LLRX.com Update - November 18, 2002

[Cindy L. Chick]

New on LLRX.com for November 18, 2002: 
http://www.llrx.com

**Access to Online Dockets and Court Records Benefits All Legal 
Professionals 
http://www.llrx.com/features/onlinedockets.htm

Carole Levitt explores how to access state, local and federal dockets 
and other case information, and, in some cases, find images of the 
court records online.


**Cost Recovery for Online Research 
http://www.llrx.com/features/costrecovery.htm

LaJean Humphries presents a case study of a successful online research 
cost recovery program she developed with the assistance of LexisNexis, 
and continues to administer for her firm.


**Plain Language in Law 
http://www.llrx.com/features/plainlanguage.htm

Attorney Sandeep Dave presents his perspective on the importance of, 
and fundamentals associated with, the use of plain language in legal 
documents. He includes information on useful topical Web and print 
sources.

**Guide to Caribbean Law Research 
http://www.llrx.com/features/caribbean.htm

Yemisi Dina documents the legal system and court systems of this 
region, along with applicable international law sources, legislation, 
law reporting, journals and textbooks, and other resources.


**A Guide to Legal Research in Costa Rica 
http://www.llrx.com/features/costarica.htm

Attorney Roger A. Peterson uses detailed flow charts to document Costa 
Rica's judicial branch and National Registry System. In addition, he 
reviews primary and secondary legal materials, and a range of other 
online and print resources for researchers.


**Update to Researching Dutch Law 
http://www.llrx.com/features/dutch2.htm

Oswald Jansen and George Middeldorp have updated their extensive guide 
with additional links to government data, legal research resources on 
the Web, and a significant range of legal text books.


**The Skinny on Briefs 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/reference43.htm

Jan Bisset and Margi Heinen identify free and fee-based sources for 
briefs from the Supreme Court, federal agencies, federal and state 
courts.


**Conferencing Software: An Overview of Linktivity's WebDemo and 
WebInteractive, Microsoft NetMeeting, and Yahoo Instant Messenger 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes57.htm

Cindy Carlson reviews Web-based conferencing products, and the role 
they can plan in distance training programs.  Cindy details 
application limitations, positive features and system options.


**Latest Links 
http://www.llrx.com/links/111802.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews: Fraud, Inc., Glossary of Energy Terms, 
SpanishDICT, The Ultimate Collection of News Links, and Aneki.com 
(global country information).

**LLRXBuzz November 18, 2002 
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz135.htm 
Tara Calishain reviews: 
-Animal Law And History Web Site 
-Fed Courts 
-Melissa Data 
-Study Ranks How States Provide Access To Sex Offender Data 
-Google Adds Two Country-Specific Domains 
-ProQuest Makes Digitization Agreement with Tribune Publishing


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http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm 
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