She spent hours answering them, every day. Mr. Hertz is now on leave, and Mr. O'Brien will soon go on leave to work on the site. When questions arise now, Ms. Pierre-Louis is prepared. Case numbers rather than client names are used, to shield client identities. This area also contains sample correspondence, pleadings and training materials.
Technology even helps the volunteers draft documents.
Ms. Pierre-Louis asked each of the participating firms to buy a software document assembly program called Drafting Libraries. The software generates drafts of divorce pleadings after answers are entered in response to questions posed on screen. Unfortunately, the drafting software was created for experienced matrimonial lawyers, so there have been plenty of questions about how to use it. Ms. Pierre-Louis is now drafting a beginner's guide to the software, which will soon be posted on Probono.net. There have also been formatting problems because the firms' computer systems vary so greatly.