“Legal Web Site Directory”
Excellent guide to federal & state legal resources on the Web compiled by lexisOne: Find the "State Resource Center" here. And find the "Legal Web Site Directory" here.
“Building a First in IP Fact-Finding”
Database for IP litigation sounds like a smart plan: "When Joshua Walker worked with a team of lawyers in Kigali, Rwanda, to mount a case against the perpetrators of that country's genocide, he built a database of trial evidence under wartime conditions. Targets of his investigation put a $1,000 bounty on him. "Ten years later, the 32-year-old has war zones -- and law school -- behind...
“Cottage a good legal source”
Don't let the headline confuse you (like it did me!), this is a fun article: "It's an old-school lawyer's paradise: Four rooms crammed with books bearing catchy titles like 'Corpus Juris Secundum,' 'Bender's Federal Practice Forms' and 'West's Annotated Mississippi Code.' "It's not the Ole Miss or University of Memphis law library, but the pink cottage at 2615 Panola Street in Hernando...
Legal Research Guide: 1st Amendment Law
Another solid research find from The Virtual Chase: "The University of Minnesota Law School sponsors this site on the First Amendment. It makes available various primary and secondary sources of information, including U.S. Supreme Court opinions, select appellate court opinions, copies of original sources discussed in classic U.S. Supreme Court decisions, relevant historical documents and...
Westlaw Announces Improved Navigation
Helpful news shared by The Virtual Chase: "Thomson West plans to release updates to Westlaw.com that improve navigation and make it easier to find the services or information you want. "Enhancements include an "add/remove tabs" feature for adding or removing collections of resources that focus on the information you access frequently, a task-based site map with a clean,...
Lexis Research Toolbar
Another helpful tip from The Virtual Chase: "LexisNexis last week introduced a toolbar for Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. The toolbar lets you set up your query before launching an online session. You may also use it to conduct searches in Google, MSN Search or Wikipedia."The toolbar comes with several different interfaces designed to focus on different uses of the research...
Legislative Source Book for Research Help
New research tip from The Virtual Chase: "Legislative Source Book: The Legislative Research SpecialInterest Section of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.offers this compilation of research guides and practical articles aboutlegislative research and documents. Find, for example, a Q&A onconducting legislative and regulatory research." Very interesting stuff!
“Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research”
Very helpful pointers, news, & web links come from The Virtual Chase, a legal research business & website: "The Virtual Chase has assisted legal professionals conducting research on the Internet since Summer 1996. Originally a hobby, the site began as a means by which to disseminate articles and teaching aids to law librarians and other instructors of Internet research. Now owned by...
Wow! Legal Web Site Directory
Need to know the best Internet-based sources for legal research, state & local governments, & other helpful information in your state? Check out the State Resource Centers collected by lexisONE in its Legal Web Site Directory. The Miscellaneous category for New York really impressed me! New York Center for Technology in Government New York Information on Internet Law Library New York...
A Legal “Wikipedia”
"The Legal Information Institute (Cornell University) has started WEX as the first collaboratively edited legal encyclopedia and dictionary on the Web, aimed specifically at law novices.... "WEX is written on the wiki platform, but unlike its famous predecessor, the entries will not be open for anyone to write and edit. WEX does, however, welcome collaboration and contribution."...