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I'm actually curious if there is a forum or fora where only vetted well intentioned legal scholars are able to crowd source legal advice and research in cases l
by malandrew 13y ago
I'm actually curious if there is a forum or fora where only vetted well intentioned legal scholars are able to crowd source legal advice and research in cases like this.
I know that StackExchange is trying to do something like this for patents, but it would be interesting to see something similar for constitutional legal issues like this and maybe forums for other areas like medical law, etc.
Prosecutors can throw the entire weight and resources of the US government, but it would be nice if the people could throw around the weight of the entire legal community without tipping their hand in court (e.g. allowing the prosecution to see what the defense will argue in court for example).
If such a forum existed, it would be interesting if the terms of service could help with establishing a looser attorney-client relationship, where you are entitled to share all the information with all the eligible users (i.e. licensed by eligible state bar associations), but where those users are more arms length and have fewer obligations except for good faith (i.e. can't be sued for any advice unless it can be demonstrated that they are a ill intentioned actor, such as one acting on behalf of the other side, such as the prosecution).
- dTal 13y agoThe NSA would tap it.
- MWil 13y agoI don't want to say too much b/c I have competitors here (looking at you, Casetext! jk Jake is a very nice guy) but this is pretty much my 5-10 year plan for my company. Of course, we have to do some other things and build some other tools before we get to that point but it's not not being worked on.