Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
March/April 2003, by Delia Venables

ISSN 1467 - 3835 © Copyright retained by Delia Venables and respective authors 2003

Fewer High Street Firms Selling Legal Services Online by Delia Venables

Legal Resources Online for Criminal Lawyers by Andrew Keogh

What is a Deal Room? by Kevin Doolan

Case Tracking Online - Case Studies assembled by Delia Venables:
AIM - AMS Law by Steve Williams
Solicitec - Yuill + Kyle by Stephen Cowen
Solicitec - Fitzpatricks by Tom Fitzpatrick
Pracctice - Sykes Anderson by David Anderson
Videss - Sills & Betteridge by Paul Cowen and Gary Phillips
DIY - Wilson Nesbitt by Kieran Gilmurray

Translations of Russian Legislation by Alexander Nikiforov

Be a BAILII Sponsor

Company Research Online by John Craske

Forms on the Web by Nick Holmes

Historical Irish Parliamentary Papers on the Web

Legal Aid Practitioners Group by Richard Miller

Advertisements in the Newsletter:
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Syntalex from Context
Computer and Communications Law
ActiveLawyer - easy updating of your website
WestlawUK - Exclusive Offer
Butterworths Law Directory LawyerLocator
E-Privacy 2003 from CLT Conferences

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....
January/February 2003
November/December 2002
September/October 2002
July/August 2002
May/June 2002
March/April 2002
January/February 2002

There is a pdf version of this newsletter here (240 KB) or alternatively (using direct addressing for my website) here.

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  • Privacy and data protection with an e-commerce focus: key factors
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    Internet Newsletter for Lawyers

    Prices are:
    • £40 plus 3.50p VAT for normal subscribers - a printed copy and access to the online version.
    • £70 plus £12.25 VAT for Firms/Chambers/Universities with Intranets or multiple online access; this includes a printed copy.
    Or 70 euros for the individual licence and 120 euros for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence.

    In the award for "Legal Journal of the Year, 2001" which I 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 - March 2003 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.
    Or 85 euros for the individual licence and 165 euros for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence.

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

    First Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers - February 2003 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.
    Or 70 euros for the individual licence and 165 euros for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence.
    If you have direct web access, there are more details here.

    Second Set of Advanced Internet Studies for Lawyers - January 2003 edition

    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. You can take the two sets of Advanced Studies in either order - they cover different topics.

    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.
    Or 70 euros for the individual licence and 165 euros for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence.
    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.

    Case tracking Online 2003 - to be published at the end of March 2003

    This new course, with five online tutorials, will bring together all the material being presented in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers over the first 6 months of 2003 and will cover:
  • Levels of complexity, from emails when a milestone is reached, to full real time reporting
  • What the suppliers are offering as "add ons" to their case management
  • What IT resources do you need? And particularly, how difficult are security issues?
  • Some new contenders in the market who are offering case tracking online on their web server and who are taking care of the security issues for you
  • Case studies from firms actually doing it and their experiences - good and bad.

    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.
    Or 70 euros for the individual licence and 165 euros for the Intranet/Multiple Use licence.
    This course will qualify for 5 CPD hours from the Law Society (but not from the Bar Council - the course is only about solicitors).

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