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Re:Docracy - Free (community curated) Legal Documents by smalltalk on Monday March 05, 2012 @12:58PM (#3667463)
Having a JD doesn't make someone a licensed attorney, and I'd seriously question the competence of any attorney willing to participate in a site like this, as doing so would be insurmountably fraught with professional responsibility and legal ethics issues. This is not legal advice.
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Re:Docracy - Free (community curated) Legal Documents by ubervero on Monday March 05, 2012 @01:15PM (#3667556)
You nailed it: it's not legal advice, but you might need legal advice from those lawyers, and it's definitely helpful if Docracy helps you contact them. I don't see anything unethical in this, also considering that the service is free for all users, lawyers included.

We actually have pretty reputable contributors, like Gunderson Dettmer LLP. Lawyers who realize that lawyering skills lay beyond standard templates are also generally better (or at least more human) than those who charge you $500 for a template they've been using for years.

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Re:Docracy - Free (community curated) Legal Documents by BHSPitMonkey on Monday March 05, 2012 @06:59PM (#3669048)
Where should the content on this kind of site come from, if not from attorneys? "Contract law hobbyists"?
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