Yet the adoption rate remains fairly low: according to the 2012 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report (Volume II), just 37 % of respondents reported personally
using document assembly software.
Thinking of using your firms collective knowledge to create a form bank with automated document creation
using document assembly software?
Not exact matches
They estimate as moderate the effect of automation on «Case Administration» (contract review systems), «
Document Drafting» (document assembly systems for internal use, or offered directly to consumers à la LegalZoom), «Due Diligence» (document review systems), «Legal Analysis Strategy» (prediction software) and «Legal Research» (more on this
Document Drafting» (
document assembly systems for internal use, or offered directly to consumers à la LegalZoom), «Due Diligence» (document review systems), «Legal Analysis Strategy» (prediction software) and «Legal Research» (more on this
document assembly systems for internal
use, or offered directly to consumers à la LegalZoom), «Due Diligence» (
document review systems), «Legal Analysis Strategy» (prediction software) and «Legal Research» (more on this
document review systems), «Legal Analysis Strategy» (prediction
software) and «Legal Research» (more on this later).
I also kind of — I like to call it a poor man's
document assembly or
document origination program because you don't have to have — you can get some of the benefits of those more expensive and comprehensive programs with this little tool that just kind of lives on your desktop and you just enter the characters and the beauty of it and what makes it I think better than just
using the Microsoft Word equivalent is that you can
use it — it's cross-platform, so you can
use it in any
software package that you happened to be running, like if you're in Clio or whatever your timekeeping
software is, if you've got the shortcuts set up properly in TextExpander you can
use it in your time entries and it will carry — it will expand the text literally to fit the criteria that you set forth and that will greatly cut down on your time spent entering time.
First, all CLM
software that I've looked into
uses clause - based
document assembly.
It
uses a donated version of HotDocs
document -
assembly software and A2J Author, a tool for creating guided interviews that was developed by Chicago - Kent College of Law's Center for Access to Justice and Technology and the Center for Computer - Assisted Legal Instruction.
The HotDocs project is
using A2J Author (Access to Justice Author)
software http://www.a2jauthor.org/ to build very user - friendly interfaces to the
document assembly tools.
The reason is because
document assembly software eliminates the inefficient and error - prone manual method of cut - and - paste, search - and - replace method traditionally
used by attorneys.
Legal departments can start
using functions such as reporting and
document assembly once they master the basics of the
software.
Using this
software you can quickly and easily automate: 1) billing, invoicing, and collections, 2) tasks and deadlines, and 3)
document assembly.
By a «self - help legal
software publisher», I mean web - based legal
software used directly by consumers to resolve a legal problem or a legal issue through automated legal
document assembly applications, expert system applications, decision - tools, intelligent databases, smart calculators, and other
software applications that manipulate legal sources and legal information to generate a legal solution for a user from facts provided by the user.
National Jurist also cites Chicago - Kent's Justice and Technology Practicum, which focuses on
document assembly and automation tools; its cloud - based A2J Author
software, developed by students to break down complex legal information for self - represented litigants; and the Chicago - Kent Law Lab, where students
use innovative technology and business processes to solve legal issues.
Throughout the semester, each student researches a real life justice problem, engages with self - represented litigants struggling to gaing access to justice, and builds a
document assembly tool
using the A2J Author ®
software, which has been
used more than 2 - million times.
Document assembly software is a tool you can
use to automate the
documents your firm already
uses.
Further,
document assembly software and commercial drafting systems are not mutually exclusive (many lawyers
use both tools).
By automating her
document generation
using HotDocs
document assembly software, the time required fell to 1.5 hours while accuracy increased.
Using customizable interactive
software, called A2J Guided Interviews (A2Js), a partnership of clinics is delivering PLEI embedded in online tools for intake,
document assembly, and referrals.
Cooley GO Docs is the first legal resource of its kind built
using the latest version of ContractExpress
document assembly software from Business Integrity, for entrepreneurs on the go.
Further the ContractExpress
document assembly software resolves issues of the client's specific situation,
using rules laid down by the firm.
With regard to the administration and institutionalization of the program, HotDocs ®
software developed by LexisNexis
uses document assembly technology to make standardized forms easier to create and
use.
They will
use centrally located lawyers
using a combination of
document assembly software and video to undercut private providers — as they already do in the field of legal expenses insurance.