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Ten essential classes of websites for lawyers

By: Jim Calloway
Published: November 3, 2011

Tags: legal research, smartphones, website

The Internet is ubiquitous. Many of us get a growing amount of news from our favorite news sites.

For a challenge this month, I’m going to try to cover 10 essential websites (or classes of websites) for lawyers without referencing Google or some of the more obvious sites.

We will probably leave off your favorite, but hopefully you will learn of some new essential sites for your practice.

Lexis Advance, the iTunes of online legal research 

By: Kyle K. Courtney
Published: September 12, 2011

Tags: legal research, Lexis, software

After chasing WestlawNext in the release of a new legal research interface, Lexis has created its own, Lexis Advance, which similarly claims it was designed to support the way practitioners conduct legal research in the modern world.

More cool products from LegalTech 2010 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: February 11, 2010

Tags: Add new tage-discovery, legal research, LegalTech, technology

NEW YORK – Last week, Lawyers USA brought you a few of our favorite things from LegalTech 2010.

Here are a few more items of interest from the conference.

LegalTech 2010 offers new legal research, dictation, e-discovery tools 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: February 5, 2010

Tags: digital dictation, e-discovery, legal research, legal technology, Westlaw

NEW YORK – LegalTech 2010 got off to a busy start, with lawyers and tech experts crowding exhibit halls and conference rooms to find out the latest news on e-discovery and legal technology services and products.

Here’s a look at some of the most interesting new offerings.

2009: A year of high-tech ethical pitfalls 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: January 8, 2010

Tags: attorney advertising, billing, blogs, ethics, instant messaging, legal marketing, legal research, legal websites, metadata, technology, text messages, virtual law practice

Ethics got high-tech in 2009. From texting clients to virtual law practice to posting questions on a listserv, lawyers struggled with the collision of professional responsibility and the ever-expanding world of technology.

Three ways Google can help your practice 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: December 17, 2009

Tags: Google, legal research, marketing, practice management, technology

More and more, Google is providing new ways to enhance your small law practice.

Google releases new search tool 

By: Diana Smith
Published: November 25, 2009

Tags: legal research

Google has unveiled a new online search tool that will enable users to find full-text opinions from state, federal and appellate courts for free.

The feature, which debuted Nov. 17, is available through Google Scholar, a narrowed-down version of Google’s main search site which pulls search results from scholarly literature.

Could Bloomberg Law be the next Westlaw? 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: October 28, 2009

Tags: legal research, lexisnexis, Westlaw

Bloomberg Law – a new legal research site from the national news organization – is set to debut this month and is poised to take its place in competition with long-standing sites such as Westlaw and Lexis Nexis.

Law.Gov: new legal research repository in the works 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: October 20, 2009

Tags: Law.Gov, legal research, PACER

A group of individuals and organizations from across the legal profession and academia are working on an open-sourced repository of all primary legal materials in the United States.

Start an online research library on the cheap 

By: Justin Rebello
Published: July 13, 2009

Tags: legal research, practice management

Creating a sufficient research library can be a daunting (and expensive) task. But there are ways to maintain cases and obtain easy access to other valuable research materials without spending a fortune.