Courthouse News is a news wire service for lawyers, with daily comprehensive reports on new appellate rulings, new legislation, and new civil cases from both state and federal court. Unfortunately, the site hasn’t been updated since November 6, so it’s not quite “daily.” There’s also a link for Subscribers, but no information on how to
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Research Site of the Day
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Cancer Prevention and Control, from the Centers for Disease Control, is the place to go if you want to learn about pending and enacted state and federal cancer legislation. View legislative analyses, reports, resources used by legislators, and related resources on breast and cervical cancer as well as cancer surveillance programs. If you’re researching…
Research Site of the Day
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The Almanac of Policy Issues provides comprehensive background information on major policy issues in a clean and well-thought-out way. Choose from such policy issues as Criminal Justice, Education, Health, Culture & Society, Environment, Social Welfare, Economic Issues, Government Operations, and the World. Each category provides a brief overview of the topic, with a good number
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Research Site of the Day
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Stateline bills itself as “your source for state news,” and you can certainly find your share here. The home page features several news items of interest (including “How to Be a Good Governor,” a manual for rookie elected officials), and there are more in-depth issues you can select from the left margin, including campaign finance,…
Research Site of the Day
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The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice database helps you find over 2,000 trial lawyer associations, law schools, online legal resources, and public interest groups throughout the U.S. Just select a state, then check off as many items as you want to find. The groups you can choose from include civil rights, consumer protection, elder law,…
Weblogging and the Future of Legal Research
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Denise Howell reported yesterday on a new article from MIT’s Technology Review(for now, you’ll have to subscribe to read the whole article, or pay $4.50 for a single copy) about the concept of backlinking. Trackback, an innovation of web publishing company Movable Type, allows sites to communicate about related resources. Here’s how…
Who represents who (or is that whom?)
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Law.com has the National Law Journal’s list of Who Defends Corporate America (also via The Virtual Chase)
WestLaw now offering images of cases
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At hearings, some lawyers I know insist on providing a judge with cases copied directly from the reporter (instead of the formatted version you can print off WestLaw or Premise). West has heard the cries of these lawyers, and announces the introduction of West Reporter Images, which provides PDF images of cases. Who needs
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Listing of updated law journals
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Jurist has a neat feature that lists the latest law reviews and books in print. Remember, most law journals only make the table of contents available online, but this is still a great place to get updated on law journals across the country. There’s also a list of selections from the Current Index to…
Check out treaty status
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The U.S. Senate posts this helpful page of treaties received and approved during the current legislative session.