Stephen T. Maher is a lawyer and legal educator who lives in Miami, Florida. He has practiced law for almost twenty-five years, and he served for a number of years as a member of the full-time faculty at the University of Miami School of Law, where he directed the Clinical Program and taught a variety of courses. After leaving the law school, he formed The Practical Professor Incorporated, a consulting company that works with lawyers and law firms to train lawyers in practice skills and in new technologies. He can be found on the Web at www.usual.com and can be reached by e-mail at smaher@ usual.com