Internet Legal Research Update - February 2001
INTERNET FOR LAWYERS - INTERNET LEGAL RESEARCH UPDATE BY CAROLE LEVITT J.D., M.L.S.
FEBRUARY 2001
CONTENTS
- West Group Aquires FindLaw
- BEAT THE CALIFORNIA MCLE DEADLINE. "Procastinator's Special" MCLE courses in Century City on January 29 and 31
- "Make an Impression" - The advantages and challenges of using presentation software at trial.
- We continue our review of The Los Angeles Daily Journal web site which is now up and running in Los Angeles (and San Diego and Orange County).
- SearchEngineWatch.com Announces Awards for Best Search Engines
- Prime (Web) Sites for Real Estate Law Practitioners Are Available Now
- Drive More Traffic to Your Web Site and More Business to Your Office
- LLRX.com Voted Site of the Year by NetLawTools.com
- More Tips
- Subscribe/Unsubscribe
- Advertising
- Redistribution
1. West Group Aquires FindLaw
West Group today announced the acquisition of FindLaw, the pioneer in free online legal information and services and the Web's most highly trafficked legal portal. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/west_buys_findlaw.htm
2. Beat the January 31 MCLE deadline with Internet For Lawyers' MCLE SEMINARS IN CENTURY CITY IN JANUARY!!!!!!
"Internet Basics" Seminar: Topics to be covered range from browsers, email, and bookmarks to basic legal research. For date and time and other details see http://www.netforlawyers.com/century_city_mcle_jan_29.htm or e-mail seminars@netforlawyers.com. Jan. 31, 2001 from 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. "How To Use The Internet For Business & Investigative Research" Seminar: Topics to be covered range from: finding legal collections by topic to investigative research (business research, public records and people finders). For other details see http://www.netforlawyers.com/century_city_mcle_jan.htm or e-mail seminars@netforlawyers.com. All programs include dinner and an 85 page book, "How to Use the Internet for Legal, Business & Investigative Research: A Guide for Legal Professionals". (The book alone normally sells for $34.95.) No Time To Attend An In-Person Seminar? You can also earn up to 4 hours of MCLE credit online (including one hour of ethics credit) with Internet For Lawyers. See http://www.netforlawyers.com/online_mcle.htm
3. If you're tired of carrying large,
cumbersome exhibits to show jurors, you may want to consider using computer presentation software like PowerPoint or Presentations. Presentation software can make your life easier in court, arbitrations, pitches to potential new clients and seminars you may be giving. To see if presentation software might work for you, read Carole Levitt's "Computer Counselor" column "Make an Impression, Stay on Topic with Presentation Software" at http://www.netforlawyers.com/articles.htm#presentation.
4. The Los Angeles Daily Journal finally comes of age (on the web).
If you have a subscription to the print newspaper you should have received a postcard by now to sign up your free password. Read Part II of our review of the Daily Journal web site to learn more about exactly what's available at http://www.netforlawyers.com/daily_journal_04.htm
5. SearchEngineWatch.com Announces Award-Winning Sites for 2000
Search Engine Watch.com, the well-known resource for Web developers and search engine users, has announced its "2000 Search Engine Watch Awards" to recognize outstanding achievements in web searching said SearchEngineWatch.com editor and founder Danny Sullivan. Many of the winners will be familiar to you if you have attended an Internet For Lawyers in-person seminar, as the list includes Google, Dogpile and FindLaw, among others. For more information see http://www.netforlawyers.com/search_engine_watch_awards.htm
6. Prime (Web) Sites for Real Estate Law Practitioners Are Available Now
Real estate law touches almost all other areas of law. Fortunately for lawyers, the Internet is just as expansive and varied as real estate law. In her "Computer Counselor" column for the Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, Carole Levitt plots the best Internet sites for attorneys drafting a commercial lease, writing an environmental impact statement, suing a contractor in a construction defect case, evicting a tenant, or buying a home, among numerous other real estate related activities. For more, see: http://www.netforlawyers.com/articles.htm#real_estate
7. Drive More Traffic to Your Web Site and More Business to Your Office
More and more people are turning to the Internet as a giant "Yellow Pages" to find the information they are looking for. If you want potential clients to find you on the Internet, it's no longer good enough just to have a web site - you have to be pro-active about getting the word out about your "cyber-office." Whether you're about to build your first web site or you're looking to increase traffic to the site you already have, this article offers you Electronic Marketing tips to help increase your exposure to prospective clients online. See: http://www.netforlawyers.com/internet_marketing_3.htm
8. LLRX.com Voted Site of the Year by NetLawTools.com
LLRX.com, the outstanding legal web journal and Internet legal research resource has been honored by NetLawTools' Jerry Lawson (author of the ABA's "The Complete Internet Handbook for Lawyers") as the 2000 "Site of the Year." For a complete list of NetLawTools.com's previous "Site of the Month" honorees (including Internet For Lawyers - January 2000) visit: http://www.netlawtools.com/som.html. Put the resources of LLRX.com to work for you at http://www.llrx.com.
9. Want more Internet Legal Research Tips??
Go to http://www.netforlawyers.com for additional articles, features and tips to conducting more effective legal, business & investigative research on the Internet.
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Carole Levitt
President
Internet For Lawyers
(310) 559-2247
clevitt@netforlawyers.com