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Should Composing and Printing a Will Take Less than Five Minutes?

Five_minutesAccording to David Beckman and David Hirsch (both in the firm of Beckman & Hirsch in Burlington, Iowa), a lawyer should be able to “[c]ompose and print out a simple will” in less than five minutes.  Only in that manner may the firm score a “1” in their test of digital tasks to ascertain the efficiency of a law office.  A score of “2” is awarded if it takes five minutes to one hour to prepare the simple will and the worst score, a “3,” is given if it takes more than one hour.

See David Beckman & David Hirsch, Testing Your Tech, ABA J., Oct. 2007, 58, at 59.

I seriously query whether proper deliberation of the client’s intent and the myriad of contingencies that must be considered when preparing a will could adequately be addressed in five minutes or less.

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