Lawyers have a difficult time defining what they mean by “the practice of law,” and the lack of a clear definition causes added challenges as the practice of law faces economic crises. Though web-based automated lawyering services could alleviate some of the economic troubles faced by legal practitioners, the current, amorphous definition of “legal practice” puts such web-based services on dubious ground. This article describes the troubles of the current definition of the “practice of law,” and proposes a more effective alternative.
Catherine Lanctot, Attorney-Client Relationships in Cyberspace: The Peril and The Promise (1999).
