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This paper provides an overview of the applicability of microcomputers to the practice of law. Three broad categories of usage are examined: office management, decision analysis and modeling, and instruction. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential uses of expert systems in the simulation of legal reasoning. Keywords: instructional aids, databases, expert systems, law, decision aids, modeling, negotiation, linear programming.

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