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Short and sweet: the law is in drastic need of an overhaul. Law 1.0 worked well until the Internet came along. Now, it’s time to refactor the legal profession.

“I’m a lawyer: I know what I’m talking about. Trust me.” Well, you could look at life that way, but I would rather enter into a series of discussions about things that I think are great about how lawyers operate,–and things that are in disarray.

The Internet is not the end of the elgal profession,–just the legal profession as we know it. Instead, what I predict will arise is afundamentally altered methodology for the dismantling of disputes and the re-establishment of the social fabric the law was designed to protect.

Sounds kinda deep, don’t it?!!

Well, that’s why Law 2.0 is not just the use of the Internet. That’s Law 1.5: using e-mail and websites was just the start.

No, we’re going down a path where citizens have greater access to DYI tools, the kind of quality stuff started by Nolo and others. They will be able to take advantage of the growing diversity of the legal profession without having to leave their couches. They’ll become educated consumers, the kind most belvoed by Syms…and they’ll turn into the kind of customers that lawyers love to serve.

Web 2.0 is a revolution, not just in the geek world, but in the way people process information. It increases competency (albeit artificially) to the point where  smart tools makes smart sense. When law learns to integrate into society, rther than separate, we’ll get somewhere.

Will lawyers become kinder and more gentle through Law 2.0? Nah! That’ll have to wait for Law 3.0…but I’m optimistic. But then, that’s probably because <a href=”http://www.litigationdataservices.com”>I’m a mediator</a> first, a geek second and a lawyer third.

Meanwhile, I found my geek code again:

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