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Finding Legal, Factual, And Other Information In A Digital World, Timothy L. Coggins
Finding Legal, Factual, And Other Information In A Digital World, Timothy L. Coggins
Law Faculty Publications
This updated listing of Internet sites for legal, factual, and other research offers a combination of more established sites and newer sites developed since the publication of the previous listing. The article began as a comprehensive bibliography of research and other sites for an Advanced Legal Research course and a series of continuing education sessions for legal assistants and paralegals.1 The current version includes sites for primary authorities, both federal and state, as well as URLs for other types of information, such as sites that assist in finding expert witnesses and biographical and background information about individuals.
Chapter 9: Fastcase, Gail F. Zwirner
Chapter 9: Fastcase, Gail F. Zwirner
Law Faculty Publications
In February 2005, the Virginia State Bar (VSB) Council approved plans to offer all Virginia lawyers free access to an online legal research program through a portal on the VSB's website. Then-Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr., considered access to an online research tool a high priority for Virginia attorneys and urged the VSB to provide this kind of service. On June 13, 2005, the Virginia Supreme Court adopted a formal Rule of Court directing the VSB "to contract to provide online computerized legal resea1·ch services to its members."1 In February 2006, the VSB gave its notice of intent to …
Chapter 5: Administrative Law, Gail F. Zwirner
Chapter 5: Administrative Law, Gail F. Zwirner
Law Faculty Publications
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Top 10 Law School Home Pages Of 2011, Roger V. Skalbeck
Top 10 Law School Home Pages Of 2011, Roger V. Skalbeck
Law Faculty Publications
For the third consecutive year, all ABA-accredited home pages are evaluated based on objective criteria, in attempt to find the best sites.
Legal Periodicals, Indexes, And Other Information Sources, Timothy L. Coggins
Legal Periodicals, Indexes, And Other Information Sources, Timothy L. Coggins
Law Faculty Publications
This chapter identifies reference resources that might be useful to attorneys and other legal researchers. These resources are valuable for a variety of reasons, including: to locate a definition of a word or to select an alternative word; to locate names and addresses of experts and descriptions of their services; to locate background supporting information about an issue associated with the case such as statistics; to locate information about a judge such as his or her address or, more importantly, to determine something about the judge's temperament or courtroom style; and ID to locate names of court officials such as …