legal research free and fast! - web 2.0 sources
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I was a panelist in the session Legal Research Free and Fast! at the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/Michigan Association of Law Libraries joint conference CALL/ACBD/MichALL 2010 in Windsor, ON, Canada, on May 11, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Legal Research Free and Fast! --
Web 2.0 Sources
by Connie CrosbyCrosby Group Consulting
for CALL/ACBD/MichALL 2010Windsor, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Law-related Wikis
JurisPedia - worldwide law, legal and political scienceshttp://jurispedia.org
JurisPedia - http://jurispedia.org or http://wikilaw.org
Wex - from Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School - http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/
SCOTUS Wiki - Supreme Court of the United Stateswiki of cases - http://www.scotuswiki.com/index
HeinOnline Wiki - http://heinonline.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
HeinOnline wiki - free webinars, training guides & training videos
LN Academic Wiki - user guides, Twitter, podcast & video widgetshttp://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Main_Page
TwistLaw - case summaries for law students -http://www.twistlaw.ca/
Blawgs
Courts - Supreme Court of the United States - http://www.scotusblog.com/
Law Professor Blogs Network - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/
Law Librarian Blog - cooperative bloghttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/
Cooperative blogs - http://www.geeklawblog.com/2010
Subject expert blogs - e.g. Michael Geisthttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/
Niche practice blogs - http://www.farminjuryblog.com/
Legal publisher blogs - Kluwer Arbitration Blog - http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/
Practice support - e.g. Above and Beyond KMhttp://aboveandbeyondkm.com/
Library interests - http://kfmod.wordpress.com/
Law Blog Directories
ABA Journal Blawg Directory - http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/
Justia BlawgSearch - http://blawgsearch.justia.com/
Law X.0 - A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs - http://3lepiphany.typepad.com/3l_epiphany/
a_taxonomy_of_legal_blogs/
AALL CS-SIS - Law Library Blogs - http://aallcssis.pbworks.com/Law-Library-Blogs
WiseLaw Reader by Gary Wise - U.S. & Canadian legal & political blogs - http://wiselawreader.blogspot.com/
LexMonitor - http://www.lexmonitor.com/
Blog Search
Google Blog Search - http://blogsearch.google.com/
Technorati - search for blog posts
IceRocket - http://www.icerocket.com - blog search
IceRocket - search results
Legal Tweets
Check member lists to see who included in searches
LexTweet search results - “merger”
search tweetlaw tweets - e.g. “merger”
search results - “merger”
Twitter search results across all public tweets - “merger”
advanced search - http://search.twitter.com/advanced
search for hashtags - e.g. #law
Suggested hashtags:• #law
• #km
• #kmers
• #legalIT
• #CALL2010
• #AALL2010
• #SLA2010
Legal Networking Sites
Legal OnRamp - http://legalonramp.com - materials for in-house counsel
Legal OnRamp - FAQs in variey of subject areas
Legal OnRamp - Ask an Expert (FAQs)
Legal OnRamp - collaborative spaces by subject
Martindale-Hubbell - now martindale.com
martindale.com - Practice Area Resource Centers
martindale.com - Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forums
Lexology - http://www.lexology.com/
“able to deliver fully tailored intelligence to the
desktops of business lawyers worldwide on a daily
basis.”
Lexology - search by jurisdiction, work area, firm
Lexology - related content automatically generated
JD Supra - Law Centers - news, analysis, legal documents
JD Supra - Law Centers - filings, decisions, news, analysis
LegalTube - lawyer/client video matchmaking
LegalTube - find lawyer by practice area & jurisdiction
LegalTube - Drug Recalls & Class Action Lawsuitsinformational video alerts
Thank you!Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consultinghttp://crosbygroup.ca
Selected Sources
• Nicole Black, Legal Tweets blog http://www.legaltweets.com/
• Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell, “Wikis for the Legal
Profession,” Law Practice Today, February 2007.http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc02071.shtml
• Costa Ragas, “Twist Law Wiki for Case Summaries,” Law is Cool, August 26, 2008.http://lawiscool.com/2008/08/26/twist-law-wiki-for-case-summaries/