Category Archives: Relating to your End-User

ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, White Paper: An Analysis of Rules that Allow Lawyers to Serve Pro Se Litigants (2009).

The US’ various jurisdictions employ differing rules to regulate attorney-client relationships. This white paper discusses how states are modernizing these rules to accommodate the increasing number of pro se litigants nation wide. In order for lawyers to service clients who … Continue reading

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ABA’s Law Practice Management Section on e-Lawyering.

The ABA website provides a general guide on providing lawyering services via the internet. From advertising and document collection to jurisdictional limitations and cross-website attribution, numerous topics with connection to e-Lawyering are briefly discussed. ABA’s Law Practice Management Section on e-Lawyering.

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Catherine Lanctot, Scriveners in Cyberspace: Online Document Preparation and the Unlicensed Practice of Law (2002).

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 … Continue reading

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Taiwo Oriola, The Use of Legal Software by Non-Lawyers and the Perils of Unauthorised Practice of Law Charges in the United States (2010).

Taiwo Oriola critically reviews the 9th Circuit Court decision In re: Jayson Reynoso: Frankfort Digital Services et al., v. Sara L. Kistler, United States Trustees et al. (2007) 447 F.3d 1117. The non-lawyer appellants were indicted with unauthorized practice of … Continue reading

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Will Hornsby, The Ethics of Client Development Through Technology (2010).

Will Hornsby comments on the effects the internet has had on lawyers’ development of client relationships. Lawyers must comply with evolving rules and standards of ethical client development, many of which differ from state to state. Hornsby offers some guidance … Continue reading

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