Keane Award on Excellence in ELawyering to be Awarded at ABA TECHSHOW

The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association will award, for the first time, the James I Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering at the ABA TECHSHOW in March in Chicago. The James I. Keane Memorial Award gives recognition to law offices or legal organizations that have developed legal service innovations delivered over the Internet. Thus, the focus of the award is the innovative delivery of personal legal services, with special attention given to firms and entities that serve both moderate income individuals and the broad middle class. The Award will be given to a law firm on Friday, March 14, 2008 at a Luncheon to be attended by all of the participants in ABA TECHSHOW.

Another Web-Enabled Divorce Site

http://www.illinoisdivorce.com is another web site that offers low cost no-fault divorce forms bundled with legal advice. Operated by the Chicago law firm of Cowell Taradash, P.C., this web site offers useful legal information on Illinois divorce issues, an offer of free consultation with an attorney by telephone, and an offer to answer simple legal questions on family law by email for free. The basic fee for an uncontested, self-help divorce is only $185.00. Although it is hard to tell from the home page, some form of document automation or web-based interview is utilized to increase efficiency and law firm productivity.