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Your comment made me think an obvious thought that has not occurred to me before: If we have open source code for systems as complex as the Linux kernel, why can't we have open source legal documents. You still would need to consult with a lawyer to go over it (similar to how you need a coder to add features to a source-code project), but the savings could be enormous.

Any lawyers among us care to elaborate?

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Most lawyers I have dealt with for business needs like commercial leases, liability waivers, etc all use boiler plate documents for a starting point.

I'm not a lawyer, but I think the bulk of the cost that you are paying as their customer isn't for the text of whatever document you need to procure, but rather for their professional analysis of your business's specific situation and any changes that need to be made to that boiler plate.

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