The HotDocs software business has a new owner who welcomes the opportunity to continue providing HotDocs to support legal services, charities and community initiatives through a new HotDocs Charitable Organization Program.

Legal Services Corporation-funded programs that have participated in the previous HotDocs software donation program, as well as other eligible organizations developing online assembly templates in conjunction with Pro Bono Net’s Law Help Interactive program, will be eligible for free copies of HotDocs Developer 10 and HotDocs User 10.

These product licenses will never expire or require reapplication, but the offer expires on August 31, 2010.

These products were formerly known as HotDocs Pro and HotDocs Standard.

The free copies of the HotDocs software are being made available to LSC programs by HotDocs Limited (formerly known as Capsoft UK Ltd.), through its U.S. business, HotDocs Corporation. HotDocs Limited acquired the software business from LexisNexis in 2009.

“We appreciate this generous offer by HotDocs Limited and its chief executive, Russell Shepherd,” said Glenn Rawdon, who heads the Technology Initiative Grants program at LSC. “The HotDocs software will contribute to the efficiency of our nonprofit legal aid programs and help us better deliver legal assistance to low-income Americans.”

Following the August 31 deadline, organizations that qualify for the HotDocs Charitable Organization Program will be able to buy software licenses at a 70 percent discount.

HotDocs is a software program that saves time by creating templates for documents that law offices use every day, such as court forms, real estate and lease agreements, contracts, proposals, correspondence, compliance reports and other material.

Letter about the new HotDocs Charitable Organization Program [PDF]

From LSC Updates, June 11, 2010