Category Archives: Chapter 6: Software Materials
All Inclusive A2J Guided Interview®
Visit Law Help Interactive and complete the All Inclusive A2J Guided Interview® to see an illustration of all the features available in A2J Author®. Listen to audio clips, click “learn more” buttons, and experience all the tools at A2J Author’s … Continue reading
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Best Practices Guide for Court System Development and Implementation Using A2J Author®
This document provides a practical guide on why and how to implement document assembly and A2J services, based upon New York State Courts’ experience in implementing document assembly services for low-income litigants. A2J Author® is featured throughout. New York State … Continue reading
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A2J Author® Authoring Guide
The A2J Authoring Guide is a pdf document that provides instructions for installing the software. It also provides a detailed description of the entire process of interview creation, from downloading the software to uploading a completed interview to the LawHelp … Continue reading
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Standards and Practices for HotDocs Server Applications in Legal Services
A 30-page resource prepared and maintained by Capstone Practice Systems. This resource addresses template standards, naming conventions, selecting, planning and designing applications, pointed component files, HotDocs versions and other topics relevant to developing templates for deployment in HotDocs Online. Standards … Continue reading
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Help Topics for HotDocs Developer 10
This is a user guide for using HotDocs Developer 10. For more helpful HotDocs resources, visit the HotDocs Wiki.
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HotDocs 10 Developer Installation Guide and Tutorial
This PDF document is broken into lessons designed to be done one at a time. These lessons will take several hours to complete. By completing them, you will become well versed in the use of HotDocs 10, and learn how … Continue reading
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If Only We Knew What We Know, by Conrad Johnson and Brian Donnelly
The Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic has taught law students how to use law practice and technology tools in a professional setting for the better part of a decade. Conrad Johnson and Brian Donnelly, who teach the course at … Continue reading
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Thinking like a Lawyer, Designing like an Architect: Preparing Students for the 21st Century Practice, by Tanina Rostain et al
Building systems has become a critical skill among legal practitioners. While courses like the one they teach at Georgetown University Law Center also teach legal analysis, empathy and plain language communications, Tanina Rostain, Roger Skalbeck and Kevin Mulcahey argue that law … Continue reading
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Learning software development — by developing software, by Larry Hardesty
Larry Hardesty discusses MIT’s modern interpretation of the old adage: “learning by doing.” Rather than using a course book and lesson plan for teaching programming, students participate in large, ongoing, open-source software development projects while being mentored by professors and … Continue reading
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Leveraging Law Students and Technology to Meet the Legal Needs of Low-Income People, by Ronald W. Staudt
Prof. Ron Staudt notes two problems in the modern legal community with a single solution. First, complexity of the legal system, costliness of lawyers’ services, and educational barriers prevent low-income individuals from effectively accessing our court more often than not. … Continue reading
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