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06/05/2002 7:00 am

Say you're working on a big case, and you need as much information on the opposing company as possible. Or perhaps you're pitching a potential new client, and want to know everything about their business for your presentation. Maybe your client’s competition is developing a new product or you want ...

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05/17/2002 7:00 am

      by Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S. After 15 years of anticipation and demonstrations of online databases in beta-test, it has finally happened. The Los Angeles Daily Journal (and indeed all of the Daily Journal Corporation's California Newspapers and most of its other products) is now online at http://www.dailyjournal.com. Other ...

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01/31/2002 8:00 am

by Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S. A comparison of case law research capabilities of Lexis' new free service and FindLaw.com's free offerings. On July 6, 2000, LexisONE debuted an ALL FREE FULL TEXT, KEY WORD case research web site. Search strategies are identical to its pay site. FindLaw already offered free access ...

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12/27/2001 8:00 am

 Employee training is a widely accepted method of developing skills, enhancing productivity and quality of work. Increasingly, management has also recognized training as a means of improving employee morale and loyalty to the firm. As law firms and other companies recognize the need to assist staff to work more efficiently ...

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11/21/2001 8:00 am

The Los Angeles County Bar Association has launched a new searchable database of the L.A. Superior Court's Civil Register. Access to the database is free to solo practitioners who are members of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and law firms and corporate law departments where ALL the attorneys are ...

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11/16/2001 8:00 am

California Attorneys and Paralegals can earn two hours of Self-Study California MCLE credit online by reading this article and completing this continuing legal education quiz. There are several web sites where state and federal cases can be searched full-text, free of any charge such as: (1) FindLaw; (2) The Public Library ...

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11/16/2001 8:00 am

Are you convinced that no one ever visits your website and that it is ineffective at generating business? Before completely revamping a website, lawyers should conduct an audit of their site to learn WHY their sites are not producing their desired results. Just as a car needs to be checked ...

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11/16/2001 8:00 am

by Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S. This article originally appeared in The Internet Lawyer Issue 6.02 - February 2000. Used with permission. Click here to request a free sample edition of The Internet Lawyer. Concord University School of Law is a school any mother would love. Why? Location. Location. Location.

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04/10/2001 7:00 am

Online Legal Job Hunters Have Wealth of Options Anybody who has watched the Super Bowl the last few years has seen commercials for Internet employment sites (such as Monster and Hot Jobs), but there are numerous employment sites that cater specifically to the legal market. This article examines more than ...

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