A confluence of Davids; present meets past as three experts discuss the future of technology in law

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The three most exciting technology developments impacting lawyers are voice recognition, law firm marketing using the World Wide Web, and the Microsoft Corp's efforts to develop a user-friendly code. Eventually, Microsoft's aims is to have 80% of its code be user-friendly. Legal expert systems are also an exciting development. Since the Internet, a competitor, is free, it is a constant challenge to acquire customers for paying services such as Lexis/Nexis.

Usage, Internet, Technology application

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Don't duck this web feat: with Lexis and Westlaw on the Internet, access to research opens up

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Lexis and Westlaw updated their services and can be accessed from the Internet. The services became much more open to their users and utilized standard web tools such as cutting and pasting. Many experienced users may want to remain with the proprietary software since they have developed proficient skills in the older software for finding needed information.

Management, Services, LEXIS (Online information service), WESTLAW (Online information service)

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