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A law firm recommending that you do things that require a law firm's help, and scaring you away from cheaper competition in Legal Zoom. Color me surprised.

• rlpb 16y ago
  I've always been a bit sceptical about this. There seems to be a general idea that only lawyers are qualified to have any input whatsoever into legal situations. This may be technically true, but I'm also sure that there are plenty of bad and/or indifferent lawyers out there. There must be non-lawyers who will be able to do a better job themselves. In particular, I think that hackers have a good chance at this. That is, it is implied that: [all lawyers] > [everyone else] whereas I think that: [good lawyers] > [some intelligent non-lawyers] > [bad/average lawyers] > [everyone else] This can apply in particular if you are prepared to research a particular topic for hours on something that a lawyer would speak to you for ten minutes and then copy and paste boilerplate for. You will likely find the same boilerplate and research all the options more thoroughly yourself. I am by no means saying that lawyers shouldn't be consulted. I use one for stuff that is very important for me, since I cannot risk getting it wrong. But I also do my own research, and this has helped me ask the right questions and get the right result. I'm just saying that hiring a lawyer is no silver bullet.