Internet Legal Research Update - August 2001
INTERNET FOR LAWYERS - INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH UPDATE BY CAROLE LEVITT J.D.,M.L.S.
August 2001
An HTML version of this newsletter is also available at http://www.netforlawyers.com/legal_research_news_08-01.htm
CONTENTS
- Site Offers Searchable Database of Over 100 Newspapers
- Census Bureau Makes Supplemental Information Available
- Panel of Federal Judges Recommends Guidelines for Limiting Access to Court Records
- Firm Offers "Reverse Look-Up" for Business & Residential Addresses
- Serve'em Offers Service of Process in All 50 States
- California State Bar Extends MCLE Deadline for Non-Complying Attorneys
- West LegalEdCenter Adds Online CLE Material from National Bar Association
- Law.com Adds Online CLE Material from New Partners
- LawCommerce.com Announces New CLE & Practice Resource Offerings
- LawGuru.com Launches FormsGuru.com
- More Tips
- Subscribe/Unsubscribe
- Advertising
- Redistribution
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Be advised that the The University of Virginia (UVA) prospect research web site with links to property assessment databases around the country is currently unavailable.
Searchers should see http://www.people.virginia.edu/~dev-pros/Realestate.html for UVA's suggestions to collections with similar real property assessment databases links.
Owners of the new 4th Edition of "How to Use the Internet for Legal, Business & Investigative Research : A Guide for Legal Professionals" should make note on page 68.
Information on this new edition is available at http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
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1. Site Offers Searchable Archives of Over 100 Newspapers
NewsLibrary offers searchers access to (selected) archives of over 100 newspapers in 36 states, the District of Columbia and two news wires. Searching is free. Pricing for full text of articles ranges from $1.00 to $2.95 and is set by the individual newspapers. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/news_library.htm *Owners of the new 4th Edition of "How to Use the Internet for Legal, Business & Investigative: A Guide for Legal Professionals" should note a change to the URL for FindLaw's law review site. The new URL is http://www.lawreview.org. This change is found on page 38 in the section titled "Journals and Magazines--Legal." Information on this new edition is available at http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
2. Census Bureau Makes Supplemental Information Available
Results from the Census Bureau's pilot program to augment the decennial census with an "American Community Survey" (updated every year) have been released. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/census_supp.htm
3. Panel of Federal Judges Recommends Guidelines
for Limiting Access to Court Records The 14-judge Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States has made its recommendations regarding limiting the availability of "public" court records online. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/court_records.htm
4. Firm Offers "Reverse Look-Up" for
Business & Residential Addresses Direct marketing firm ThinkDirectMarketing offers a useful free "reverse look-up" function that returns business' or resident's information based on an address input by the searcher. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/think_direct.htm Get your own copy of the book that Dan Harmon, Editor of the West Group's The Lawyer's PC "Definitely recommended for the legal researcher's bookshelf." "HOW TO USE THE INTERNET FOR LEGAL, BUSINESS & INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH: A GUIDE FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS" Click here to add this book to your bookshelf. http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm
5. Serve'em Offers Service of Process in All 50 States
Firm offers fixed fee process service in all states and U.S. territories. International service is also available. http://www.netforlawyers.com/serve_em.htm
6. California State Bar Extends MCLE Deadline for Non-Complying Attorneys
The California State Bar has given those attorneys not in compliance with their MCLE requirements a final deadline of August 31 to complete their courses. See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/cal_MCLE_extended.htm Internet For Lawyers Has New Ethics & General MCLE Quizzes Onlne Internet For Lawyers has added two new participatory online MCLE quizzes to its web site. California, New York and Arizona attorneys can earn ETHICS, LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT or GENERAL credit for only $15.00 per hour. For more information see: http://www.netforlawyers.com/online_mcle.htm Internet For Lawyers is a California State Bar approved MCLE provider.
7. West LegalEdCenter Adds Online CLE Material from National Bar Association
The West Group has announced an agreement to add CLE materials from the National Bar Association to West's LegalEdCenter online CLE offerings. See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/natl_bar_cle.htm
8. Law.com Adds Online CLE Material from New Partners
Law.com announced that it has added Online CLE material from the Center for Continuing Education and the New York City Bar See http://www.netforlawyers.com/cce_online.htm.
9. LawCommerce.com Announces New Offerings
Online legal resource center LawCommerce.com adds new practice centers, online CLE and a legal technolgy "match-making" service to its menu of resources. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/law_commerce_adds.htm
10. LawGuru.com Launches FormsGuru.com
Legal content meta-site LawGuru.com has launched a new forms library. See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/forms_guru.htm
11. Want more Internet Legal Research Tips??
Go to http://www.netforlawyers.com for additional articles, features and tips for conducting more effective legal, business & investigative research on the Internet.
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