Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
January/February 2002, by Delia Venables

ISSN 1467 - 3835 © Copyright retained by Delia Venables and respective authors 2002

Barristers' Web Sites - why are they so boring? by Delia Venables

Electronic Signatures Explained
by Stephen Mason and..
Electronic Signatures in Ireland

The Future of Legal Services on the Internet by Martin Davies

Ongoing Series on Bright New Ideas for Websites
Landlord-Law Online by Tessa Shepperson
Click2law.com by Alun Jones

"Clerksroom" Explained by Stephen Ward

XML and the Law by Roger Horne

Ongoing Series on Print or Electronic Resources?
The Chambers Library by Sonia Michaels

Short items
New launch from emplaw.co.uk
New launch from infolaw

Advertisements:
Lawtel's Personal Injury... Justis special offer
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ActiveLawyer and Go Interactive
Tolley's e-contracts... CLT's E-Commerce
Internet Law and Regulation by Graham Bird

Information on the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers and Training Materials

Please see also the Overall Index by Subject Groupings.

Delia Venables
10 Southway Lewes
Sussex BN7 1LU
phone and fax - 01273 472424
email - delia@venables.co.uk

If you have direct web access, see the information about Delia Venables and her consultancy work (IT advice for lawyers).
See also... Legal Resources in the UK and Ireland
Lawyers' home page

If previous Newsletters are on your system or if you are accessing this directly on the web....
November/December 2001
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May/June 2001
March/April 2001
January/February 2001
November/December 2000
September/October 2000
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There is a pdf version of this newsletter here or alternatively (using direct addressing for my website if you are accessing this) here (1.1M).

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Internet Newsletter for Lawyers

Prices are:
  • £40 plus 3.50p VAT for normal subscribers.
  • £70 plus £12.25 VAT for Firms/Chambers/Universities with Intranets or muliple online access; this includes a printed copy.

In the award for "Legal Journal of the Year, 2001" which I recently received from the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL), they were kind enough to say..

"Delia Venables has filled an emergent niche with a newsletter making an appropriate use of the dual media of printed and web with links to the sites".

You will always find the address of the web version of the Newsletter on the front of the printed version, in the left hand column - all subscribers are welcome to use this!

Delia Venables' Training Materials

I now offer a complete range of training materials - a Beginners Guide and two sets of Advanced Studies. Each course involves printed material as well as online sessions, using a passworded area of my website. You do these in your own time. Each course can be purchased either in a single user version or in the multiple user/intranet version, allowing everyone in the organisation to take the course and obtain the CPD from the Law Society or the Bar Council. Very low cost CPD - and good fun too!

(Beginners) Guide to the Internet for Lawyers - September 2001 edition

This consists of 2 parts - the initial "Guide" which you read in an armchair or on a train, and the "Tutorials" which you carry out seated at a computer with an Internet connection. The full text of the Tutorials is available in a passworded area of my web site. CPD is available - 8 hours for the English Law Society, 8 hours for the Bar Council and 5 hours for the Scottish Law Society.

Price is £50 plus VAT for the single user licence and £100 plus VAT for the Intranet/Multiple User version i.e. anyone in the organisation can use the material and obtain the CPD hours.

If you have direct web access, there is information about the Guide and Tutorials here.

Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers - September 2001 edition

Five Internet Studies for experienced Internet users exploring topics with legal relevance. The Studies cover:

  • Parliament and the Legislative Process
  • Government Online
  • Free Sources for Legal Research Online
  • Publishers' Sources for Legal Research Online
  • Selling Legal Services Online

    The Studies qualify for 5 CPD hours from the Law Society for England & Wales under the "Distance Learning" category, i.e. the work can be done in your own time. The Bar Council also accepts the Studies for 5 CPD hours.

    Cost is £40 plus VAT for an individual licence or £100 plus VAT for an Intranet/Multiple Use licence, i.e. anyone in the organisation can use the material and obtain the CPD hours. If you have direct web access, there are more details here.

    Second Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers - September 2001 edition

    You can take the two sets of Advanced Studies in either order - they cover different topics.
    Five More Internet Studies for experienced Internet users exploring topics with legal relevance. The Studies cover:
  • Legal Sites in Europe and particularly Ireland
  • Legal Sites across the World
  • Specifically Scottish Sites
  • Marketing Legal Services on the Web
  • Legal Resources Provided by Barristers

    The Studies qualify for 5 CPD hours from the Law Society for England & Wales under the "Distance Learning" category, i.e. the work can be done in your own time. The Bar Council also accepts the Studies for 5 CPD hours.

    Cost is £40 plus VAT for an individual licence or £100 plus VAT for an Intranet/Multiple Use licence, i.e. anyone in the organisation can use the material and obtain the CPD hours. If you have direct web access, there are more details here.

    Special offer for the two Sets of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers

    Each set qualifies for 5 CPD hours - they cover different material and you can get CPD (Law Society or Bar Council) on either or both of these.

    Usually, each set costs £40 plus £7 VAT but, if you buy both sets together, the total cost will be only £60 plus £10.50 VAT. For the Intranet/Multiple Use licence for these products, both sets together will cost £150 plus VAT instead of £100 each.

    Researching the Legal Web

    Written by Nick Holmes and myself, this is designed for users with some experience of the Internet already and covers all the important legally-oriented sites available for UK and Irish lawyers. The new second edition is now available and costs £45. If you have direct web access, there is information about the book here. Back to Contents or Lawyers' home page