The ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services is holding hearings on the use of technology to provide personal, civil legal services over the Internet and the policies that govern that use. Specifically, the Committee will examine:

• The range of providers who are using technology to provide legal services through the Internet and the scope of those services.
• The benefits and detriments that have resulted from the use of technology to provide legal services over the Internet.
• Emerging trends and possible future directions of technology providing legal services via the Internet; and
• The policies and authorities (rules, statutes, case law, ethics opinions, etc.) that have emerged to govern the use of technology for the delivery of legal services and whether those policies are consistent with the need to balance consumer protection with access to affordable legal services and justice.

The hearings will be held as follows:

• May 9, 2008, Noon to 3:00 PM, in conjunction with the Equal Justice Conference, Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55403;
• Friday, August 8, 2008, hotel TBD, in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting in New York.
• Virtual Hearing, Date to be announced.

Those interested in appearing and/or submitting materials should contact Janice Jones at 312/988-5787, janicejones@staff.abanet.org. Further details and on-going hearing archives are posted at http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/delivery/techhearings.html.