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INTERNET FOR LAWYERS - INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH
UPDATE
BY
CAROLE LEVITT J.D., M.L.S.
June 2001
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CONTENTS
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- 1. FindLaw Launches
Updated & Enhanced LawCrawler 2.0
2. Participate in UCLA Deposition Study
3. US Tax Court Opinions, Rules & Forms Now
Available Free Online
4. New URLs for State & Local Code Resources
5. AOL Teams With The National Council on the
Aging to Launch BenefitsCheckUp.Org
6. Private Portals Mark the Latest Advance on the
Internet Front
7. QMAGS to Offer Downloadable Copies of
Magazines
8. Texas Legislator Wants New Social Security
Numbers Issued
9. New Service Designed to Automatically Update
Your Contact Database
10. Publish & Manage Your Own E-mail
Newsletter
11. Google Expands People-Finder Capabilities
12. More Tips
13. Subscribe/Unsubscribe
14. Advertising
15. Redistribution
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- *******ALERT********
Be advised that Dun & Bradstreet Companies
Online
http://www.companiesonline.com web site is
temporarily down.
Owners of the new 4th Edition of "How to Use
the Internet for Legal, Business
& Investigative: A Guide for Legal
Professionals" should see page 72 for
alternative sources of information previously
available on Companies Online.
Information on this new edition is available at
http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
*******ALERT********
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1. FindLaw Launches Updated & Enhanced
LawCrawler 2.0
In an e-mail message to the Law Librarians'
"law-lib" mailing list,
FindLaw President Tim Stanley outlined the
changes. Performance
and the quality of results have improved
dramatically.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/lawcrawler_enhanced.htm
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"It's quickly going to become one of my
best-worn desk
reference books."
Paula Freston, director of the Paralegal Studies
Program at
Merced (CA) College referring to the new 4th
edition of
Carole Levitt's popular "HOW TO USE THE
INTERNET FOR LEGAL,
BUSINESS & INVESTIGATIVE RESEARCH: A GUIDE
FOR LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS"
Click here to find out why.
http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm
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2. Participate in UCLA Deposition Study
Professor David Binder at UCLA Law School is
conducting a
survey regarding lawyers' experiences, training
and views
on the importance of depositions. The survey is
one page
and can be answered in 2-3 minutes.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/deposition_survey.htm
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3. US Tax Court Opinions, Rules & Forms Now
Available Free Online
The U.S. Tax Court has made selected TC,
Memorandum & Summary
Opinions available free online.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/tax_court_opinions.htm
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4. New URLs for State & Local Code Resources
Both the Seattle Public Library and the National
Association
of Secretaries of State have changed the URLs for
their Municipal Code and
State Code Resources (respectively).
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/local_codes.htm
*Owners of the new 4th Edition of "How to
Use the Internet for Legal, Business
& Investigative: A Guide for Legal
Professionals" should note these changes on
pages 48 and 47 & 53 respectively.
Information on this new edition is available
at http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
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5. AOL Teams With The National Council on the
Aging to Launch BenefitsCheckUp.Org
America Online has teamed with The National
Council on the Aging to provide older
Americans with one-stop access to information
about federal and state benefits.
http://www.netforlawyers.com/elder_benefits.htm
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August MCLE from Los Angeles County Bar
Association & Internet For Lawyers
August 1, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Internet Legal Research-- Finding Free Resources
August 9, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Discover the Internet--Using the Internet to
Prepare for Discovery
For more information see: http://www.netforlawyers.com/lacba_august_mcle.htm
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6. Private Portals Mark the Latest Advance on the
Internet Front
First, attorneys had to learn how to use the
Internet. Then came intranets
and extranets. Now there are portals. In her
"Computer Counselor" column,
Carole Levitt examines how members of the legal
field are slowly joining the
private portal trend.
See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/lacba_portal_article.htm
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7. QMAGS to Offer Downloadable Copies of
Magazines
QMAGS is set to offer exact copies of print
magazines in a downloadable form.
The digital versions, which will retain the exact
same layout and design as their
print counterparts, will be available to digital
subscribers only.
See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/downloadable_magazines.htm
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8. Texas Legislator Wants New Social Security
Numbers Issued
In an effort to stem the tide of identity theft
and mis-use of individuals'
Social Security numbers, Rep Ron Paul (R. Texas)
wants new numbers issued
within the next five years.
See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/new_numbers.htm
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9. New Service Designed to Automatically Update
Your Contact Database
Ants.com has developed its Scout software to
automatically track and update
contact information stored in a number of popular
databases.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/update_contacts.htm
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10. Publish & Manage Your Own E-mail
Newsletter
Topica, a newsletter hosting and delivery
service, has announced an all-in-one
product to create, deliver and manage e-mail
newsletters.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/newsletter_resource.htm
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11. Google Expands People-Finder Capabilities
Google has made it easier to retrieve phone
numbers and addresses
from its database.
See http://www.netforlawyers.com/google_people_finder.htm
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12. 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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clevitt@netforlawyers.com
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