The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers (Paperback)

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Product Description

Designed to help lawyers and other legal professionals make the most of their opportunities in the coming Web revolution by providing an orientation to the Internet. Provides nuts-andbolts advice on how the Internet works, with warnings of traps to avoid, and a reference manual of technical information. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: American Bar Association (September 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570736405
• ISBN-13: 978-1570736407
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,993,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on a subject lawyers can't avoid, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

Rarely, law books are published which teach a complex and essential subject effortlessly. This is such a book for Lawyers about the Internet. The author's explanations of relatively new and still arcane subjects are excellent. His section discussing Public Key Encryption is a good example of the style and ease of learning thoughout the book. Other lawyers have tried and generally failed to explain this type of encryption in a way which is comprehended by the average lawyer who barely passed or may have even flunked algebra. Using a 250 word analogy, author Lawson teaches it in a manner that lawyer and layman alike can easily understand. Realizing that the Internet is new and changing in ways no single person can fully comprehend, the author also includes a unique chapter by a number of knowledgeable lawyers and support personnel who contribute their own observations and conclusions. No lawyer who has to practice for the next decade can ignore the Internet. For those who haven't started, or those who haven't yet incorporated the Internet and Email into their practice, there is no better place to begin than with this handbook.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, definitive, well organized, practical guide., June 5, 2000

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The Complete Internet Handbook For Lawyers is comprehensive, definitive, and exceptionally well organized survey and explanation of the Internet specifically designed for law students, practicing attorneys, legal paraprofessionals, and law firm staffers. From the essentials for getting started on utilizing the Internet, to doing legal research on the Internet, to marketing legal services on the Internet, to ethic and security issues involving the Internet, to philosophical and practical considerations for the present and future practice of law and the influences of Internet, Jerry Lawson's The Complete Internet Handbook For Lawyers is a highly recommended, essential, practical reference and guide.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it and guard it., December 14, 1999

By	T. R. Halvorson (Sidney, Montana) - See all my reviews

You could run all over the Web just identifying the opportunies and issues presented by the Internet for your law firm. Then you'd need to evaluate a slough of disparate information to arrive at answers to those questions. Or, you could buy this book and have an astoundingly comprehensive and qualified treatment in one convenient and easy-to-ready package. I had a copy that somehow walked out of my office. I know why it's not coming back. Whoever has it is using it. I bought another copy, which I am now guarding.

T. R. Halvorson, author of Law of the Super Searchers: the Online Secrets of Top Legal Researchers.