2. Web 2.0
The Web 2.0 mainly includes works of
collaboration and social networking.
RSS feeds, Wikis, Blogs, Microblogging,
Podcasts, Tags, Folksonomies, Social Networks,
Cloud Computing and Bookmarking etc. are also
part of Web 2.0.
Web 1.0 may include e-mail/webmail/gmail;
Intranets and Extranets; Listservs; Search
engines etc.
It is good to be a member of one or two job
related listservs that helps when you are in
need. You can post a question or read the
information exchanged among others.
3.
4. Listservs
Listservs are useful resources to share
and seek information when one needs.
Find and register with one or two work
related (topics) listservs to keep up with
the recent trends in your area of interest.
University of Chicago (
http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/refugee
) and Washlaw (
http://www.washlaw.edu/listservs/) lists
are good resources to find an interesting
listserv.
8. Blawgs
Legal blogs are known as blawgs are web sites
belonging to an individual consisting of diaries,
journals, opinions, reviews, clippings etc. posted
typically daily for others to read. Blawgs contain
very useful information.
www.blogger.com is a free blog hosting site.
There are several legal blawgs and blog indexes.
To create your own blog go to Blogger (
www.blogger.com) and follow the instructions.
15. Administrative Law
G.P.O.
http://www.gpoaccess.gpo.gov
Firstgov
http://www.firstgov.gov or usa.gov
Regulations
http://www.regulations.gov
The CRE
http://www.thecre.com
16.
17. Wiki
Wiki is a collaborative website comprised of the
collective work of many authors. Similar to blog in
structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit,
delete, or modify content that has been placed on the
website using a browser interface, including the work
of previous authors.
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is one of the examples
of wiki. Jurispedia (www.jurispedia.org), LawBrian (
www.lawbrain.com) are examples for the legal
information.
Pbwiki (www.pbwiki.com) wikihost (www.wikihost.org)
are few of several free hosting sites for wikis.
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19.
20.
21.
22.
23. RSS Feeds
RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich
Site Summary) feeds allows to see when
sites from all over the Internet have
added new content.
Feeds are written in XML language. You
need to have a reader to read the feeds.
There are several free readers including
Bloglines (www.bloglines.com)
Currently, legal news, court cases, and
statutes are available as RSS feeds.
24.
25. Case Law
Official Websites
www.supremecourtus.gov etc.
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov
Pacer; Courtlink etc.
26. Statutory Law www.law.cornell.
edu
Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov (no www)
House
http://www.house.gov
Gallerywatch
http://www.gallerywatch.com
Statenet
http://www.statenet.com
27.
28. Podcasts
Podcasting is a way to receive audio files
over the Internet. Many content providers
offer podcast feeds at no cost. You can
listen podcasts on your computer or other
mobile devices.
Several legal talk radio stations and
courts make cases and other legal
information available as podcasts.
Justia provides a directory of legal
podcasts (http://blawgsfm.justia.com)
35. Social/Legal Networks
Sharing views, photos, etc. among people
through free websites (registration required)
offered by online services.
Lawfirms and lawyers are becoming members of
Popular social networking sites such as
Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin etc.
There are several social networks exclusively for
legal community are in the offing (beta mode.)
39. What is Web 2 & WEB 3
Networks & Collaboration
Blogs
Wiki
RSS Feeds
Podcast (recruitment & research
tool)
40. Acronyms
What is EDD? (electronic data
discovery)
What is ESI? (electronically stored
info), ESF (electronically stored
files)
What is TIFF & PDF?
42. Microblogging
Microblogging referes to the ability to add
materials such as text, photos, etc. to
one’s blog when away from a computer.
The postings are bare-bones (140 words),
on-the-go versions of online journals in
which people share their lives and
dreams.
Twitter – www.twitter.com, Jaiku –
www.jaiku.com are few examples.
TweetLaw (www.tweetlaw.com) is a
twitter exclusively for legal profession.
59. Provides cited by other
Cases and related
From Scholar select “legal opinions and documents
Journals” and enter your query
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66.
67.
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69.
70.
71. Statutory Law - Websites
Thomas – http://thomas.loc.gov
Gallerywatch –
www.gallerywatch.com
Statenet – www.statenet.com
GPO – www.fdsys.gov
House of Representatives –
www.house.gov
72. Other Popular (new) Search
Engines
Cha-Cha (www.chacha.com) for
mobile
Powerset (www.powerset.com)
(Natural Language search)
Zuula (www.zuula.com)
99. Legal Forms
There are sites which offer free legal forms.
There are fee-based sites which offer legal forms
for every type and jurisdiction.
Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) and Your Free Legal
Forms (www.yourfreelegalforms.com) sites
provide several legal forms free of cost that are
uploaded by people to share with others.
State and federal government sites also provide
court and agency forms.
100. Public Records
Knowx
http://www.knowx.com
ChoicePoint
http://www.choicepointonline.com
Accurint
http://www.accurint.com
105. Alternatives To
LexisNexis/Westlaw
LexisNexis and Westlaw offers several
package deals and subscription rates
(federal/state/flat/transactional etc.)
There are several fee-based low cost
online services available for legal research
and practice. Loislaw (www.loislaw.com),
Versuslaw (www.versuslaw.com),
Fastcase (www.fastcase.com) are few
popular ones.
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107.
108.
109.
110.
111. Lawyer Directories
To find a lawyer several free online lawyer
directories are available.
Sites such as Martindale (www.martindale.com)
and Avvo (www.avvo.com) provide ratings of
lawyers and law firms.
Lawyerfinder (www.lawyerfinder.com) and
Lawyers (www.lawyers.com) of LexisNexis are
other popular sites.
Majority of the sites allow you to find lawyers by
name, city, and practice area (subject speciality)
etc.
112.
113.
114.
115. More Useful Sites
There are several sites providing
citation information, free legal
advice, free legal forms, free public
domain documents such as cases,
statutes, administrative regulations
etc.
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127. Pennsylvania Legal
Websites
State Government –
www.state.pa.us
Appellate Courts – www.aopc.org
General Assembly –
www.legis.state.pa.us
Legislative Reference Bureau –
www.palrb.us
129. Pa.Legal Websites - 3
Allegheny County Bar Association –
www.acba.org
Pennsylvania Bar Association –
www.pabar.org
Pennsylvania Bar Institute – www.pbi.org
Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners –
www.pabarexam.org
Pennsylvania CLE – www.pacle.org
130. Pa.Legal Websites - 4
Pa.Legal Intelligencer –
www.law.com/pa
Pa.Law Weekly –
www.palawweekly.com
Philadelphia Bar Association –
www.philabar.org
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150. LexisNexis –Legal Practice
Software
PCLaw – Billing & Accounting
Juris – Billing & Accounting
CaseMap – Case Management
Martindale – Lawyer Directory
Accurint – Background Checks
InterAction – CRM
Total Litigator – Collaboration Tool
Time Matters – Calendar Application
Net Documents – Document Management
Law Prediscovery – EDD
Concordance – EDD
LexisNexis Total Search – Knowledge Management
Lexis Document Profiling – Risk Management
CourtLink – Docket Search Database of Filings
151. Thomson West – Legal
Practice Software
LiveNote – Real Time Court Reporting
Hubbard One – Prospective Client Connection
PeopleMap – Public Records, Legal Filings
Elite – Case Management
ProLaw – Case Management
West KM – Knowledge Management
Case Notebook – Case Management
Westlaw Litigator – Complete Litigation
CourtExpress – Docket Search Database of
Filings
