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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
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CONTENTS
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1. Site Offers Searchable Database of Over 100 Newspapers
2. Census Bureau Makes Supplemental Information Available
3. Panel of Federal Judges Recommends Guidelines for Limiting Access to Court Records
4. Firm Offers "Reverse Look-Up" for Business & Residential Addresses
5. Serve'em Offers Service of Process in All 50 States
6. California State Bar Extends MCLE Deadline for Non-Complying Attorneys
7. West LegalEdCenter Adds Online CLE Material from National Bar Association
8. Law.com Adds Online CLE Material from New Partners
9. LawCommerce.com Announces New CLE & Practice Resource Offerings
10. LawGuru.com Launches FormsGuru.com
11. More Tips
12. Subscribe/Unsubscribe
13. Advertising
14. 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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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