LLRX.com update for October 16, 2000

[Cindy Chick]

New on LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) for October 16, 2000

**Computer Training Advice for the Law Firm
  
(http://www.llrx.com/features/attytraining.htm)
According to Daryl Teshima, people skills, not computer savvy, 
are essential for successful law firm training, and old fashioned 
face-to-face training remains the best option. 


**Who is Reading Your Hard Drive Tonight? 

(http://www.llrx.com/features/reading.htm)
Attorney and tech expert Jim Calloway focuses on security issues 
as they pertain to high speed Internet access, including using 
firewalls, passwords, and a little creativity to keep your data safe. 


**Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources

(http://www.llrx.com/features/pacific.htm)
Ruth Bird's guide deals with Internet sites providing caselaw, 
legislation and government home pages for the Pacific Island region. 
There are also links to relevant journals, academic sites providing 
dedicated Pacific Law Web pages, and Centres dealing with Pacific Law. 


**International Criminal Law: A Selective Resource Guide

(http://www.llrx.com/features/int_crim.htm)
Marylin Raisch's guide provides researchers with a selective resource 
to basic and significant materials, both print and electronic, in 
the topic area of international criminal law and its processes.


**Notes from the Technology Trenches: The :CueCat Conflict; 
Shopping and Browsing by Barcode; W3C's HTML Tidy for Cleaning Up 
Code (http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes35.htm)

Roger Skalbeck reports on products that use the bar codes located 
on a wide range of products and items to link to associated Web 
sites with information and services. In addition, he reviews a 
nifty, free program designed to correct and cleanse a variety of 
HTML coding errors. 


**Research RoundUp: Federal, State & U.S. Territory Sites With 
Election Resources

(http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup5.htm)
Kathy Biehl's list of resource include basic information about 
the upcoming ballots, as well as voter registration and filing 
for office. Many of the sites also provide databases of lobbyists, 
political action committees, and campaign finance disclosure 
reports. 


**Reference from Coast to Coast: Putting A Price on It - Researching 
Jury Verdicts and Settlements

(http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference18.htm)
Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen review free and fee-based jury 
verdicts/settlement resources that provide invaluable information 
to tort litigators, plaintiff or defense as well as others trying 
to calculate damages. 


**Creating Unique Search Pages for Your Intranet

(http://www.llrx.com/extras/story_files/frame.htm)
Laura Story's PowerPoint presentation from the Online World conference 
provides an overview of intranet development products and trends. It is 
a useful resource for those who are implementing new systems or enhancing 
a current one. The presentation includes: the LiveEdgar research page; 
the Lexis Intranet tools (practice pages and clipping service); and the 
Westlaw Intranet tools (Intranet Tool Kit and Newslink).


**LLRXBuzz: (http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz28.htm)

Tara Calishain's weekly choice of new sites for researchers include:  
Directory of Copyright Resources on the Internet
Direct Search Gives In 
Computerworld Offers IT Reports 
LinkFlair.com Launches 
Get Information on the Gov't at Access America 
Find 800 Numbers Online 
Google Adds Stock Quotes, SiteSearch for Educational Institutions


**Latest Links (http://www.llrx.com/links/index.htm)

Margaret Berkland reviews: a site that allows you to search a 
combined database of twenty plus reference works; a HUD sponsored 
site providing environmental e-maps; annotated links to 85+ websites 
with free information concerning handling various materials; a site 
for an organization that tests products, conducts certification 
services and develops standards specifically in the fields of public 
health safety and environmental protection; a site that provides over 
1,600 links to sources of international business and economic 
information.


**Newstand (http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm)

links to current articles on; government e-commerce activities that 
go too far; the impact of third generation wireless technology; tech 
policies and the Presidential candidates; court clerks pioneering 
electronic filing; changes in store at ICANN; Findlaw's extensive 
links to Napster documents.


**Featured Site (http://www.llrx.com)

The Center for Democracy and Technology - The goal of the CDT is 
to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital 
age. To that end, this site provides a plethora of documentation, 
links and resources to legislation and publications on issues including: 
data privacy; government surveillance; domain names (ICANN); free speech; 
digital authentication; cryptography; cyber-security and access to 
government information. The site is easy to navigate, frequently 
updated, and offers substantial national and international documentation. 

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