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To: Ilaine who wrote (8074)	9/1/2001 3:12:32 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

>>around here the judges for the most part are far more advanced in their use of technology than the ordinary lawyer<< I've had good luck with both lawyers and judges. As a programmer/analyst, I spent several years working on a system that produces mass quantities of important boiler-plate legal forms. Before automation, these documents were filled in by typists on legal-length triplicate forms. We switched them to letter-length. After some intense discussions with our progressive head lawyer, we kept the line down the left side of the page but got rid of the rule numbers so we could use multiple fonts and variable line spacing to make the documents more legible. (It is not just the words that aid comprehension, but also organization and white space.) The court system loved what we did and sent their staff over to see how we did it! I've also had some experience with revocable trusts. The first one my father had was horribly complicated. The second is much better, but there is still room for improvement. >>But to get back to your point, what about those agreements that you have to click "agree" to, when you join a website or buy software?<< By coincidence, I just had to review the Schwab agreement again. It is very readable, but long. Every now and then they change it, and you have to agree again. I usually just click past it, but wonder if I missed something important.