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your own web pages or business applica- tions and to generate virtually error-free, transactional documents (contracts, agreements, wills, trusts, etc.) on a subscription basis. Law firms can learn from non-lawyer online legal services providers to provide online legal services to fit the needs of consumers and businesses looking for ease of use, 24/7/365 availability, and self-help empowerment that have made online services so appealing. It is up to you to examine your practice, your client’s wants and needs and determine how to move forward. A longer version of this article, co-authoredwith NicoleBradick, was presentedat ABATECHSHOW 2018. Interested in learning more? Come to “HowTo…Leverage LawOffice Automation”on June 19 at the CBA with speakers John Norkus and Conor Malloy from ChiCityLegal.

• Form.one. http://form.one/. Form.one is a collaborative platform to build, deploy, and monitor intelligent bots for your law firm. Do-It-Yourself Document Creation/Forms • DraftOnce. http://draftonce.com/. DraftOnce lets users take their own documents, in any format; upload them to the DraftOnce engine; and convert them to form templates. Users can then invite clients to provide information in an easy online interview format with contextual help to generate a document the attorney can review, finalize and return to the client. • HotDocs Cloud Services. https://www. hotdocs.com/products/cloud-services. You are probably familiar with Hot- Docs, but did you know they have added a client facing service? Hot- Docs Cloud Services enables you to embed HotDocs interviews (wizard-like sequences of data-gathering forms) in

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