I.INTRODUCTION
The Internet just celebrated its 25th anniversary, but for lawyers, the impact of the Internet has only started to be felt. Only with the creation of the easy-to-navigate World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Switzerland and the subsequent creation of the first web browser, Mosaic, by Marc Andreessen at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications did the Internet become usable by the average attorney. Mosaic was conceived in December 1992 and the code was written in the first quarter of 1993. The World Wide Web, as most people know it, is therefore less than four years old.
In June 1995, two years after Mosaic was created, the number of law firm websites was so small that they all could be visited in one hour of surfing the Internet. In the subsequent 18 months well over 1,000 law firm websites have been created with more websites being added every week.
No communications medium has ever experienced such rapid growth and change as has the World Wide Web. The rapid growth of the World Wide Web, email, intranets and other Internet technologies is changing the way law firms market themselves and the way law firms operate.
I. INTRODUCTION
II. OVERVIEW
III. THE IMPORTANCE OF TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAMES FOR LAW FIRMS
IV. WHY CREATE A LAW FIRM WEBSITE
V. DEVELOPING A WEBSITE DESIGN STRATEGY
VIII. DISINTERMEDIATING AND RE-ENGINEERING THE LEGAL PROCESS
IX. A BRIEF REVIEW OF LEGAL ETHICS AND WEBSITES
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