Westlaw and Lexis aren’t the only games in town — companies like LoisLaw and VersusLaw offer some of the same services at greatly reduced prices. I have always argued that these companies will never truly replace West or Lexis, because they simply don’t offer the full range of research services needed by a lawyer. Last…

Poynter Online provides a page of Iraq coverage resources for journalists, with links to top stories, coverage headlines, story ideas, resources, and more.

Berkeley’s Institute of Industrial Relations provides a contracts database, which aims to serve as a “one-stop public online clearinghouse for catalogued and digitized complete text of union contracts.” You can browse the contracts by state, union name, or industry represented. The rest of the IIR site is pretty cool, too.

The Duke Law and Technology Review provides an assessment of online dispute resolution websites. The excellent article covers some of the sites offering this service, and also discusses the pros and cons of settling your claim online. (Via Jurist)

Just five days after mentioning that one of my favorite legal research sites, LLRX, had gone on hiatus, the site was updated February 15 with fresh new content. Enjoy it while you still can…

No matter what you think of our federal government, you have to admit that its web presence is pretty darned impressive. Federal courts are no exception; both district and appellate courts have all boasted websites for several years (I wish a similar standard could be created across the country for state courts). But our federal…

Sabrina points us to several pages with state resources: State Laws on the Internet, adapted from Bob Ambrogi’s book Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web. Also helpful is this Directory of States from Massachusetts lawyer Frank Kautz.