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CAROLE LEVITT'S TOP TEN WEB SITES FOR LEGAL RESEARCH

FindLaw

This is my favorite web site because you can link to almost any legal or government web site from here. There was a time when you could create your own high-technology office by using FindLaw's free services. Since its acquisition by Thompson-West in 2001, many of those free services have been replaced by paid services. For example, FindLaw once offered free web site hosting, free e-mail (your name @justice.com), 10 megs of free storage on the web (to store and share documents with clients or co-counsel in a secured setting) and free e-faxing - but no more. FindLaw does still offer free access to select U.S. Supreme Court briefs and full-text searchable California case law back to 1934. www.findlaw.com

Cornell LII

Cornell fills in where law school left off. Click on "Law about" (left-hand column of the home page), and then select "All topics alphabetically". Choose a topic, such as "mortgages" ( I didn't learn about this in law school, did you?). A screen pops up summarizing mortgage law and provides links to all codes, cases and regulations (federal and state) relating to mortgage law. www.law.cornell.edu

The Virtual Chase (TVC)

If you like to cut to the chase (pardon the pun), check out TVC. Topical guides that include descriptions of each site (and links to each one) have been created to assist you in finding legal, investigative and business information on the Internet. Each source has been hand-selected and evaluated by Law Librarian/Web Manager, Genie Tyburski. www.virtualchase.com

LLRX

Have you been thinking about creating an Intranet for your firm and need some background materials and tips or do you wonder if there are any other topical guides like the ones found at TVC? Then, LLRX is for you. Founded by two law librarians, Cindy Chick and Sabrina Pacifici, this site consistently provides outstanding Internet law-related articles with links. 1400 links to federal, state and local court rules and links to all federal courts with a web presence are some of the highlights of this site. www.llrx.com

Martindale-Hubbell

Not only can you search for attorneys' addresses, phone numbers and biographies, you can also now find the same information about other law firm professionals such as law librarians, firm administrators, firm recruiters and more. You can construct a complex search to locate just the right attorney. For example, you can search by just one or any combination of the following: attorney name, practice area, geographical area, size of firm, law firm name and law school attended. I searched for firms in Los Angeles, California who listed "Internet" as one of their practice areas, and came up with a list of 24. www.martindale.com/