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is offering a FREE online course called Topics in Digital Law Practice starting Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2pm ET.

This course is designed to provide an overview of the changes that are occurring in the practice of law today, especially with respect to technology. It will introduce law students for real-world situations that they will encounter in the job market and point law professors to new avenues to cover in their courses.

The course will run for one hour a week for nine weeks and will feature a different guest speaker each week. Each class will be delivered via webcast and will have a 30 minute lecture presentation followed by a question & answer period and an online, interactive homework assignment for all course students to complete. There will be no formal assessment like midterms or a final exam.

The audience for this seminar is primarily law students and law faculty who will be given priority. Anyone else can join the course for one or all of the sessions.

If you can’t attend live for a class or two, that’s fine. The presentations will be recorded and posted to this course blog.

The Seminar is FREE to all registered attendees.

ABOUT CALI
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consortium of over 200 US law schools. Non-US law schools, law firms, business schools, paralegal programs and individuals can also join CALI to support its mission. More information about CALI memberships is here… http://www.cali.org/faq/8054.

REGISTRATION
Register for the course.

SCHEDULE
Below is the schedule for the course. We are still confirming some speakers.

Week 1
Friday, February 10, 2012 2pm-3pm EST
The Virtual Law Office
Stephanie Kimbro
Attorney and Technology Consultant
www.virtuallawpractice.org
Twitter @stephkimbro

Week 2
Friday, February 17, 2012 2pm-3pm EST
Document Automation
Marc Lauritsen
Attorney and Document Automation Expert
http://www.capstonepractice.com/marc.htm
Twitter @marclauritsen

Week 3
Friday, February 24, 2012 2pm-3pm EST
Technology in the Courts
Jim McMillian
Principle Court Technology Consultant
National Center for the State Courts (http://www.ncsc.org)

Week 4
Friday, March 2, 2012 2pm-3pm EST
Unbundling Legal Service Delivery
Richard Granat
President of SmartLegalForms, Inc. and DirectLaw, Inc.
http://www.elawyeringredux.com/promo/about/
Twitter @rgranat

Week 5
Friday, March 9, 2012 2pm-3pm EST
Free Legal Research Tools
Sarah Glassmeyer
Director of Content Development / Law Librarian
CALI
http://sarahglassmeyer.com/
Twitter @sglassmeyer

Week 6
Friday, March 16, 2012 2pm-3pm EDT
Contract Standardization
Kingsley Martin
President, kiiac.com, www.contractstandards.com/

Week 7
Friday, March 23, 2012 2pm-3pm EDT
Online Legal Forms in Legal Aid
Ronald W. Staudt
Professor of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/rstaudt/

Week 8
Friday, March 30, 2012 2pm-3pm EDT
Unauthorized Practice of Law in the 21st Century
William Hornsby
Staff Counsel at American Bar Association

Week 9
Friday, April 6, 2012 2pm-3pm EDT
Social Media for Lawyers
Ernest Svenson
Attorney at Law
www.ernietheattorney.net
Twitter @ernieattorney

I will be your host and moderator for the course.

Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Contact me at the email address below…

John Mayer
jmayer@cali.org
Executive Director
Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction / CALI
Twitter @johnpmayer
www.cali.org