Legal Research Free and Fast! - Web 2.0 Sources

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

Lexis Wiki Portalhttp://wiki.lexisnexis.com/

LN Academic Wiki - user guides, Twitter, podcast & video widgetshttp://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://wiki.lexisnexis.com

TwistLaw - case summaries for law students -http://www.twistlaw.ca/

Blawgs

Courts - Supreme Court of the United States - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Academic blogs - http://www.thecourt.ca/

Law Professor Blogs Network - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/

Law Librarian Blog - cooperative bloghttp://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/

Cooperative law blogs - http://slaw.ca

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

Canadian Law Blogs List - http://www.lawblogs.ca/

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/

Blawg - http://www.blawg.com/

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 - http://technorati.com/ - search for blogs

Technorati - search for blog posts

IceRocket - http://www.icerocket.com - blog search

IceRocket - search results

Legal Tweets

LexTweet - http://www.lextweet.com/

Check member lists to see who included in searches

LexTweet search results - “merger”

http://tweetlaw.com/

search tweetlaw tweets - e.g. “merger”

http://www.lawtweet.ca

search results - “merger”

Twitter Search - http://search.twitter.com

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 - http://www.jdsupra.com

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

connie@crosbygroup.ca416-919-6719

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/