Need Legal Forms - Legal Form Craze

By: Laura Jeffries
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:23:42
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Legal forms today have become the most readily accessible form of doing it yourself legal work. Lawyers can be overpriced and overrated in some aspects for basic stuff such as preparation of an affidavit or a motion in a bankruptcy proceeding. Whatever the case, it all depends on the situation of the consumer. In some cases it is absolutely necessary to obtain legal counsel as the UPL is very strict on the guidelines of what you can and can't do. Paralegal services are a new craze it seems.

Paralegals have always been around doing the basic work for the lawyers to help them do there job. It now seems like they have branched out and are using there knowledge to benefit those who can not afford an attorney and just need a basic legal form for there circumstances. Independent paralegal services are a wave of relief as in most small business and low income families we know what we want and we do not need anything fancy but we can't afford the attorney's price which base out in the low 100's for nothing at all really.

A lot of websites now days offer legal forms fully customized within UPL standards for you at a cost as low as 5.00 per form. The problem is that most of these sites do not aid to a growing population of Hispanics. http://www.needlegalwork.com is a great site that offers customized legal forms delivered to you via email as well as in person at unbelievable prices. Most of the work is done locally as notary services are offered as well. Need Legal Forms? is a company that is trying to aid basic needs for low income people who need a basic form and who may need it in Spanish or just feels better about talking to someone who knows Spanish instead being confused the entire time the process is being ordered. This website offers forms in all areas of law including Probate, Business, Administrative, Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Rental, Property Management, Auto and More.

The reason I target is the Hispanic Population is because of the growing need for people to help this large sector. Most Hispanic populations in Florida especially in South Florida are workers and entrepreneurs that have business and no way or have no knowledge of the vast opportunities and availability of legal forms and document preparation that is online. Included in this is that some of them having no English speaking skills at all? We saw this big debate on TV recently with all of the new laws passing. This is actually a handicap to them in some ways as they do not understand the vast potential that they can reach online. Of course for the most part there are a lot that do speak English and are just not internet savvy or feel uncomfortable ordering and paying for something online that they may not like in the end. That is why I think legal form preparation and filing should be available on a more personal level. The Consumer should be able to view the form before purchasing it and some online form websites do not allow this for obvious reasons. Whatever the case is it still seems like a great idea having all of these websites offering legal forms for free and customized ones for dirt cheap, helping to raise the awareness on this availability to the lower class is the next step as they are the ones that need it the most.

There are many other legal form websites out there equally good in there own aspect. This idea of getting what you need at the tip of a button is magic and can help those in need, without breaking there pocket books.

Laura Jeffries, Independent Paralegal, B.S. Business and Marketing from the University of South Florida

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