A common computer science concept, the Class, is a key benefit of Docassemble over other document assembly platforms. But when I work with a new Docassemble learner, or evangelize Docassemble to users of other platforms, Read more…
I’m going to share a little technique I have used to keep some of my guided interview logic externally. It’s something I designed just for myself to save time, so the implementation I’m sharing is Read more…
After working on the Massachusetts Eviction Defense Tool with Rina Padua for the last 10 months, I learned a lot. Some of it was from helpful mentors like Marc Lauritsen and Caroline Robinson, who have Read more…
I had the pleasure of spending Friday at Docacon presenting to and learning from 30 Docassemble users from around the country—and I learned so much from all of them. It was exciting to see so Read more…
I had a great time learning from so many Docassemble users at Docacon 2018 this past week. I think they will be put up on the Docacon website soon, but I wanted to share my Read more…
Quick post before the Vermont Law School legal technology conference: Rina Padua and I put together a comprehensive tutorial for Docassemble to help someone new get started with document assembly. It’s a great example that Read more…
I am working on a project to develop a guided interview for tenants who are facing eviction. Briefly, a guided interview is a TurboTax-like interface that asks a user questions and drafts a letter, form, Read more…
The HotDocs Component Generator for Google Sheets is now available in the Chrome Web Store. This is an evolution of a few techniques I’ve discussed on this blog that is more user friendly than PowerShell Read more…
Without true automation, guided interviews that produce legal forms are too difficult to justify the learning curve. As I have stated on this blog before, I am working on updating the Greater Boston Legal Services Read more…
Do you maintain Hotdocs guided interviews on LHI? Here’s one way to keep a Hotdocs guided interview up to date: use a Google Form to let users across the jurisdiction submit updates to a spreadsheet, and then Read more…