The paperless courthouse
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The idea of an electronic, or 'paperless' courthouse is gaining ground as several pilot projects fuel enthusiasm. While many old-school lawyers are loathe to give up the familiar practice of filing papers, some early participants are markedly enthused. The Complex Litigation Automated Docketing (CLAD) project in Delaware has reduced the staff needed to handle heavy-paperwork cases by 50%. On the federal side, bankruptcy courts in the Eastern District of Missouri, Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey are experimenting with electronic filing. Scanned documents are stored as image files in a database where they are accessible and searchable by multiple users. By Apr 1995, the system should be equipped to send electronic notices to creditors; US courts could theoretically realize a savings of some $5- to $6 million even if only 25% of bankruptcy notices are sent electronically.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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The Web weavers get busy
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An increasing number of attorneys are using the World Wide Web as a means to establish an online presence and promote the services of their law firms. Legal Web sites have been set up to provide useful information to prospective customers, including legal documents and links to relevant databases. The majority of the firms setting up shop on the Internet are involved in specialty areas related to information technology, such as high-tech intellectual property law, communications law and other categories. World Wide Web pages are easy to set up and access and costs for using the Internet are declining, providing additional incentive for lawyers to investigate this technology. World Wide Web pages are very cost-effective when compared to magazine advertising costs and these sites can have colorful graphics and other embellishments.
Publication Name: Law Office Computing
Subject: Law
ISSN: 1055-128X
Year: 1995
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