DirectLaw Resources
Resources on eLawyering
Law Firm Web Sites
that Demonstrate eLawyering
Resources on Unbundling Legal Services
Resources for
Implementing your DirectLaw Web Site
Resources on Rapidocs Document Automation Technology
American Bar Association
Task Force on eLawyering
ABA Section on
Business Law - Some Call it eLawyering
Disrupting Conventional Law Firm Business
Models Using Document Assembly by Darryl R. Mountain
The New
Economy and the Virtual Law Firm of the Future
Re-Training Lawyers for a Digital Age
Law
Firm Productivity: How to Work Smarter - Not Harder
The
Impact of the Net on the Delivery of Legal Services
Creating a Virtual Law Practice
Internet Bar
Organization
Internet Marketing for Lawyers
eLawyering Trends by Richard S.
Granat
The Many Faces of
eLawyering by Marc Lauritsen and Richard S. Granat
Working on Work by
Marc Lauritsen
Improving the Delivery of Affordable Legal
Services Through the Internet:
A Blueprint for the Shift to a Digital Paradigm
By
William Hornsby
The Future of Law: Facing the Challenges of Information Technology
(Clarendon Press: Oxford 1996), Richard
Susskind (see Website for additional
articles on this topic .)

http://www.mdfamilylawyer.com- Maryland divorce on-line divorce form
http://www.dcselfhelplaw.com - MD, DC, and VA
virtual law firm
http://www.illinoisdivorce.com - Illinois
divorce firm
http://www.visanow.com - Nationwide immigration law firm
http://www.mdbankruptcylaw.com - Maryland
consumer bankruptcy firm

Web Sites
http://www.unbundledlaw.org
This web site, hosted by the Maryland Legal
Assistance Network, originated with the convening of a national conference on
“The Changing Face of Legal Practice: A National Conference on ‘Unbundled’ Legal
Services” in October 2000. The site contains the
documents and recommendations from the conference as well as a bibliography,
ethics opinions, profiles of local programs, and updates on activity at the
national and state level.
Unbundled
Resource Center
This web site, hosted by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on
the Delivery of Legal Services, includes a bibliography of articles, books, case
law, ethics opinions, and court rules related to unbundled legal services.
Mosten Mediation
This web site, hosted by family lawyer and mediator Forrest (Woody) Mosten,
includes links to resources for lawyers and clients interested in the unbundled
model of service delivery.
The Maryland Experiment
Articles on Limited Legal Services
(Many of these articles are older articles and focus on the delivery of
limited legal services off-line, not on-line.)
Barrie Althoff,
Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: Questions of Cost, Candor, and
Disclosure, Washington State Bar News (July 1997).
Barrie Althoff,
Limiting the Scope of Your Representation: When Your Client Wants, or Can
Afford, Only Part of You, Washington State Bar News (June 1997).
Courts and the Self-Represented -- The Road Ahead (Editorial), American
Judicature Society, Vol. 84, at 300 (May/June 2001).
Anthony P. Capozzi,
Responding to the Pro Per Crisis, California Bar Journal (February 2004).
John Greacen,
Self-Represented Litigants and Court and Legal Services Responses to Their
Needs: What We Know, (2002).
Paula L. Hannaford-Agor,
Helping the Pro Se Litigant: A Changing Landscape, Court Review, p.
8, (Winter 2003).
William Hornsby,
Improving the Delivery of Affordable Legal Services Through the Internet: A
Blueprint for the Shift to a Digital Paradigm, ABA Standing Committee on
the Delivery of Legal Services (Nov. 1999).
Early article on ethics and lawyers and unbundling:
Barrie Althoff,
Unbundling Your Law Practice – Opportunities and Dangers, Seattle
University School of Law presentation on Current Developments in Ethics and
Professionalism (October 2002).

California
California Rules of Court, Rule 5.70, Nondisclosure of attorney assistance in
preparation of court documents, permits a lawyer to draft pleadings in
family law matters without disclosure.
California Rules of Court, Rule 5.71, Application to be relieved as counsel
upon completion of limited scope representation, details the procedure
governing limited appearances in family law matters.
California Report on Self-represented litigants:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/cfcc/resources/publications/actionplanrpt.htm
New York
Report and Recommendations on "Unbundled" Legal Services,
Commission on Providing Access to Legal Services for Middle Income Consumers,
New York State Bar Association (Dec. 2002).
Early article on ethics and lawyers and unbundling:
http://www.freecle.com/materials/current.html

Sample Client Agreement for Limited Legal Services
Sample
Terms and Conditions to be Displayed on Web Site
Rapidocs Document Automation - An Overview
Using Rapidocs Solo - Manual
for the Authoring System
Training Guide to Rapidocs --
Authoring Step-by-Step
See also: http://www.rapidocs.com
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