ISSUES ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARGUMENT PROCEEDINGS AND LEGAL COUSELING TROUGH TV CONFERENCE SYSTEMS

今年，在研究项目的最后阶段，针对电视会议系统在法律咨询方面存在的问题，对整个研究项目进行了全面的总结。关于法律咨询问题，在日本律师协会联合会的合作下，对冈山律师协会和青森律师协会进行了访谈。通过访谈，我们发现，电视会议系统对法律咨询存在两种不同的评价。一些律师表示，电视会议系统不是传达自己情绪的好工具，然而，另一些律师表示，电视会议系统的相同特点非常便于他们隐藏对客户的负面印象。总的来说，正面评价的数量超过了负面评价的数量。考虑到通过电视会议系统去遥远的地方节省时间和成本，支持积极使用电视会议系统的意见-适用于法律…更多的咨询正在盛行。然而，一些律师指出，当不止一个客户来时，或者当客户带来许多文件时，电视会议系统不是那么有用的沟通工具。为了克服这些不便，应该使用一些额外的工具，如传真。作为三年项目的结果，我们发现电视会议系统可以缓解辩论过程和法律咨询准备过程中的紧张和恐惧。然而，与此同时，人们也发现，电视会议系统使得理解客户的个性和感受变得困难。电视会议系统的这些具体特点在我们使用时应该牢记在心。例如，在情绪争议性严重的情况下，在准备辩论过程时不应使用电视会议系统，另一方面，在可以通过正式的简单程序解决的案件中，应使用电视会议系统，以减少时间和成本。较少

In this year, at the final stage of the research project, remained issues on legal counseling through TV conference systems are addressed and total summary of the whole research project are made.Regarding on the issues of legal counseling, by the cooperation of the federation of Japanese bar association, interview has done at Okayama bar association and Aomori bar association. Through the interviews, we find that there are two different evaluations on legal counseling through TV conference system. Some lawyers said TV conference systems are not good tool to convey their own emotions, however, other lawyer said the same characteristic of TV conference systems are very convenient of them to hide their negative impression for their client. As a whole, the number of positive evaluations exceeded that of negative evaluation. Considering the save of the time and cost to go to the distant places through TV conference systems, opinion to support positive use of TV conference systems -for legal … More counseling are prevailing. However, some lawyer pointed out that when more than one client had come, or when clients brought many documents TV conference systems are not so useful tools to communicate. To overcome these kinds of inconvenience some kinds of additional tool, such as facsimile should be used.As the results of three years project, we find that TV conference systems can relieve the tension and fright in the process of preparations of the argument process and legal counseling. However, at the same time, it was found that TV conference systems make it difficult to understand client's personality and feelings. These specific characteristics of TV conference systems should keep in mind when we use them. For example, in cases that emotional contentiousness is severe TV conference systems should not be use in preparations of the argument process, on the hand, in cases that can resolve through formal simple procedure, to reduce the time and cost TV conference systems should be used. Less