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Legal Zoom and the rise of DIY law: what it covers, and when you still need a lawyer
Online legal services handle paperwork well. They do not represent you, and knowing the difference decides whether they are enough.

Online legal services handle paperwork well. They do not represent you, and knowing the difference decides whether they are enough.

The appeal runs on puzzle-solving, safety-at-a-distance and a sense of unfinished business — and it shapes what listeners expect from investigators and juries.

A long-form crime feature is not finished when the writing is done. Legal review, fact-checking and ethics decisions decide what readers finally see.

Plea agreements resolve the overwhelming majority of American criminal cases. Here is how the negotiation works, what a defendant gives up, and why judges must still approve the deal.