An Internet Practice Reference Guide

The resources listed below, including web sites, are not under the control of the WSBA. Listing them here is simply a public service. Send us your comments and suggestions.

Web Sites

eLawyering
This website — subtitled "Lawyers Helping Others Through Technology — is sponsored by the ABA Law Practice Management Section. It includes case studies, cyberworld basics and resources for finding help from other attorneys. It also has an excellent collection of links. This is the perfect starting place for the attorney wanting to know more about practicing law on the Internet. www.elawyering.org 

Books

The Future of Law: Facing the Challenges of Information Technology
by Richard E. Susskind 

This book explores the impact of new technologies and cautions lawyers that if they don't start expanding legal services to the public, someone else will. 

Also see:
Transforming the Law: Essays on Technology, Justice and the Legal Marketplace
by Richard E. Susskind 

Articles

Attorney Client Relations in Cyberspace: The Peril and the Promise by Catherine J. Lancelot. 49 Duke L.J. 147. www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/articles/dlj49p147 

Cyberlawyers: Impact of the Internet on Law Practice and Legal Ethics by James M. McCauley, Ethics Counsel, Virginia State Bar members.aol.com/jmccauesq/ethics/internet 

Improving the Delivery of Affordable Legal Services Through the Internet: A Blueprint for the Shift to a Digital Paradigm by William Hornsby Staff Counsel, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services www.zorza.net/resources/hornsby 

Ciber Hazards: Legal and Ethical Pitfalls in Using the Internet
by Richard R. Orsinger www.txdirect.net/users/rrichard/hazard 

Newsletters/E-mail Lists

Technolawyer is a newsletter full of computer and technology related information for the legal community. It touches on online practice tools. www.technolawyer.com 

NetLawyers is a moderated list serve that focuses on technology in the law. legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/net-lawyers 

Comments and Suggestions

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