Internet For Lawyers can teach you how to get the most out of the Internet for your law practice.

Used properly, the Internet can be one of the greatest enhancements to the practice of law.

Attorneys can use the Internet to:

extend the range of their marketing and networking activities

increase access to FREE online legal resources

save time and money currently lost to handling paper, pulling cases, photocopying and maintaining a library, by accessing this free information, right at your own desk.

Internet For Lawyers offers:

One-on-One Training

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Electronic Marketing Consulting

Online Participatory MLCE Materials

for all legal professionals including Paralegals, Law Office Administrators, Law Office Marketing Departments and Legal Secretaries, in addition to Attorneys.

Every month the Internet For Lawyers' free Internet legal research newsletter delivers this kind of useful information to your e-mail inbox.

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INTERNET FOR LAWYERS - INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH UPDATE
BY
CAROLE LEVITT J.D.,M.L.S.
September/October 2001

An HTML version of this newsletter is also available at
http://www.netforlawyers.com/legal_research_news_09-01.htm
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CONTENTS
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1. Site Offers Searchable Database of State & County Criminal Records
2. Internet For Lawyers President Moderates Law.com Online CLE
3. BoardReader.com Delivers Search Results from Internet Message Boards
4. White House Re-Launches Official Web Site; Clinton-Era Sites Still
Available
5. Elsevier Science Delivers "Science-Only" Search Engine
6. New Service Provides People/Asset/Real Property Tracing
7. Ten-K Wizard Ends Free Access
8. Is Your Web Site as Effective as It Should Be?
9. Government Sites Pull "Sensitive" Data
10. U.S. Department of Health Offers Health/Human Services Portal
11. More Tips
12. Subscribe/Unsubscribe
13. Advertising
14. Redistribution

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1. Site Offers Searchable Database of State & County Criminal Records

Rapsheets.com offers criminal records searches in 30 states and selected
counties in 4 states for a modest subscription and per search fee.

See http://www.netforlawyers.com/rapsheets.htm
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2. Internet For Lawyers President Moderates Online CLE

IFL president Carole Levitt moderates Law.com's online CLE entitled
"Using the Internet as a Research Tool For Attorneys."

See http://www.netforlawyers.com/lawcom_cle.htm
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3. BoardReader.com Delivers Search Results from Internet Message Boards

BoardReader.com is a message board search engine delivering search results
from over 700,000 online message boards and forums.

See http://www.netforlawyers.com/boardreader.htm
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4. White House Re-Launches Official Web Site; Clinton-Era Sites Still
Available

When President Bush took office, a new, less robust web site replaced the
Internet presence of the Clinton-Gore White House. Recently the White House
relaunched its web site - but for those looking for historical/archival information,
the web sites of the Clinton years have also been preserved.

See http://www.netforlawyers.com/white_house_web.htm
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Get your own copy of the book that Dan Harmon, Editor of
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Click here to add this book to your bookshelf.
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5. Elsevier Science Delivers "Science-Only" Search Engine

Scientific information publisher Elsevier Science offers a science specific search
engine covering more than 60 million science-related pages.

http://www.netforlawyers.com/scirus.htm
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6. New Low-Cost Service Provides People/Asset/Real Property Tracing

Accurint offers low-cost access to comprehensive background information,
including: a basic report showing the subject's name, ssn, address and phone
number and a full report with much more information.

See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/accurint.htm
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Internet For Lawyers Has New Ethics & General MCLE Quizzes Online

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. Government & Private Sites Pull "Sensitive" Data

The National Imagery & Mapping Agency, The U.S. Office of Pipeline Safety
and the Federation of American Scientists have all removed content from their
web sites that could be useful to terrorists.

See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/sensitive.htm
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8. Is Your Web Site as Effective as It Should Be?

Merely posting a web site on the Internet is not enough to generate new
business via the Internet, so lawyers need to take additional steps to make
their sites findable. In her "Computer Counselor" column, Carole Levitt
and electronic marketing consultant Mark Rosch discuss strategies to make any
business' web site more easily findable by prospective clients..

See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/lacba_web_audit_article.htm
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9. Ten-K Wizard Ends Free Access

The best, real-time, full-text access to SEC filings is no longer free.
Free access still available at other sites.

See http://www.netforlawyers.com/10K_wizard.htm
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10. U.S. Government Offers Health/Human Services Portal

The U.S Department of Health offers links to a variety of health and human
services information via its HealthFinder portal.

See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/health_finder.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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Carole Levitt
President
Internet For Lawyers
(310) 559-2247
clevitt@netforlawyers.com