(Insert lawyer joke here)

We all know there is a need for lawyers and proper representation, but as LegalZoom has proven, many of the standard filings that need to be made for agreeable divorces, provisional patents, incorporations, deeds, leases and many others are for the most part, a cookie cutter affair.  LegalZoom has brought the accessibility down nicely within everyone’s reach, and that’s great for them, but I propose it can go much further.  I propose it can be free, and it can be better.

Legal Share – Open Source Law is my solution.  It would be a website & database that anyone could select the filing they wanted in a simple form.  The site would then guide the user through basic criteria, State, values, information specific to the users needs.  The site would create a product ready to be signed and filed.  Also included would be a list of the documents used as a basis for the product created, the court address, and any information related that will help with the process.

The database will be made of legal filings submitted by individuals as well as public records.  As applicable, personal information will be removed.  The premise is simple.  Whatever you are trying to do, its already been done a thousand times.  With enough filings loaded in and categorized( much could be done automatically) a person could easily know how to handle specific issues.  Issues that LegalZoom would kick back for needing review, would be easy to find precedent for, in that users jurisdiction and all for free.

The site would run some adds and could make a killing, while still being free to all.

Sorry lawyers. Things are about to get a lot tighter.