LLRX Update - May 15, 2002

Wed May 15 18:50:37 EDT 2002

New on LLRX.com for May 15, 2002
Edited and Published by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Cindy L. Chick
http://www.llrx.com

**U.S. Supreme Court Research - Select Internet Sites 
http://www.llrx.com/features/scourtsites.htm

Elizabeth Lambert reviews Web sites that provide free current 
awareness services concerning the Court, as well as links to 
decisions, dockets, orders, oral arguments, briefs, filing guides and 
more.

**The Collapse of Enron: A Bibliography of Online Legal, Government 
and Legislative Resources - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/features/enron.htm

Since the publication of this terrific resource two weeks ago, there 
have been many additions to the growing compendium of documents on 
Enron. Stephanie Burke's guide will keep you up-to-date on the latest 
resources online.

**Lynn Peterson: Public Records "To the Ends of the Earth", Part 2 
http://www.llrx.com/features/peterson2.htm

Risa Sacks continues her interview with public records research expert 
Lynn Peterson, as reprinted from the book, Super Searchers Go To The 
Source.  Topics covered include asset searching, missing persons, 
competitive intelligence, and super searcher tips.

**Electronic Newsletters!  The Why and How of Them 
http://www.llrx.com/features/e-newsletters.htm

Lissa Lord extensively documents the development of her law school 
libray's electronic newsletter, The Friday5. This article can serve as 
a pathfinder for those who have would like to implement a similar 
service for their community. 

**Legal Research To Go: Westlaw Wireless 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/westlawwireless.htm

Sarah Reneker Andeen details how you can access Westlaw databases via 
your wireless PDA.

**The Minnesota Legislative Web Site:  A Cooperative Effort 
http://www.llrx.com/features/mnlegis.htm

Randi Madisen, Web Services Group Manager for the Minnesota 
Legislative Reference Library, shares the history of this resource, as 
well as its features and content, site design, goals, cost, and the 
benefits of this public site that received over 44 million hits in 
2001.

**Guide to the Morocco Legal System 
http://www.llrx.com/features/morocco.htm

Dahmène Touchent's guide highlights the country's executive, 
legislative and judicial powers, the courts, other authorities, legal 
literature, legal sites, and more. 

**Business Filings Databases -- Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup24.htm

Kathy Biehl has once again updated her extensive guide on online state 
corporate and business filings databases.

**Filling In Those Legal Abbreviations 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference37.htm

Jan Bisset and Margi Heinen help you quickly and efficiently solve the 
mystery of those unidentified legal abbreviations using a group of 
tried and true web resources.

**E-Learning: Lessons from the Winston & Strawn Experience 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes53.htm

Cindy Carlson details e-learning programs in the legal environment as 
implemented by two in-house experts at a large law firm.

**Short Takes:  The New lexisONE Web Site 
http://www.llrx.com/extras/shorttakes4.htm

Sabrina I. Pacifici reviews the new lexisONE site which provides 
access to free and fee based case law, as well as links to state 
resources, legal forms, news headlines, and other resources, targeted 
at small firms and solos.

**Latest Links 
http://www.llrx.com/links/051502.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: Copyright Website, The RJ&L Religious 
Liberty Archive, Tobacco Industry Documents, Tobacco Litigation 
Documents, Tobacco Control Resource Center & the Tobacco Products 
Liability Project, and Webopedia.

**Editor's Featured Site: BriefBank - Techlaw Briefs for the Public 
Domain 
http://fusion.sims.berkeley.edu/briefbank/prototype_3/

Brief Bank is example of an excellent free resource, with university 
backing, to which public interest groups and legal scholars contribute 
briefs on law, technology and public policy. This site has only a 
basic search engine (parties to the case and court of jurisdiction). 
Briefs are available in HTML. (Editor, Sabrina I. Pacifici.)

**LLRXBuzz May 13, 2002 
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz108.htm 
Tara Calishain reviews: -National Criminal Index -Chilling Effects 
Clearinghouse -Study Ranks States' Readiness for E-Commerce -2001 
Marks Decline in Campaign Fundraising -National Law Library Adds 
CiteView -Yahoo Giving New Popularity Pointers -AltaVista Makes News 
Images Available

**LLRX Newstand - http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm 
Updated daily: the latest news on legal-tech issues, legislation, web 
resources, search engines, online research and more. (Edited and 
Compiled by Sabrina I. Pacifici)

**9-11-2001 Related News and Legal/Legislative Resources, Updated 
Daily http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm (Edited and Compiled by 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)

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