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

今年是研究项目的最后阶段，对电视会议系统法律咨询的遗留问题进行了解决，并对整个研究项目进行了总体总结。关于法律咨询的问题，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采访。通过访谈，我们发现对电视会议法律咨询存在两种不同的评价。一些律师说，电视会议系统不是表达自己情绪的好工具，但也有律师说，电视会议系统的同样特点，使他们很容易隐藏自己给客户留下的负面印象。总体而言，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可以节省到很远的地方的时间和费用，支持积极使用电视会议系统的意见-用于法律…更多的咨询。但是，一些律师指出，当一个以上的客户来的时候，或者当客户带来很多文件的时候，电视会议系统就不是很有用的沟通工具。为了克服这些不便，应该使用一些额外的工具，如传真。经过三年的工程实践，我们发现电视会议系统可以缓解当事人在准备辩诉过程和法律咨询过程中的紧张和恐惧。然而，与此同时，我们发现电视会议系统难以理解客户的个性和感受。我们在使用电视会议系统时应该牢记这些具体的特点。例如，在情绪争论严重的情况下，不应在准备辩论过程中使用电视会议系统；另一方面，在可以通过正式的简单程序解决的情况下，应使用电视会议系统，以减少时间和费用。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