Improving access to law through technology: integrating professional services and advice with The Probate Wizard

“法律奇才”旨在建立网上工具，让市民更容易、更便宜和更方便地执行法律任务，并改善获得法律服务的机会。我们的第一款产品“遗嘱认证向导”是一款“自己动手”的遗嘱认证助手（遗嘱认证是在人死后进行的法律程序）。遗嘱认证向导可通过我们的网站www.thelawwizard.com访问。对于希望绕过律师或其他遗嘱认证专业人员的消费者，它提供了一种简单可靠的方式来进行遗嘱认证程序。我们计划的目的是分析将专业遗嘱认证服务与遗嘱认证向导结合的可能性，以提供更全面的服务和更方便的专业法律支援。该系统可让“遗嘱认证向导”的使用者与遗嘱认证专业人士（例如律师、会计师和独立财务顾问）建立联系。对这些专业人士来说，这个系统将为他们现有的遗嘱认证服务增值，并提供新的和更好的方式向潜在客户推销和联系客户。该项目将使公众受益，因为它将改善获得法律服务的机会。特别值得一提的是，这将使市民更容易在网上办理遗嘱认证程序，并得到专业人士的支持。遗嘱认证是一个常见而重要的过程，公众成员往往不知道从哪里开始。通过将独特的自助服务工具与专业知识相结合，我们的项目将满足日益增长的对更方便、更具成本效益的遗嘱认证解决方案的需求。除了遗嘱认证之外，该项目还将表明这种制度是否可以在改善其他法律领域的法律服务方面发挥作用。

The Law Wizard aims to build online tools that make it easier, cheaper and more convenient for members of the public to perform legal tasks and to improve access to legal services. Our first product, The Probate Wizard, is a “do it yourself” probate assistant (probate is the legal process that takes place after death).The Probate Wizard is accessed through our website, www.thelawwizard.com. For consumers who wish to bypass a solicitor or other probate professional, it offers an easy and reliable way to conduct the probate process.The aim of our project is to analyse the potential for integrating professional probate services with The Probate Wizard, offering a more comprehensive service and better access to professional legal support.The system will enable users of The Probate Wizard to connect with probate professionals, such as solicitors, accountants and independent financial advisers. For these professionals, the system will add value to their existing probate services and offer new and better ways to market to – and connect with – potential clients.The project will benefit the public as it will improve access to legal services. In particular, it will make it easier for the public to perform the probate process online with professional support. Probate is a common and vital process, and members of the public often do not know where to start. By marrying a unique self-service tool with professional expertise, our project will service the increasing demands for a more convenient, cost-effective probate solution.Beyond probate, the project will indicate whether such a system has a role to play in improving access to legal services in other areas of law.