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The mission of LawResearch is to be The Internet Reference Librarian in meeting the present and future needs of the legal community and those who have a need to research the law.
We will approach our mission with enthusiasm and passion for excellence by;

  • Providing access to a comprehensive compendium of links to legal resources on the internet. ;
  • Navigating the information infrastructure of the INTERNET to identify key resources, improve and enrich access to those resources, and develop and utilize effective finding tools;
  • Assisting researchers in efficient and effective referencing techniques; and
  • Increasing the legal communities' awareness of the legal resources available on the INTERNET.
  • LawResearch does not serve as an originator of legal information per se but rather as an organizer and referencer. Our efforts involve researching and collecting links to active information disseminator resources such as; libraries, governmental agencies, state, national and international organizations.

LawResearch is committed to quality legal research on the internet in support of; law makers, legal counsel, consultants, investigators and private citizens.

To ensure that LawResearch is the integral electronic link to law on the internet, we have designed and architecture our web set pages to make effective and efficient use of quality network time and organized the content for quick intuitive use.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • Law Research is a tool for locating legal documents on the internet. It is specifically designed as a referencing resource for researching the law on the internet.
  • LawResearch provides the initial searching, filtering, sorting, selecting, editing, and testing of thousands of hyperlinks. The final compilation delivers an ordered and tested "library card catalogue" of links leading to millions of legal documents on the internet.

  • SIMPLY WE SAVE YOU TIME AND EFFORT AND MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LEGAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.

Section 1: Law Search Engines

  • LawResearch Search: "JUST THE LAW LINKS"
  • The initial public Beta Demonstration file contained over 4,000 hand picked legal links at the end of 1996.
  • The COMMERCIAL version 1.10 contained over 8,000 links and the "Just the Law Links" search engine was activated.There after, LawResearch data base directories have doubled the number of url's every six months since 1997.
  • Every link noted in the balance of this overview is also indexed and searchable by our search engine.
  • Search The Internet
  • Selected and annotated World Wide Web Search Engines. These are the best engines on the net. Plus!
    • People Finder Search Engines
    • Top 25 Ready to Search Engines
    • Pot Pourri Search Engines
    • Gateway Search Engines
  • Search Law Libraries Search or Browse over 200 Law Schools and Libraries. Go directly to the law libraries of major law schools and research vast numbers of legal documents.
  • Search The Government Search scores of specialize Government and Private Search Engines. Such as: OSHA, RCW, UCC and get the pertinent law back fast and often directly from their originating source.

Section 2: Browseable Law Indexes

  • International Law 100's of Treaties, International Constitutions, Organizations, Trade and Other Country Law links, United Nations and USA foreign relations.
  • US Federal Law 100's of Links to the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, Also, Federal Departments, Independent and Quasi Agencies are listed. Supreme Court Decisions and each of the Circuit Courts are listed.
  • US State Law Scores of Law and Government Sites are indexed by STATE. Find the links to the Law and Government in your state. Most statutory law is already listed and case law is planned for in many states this year or next.
  • Law Practice Areas Each area of Law has their own page listings, in addition to the links found under international, federal or state law. For example Anti-Trust, Bankruptcy, Family and Tax law have their own page. This area of is planned for extensive expansion in the upcoming versions of LawResearch.

Section 3: Legal Reference Resources

  • Law Related Associations American Bar Association, American Communication Association WWW, Better Business Bureau, Blue Ribbon Campaign for Online Free Speech, and scores more.
  • Law Related Ethics Such as: Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, Applied and Professional Ethics at Dartmouth College, Legalethics.com, Professional Responsibility Law Materials, State Advertising Restriction Disclaimers, and many more.
  • Law Related Publications Such as: The GOP, Federal Judicial Center Publications; Appellate Courts - Stalking the Increase in the Rate of Federal Civil Appeals, Bankruptcy Courts - Survey
  • Bankruptcy Procedure, Civil Litigation - Alternatives to, and many more links to private and commercial publishers as well.
  • Law Related Discussion Groups Such as: Usenet - alt.crime Usenet - misc.legal, Usenet - misc.legal.moderated, Legal Listserve Discussion Groups, BANKRLAW Bankruptcy Law, CHILDRI-L UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, CNI-COPYRIGHT Copyright and Intellectual Property, and many more.
  • Law Firm Directory Service . We have selected a few hundred examples of high quality law firm homepages. This is now a fee based service so consider listing your firm's homepage where others will see it on the internet.

Section 4: Links to Facts and Data

  • Global News by Continent & Country Over 500 links to originating News sources from around the world
    United States News by State News sources listed by originating state
  • Best Headline News Organizations The top world wide news sources. i.e. CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC etc.

    Quick Stock Quotes From several stock market sources with a 15 min. delay. Financial and Estate planning and settlement information on-line and its free.

Section 5: LawResearch On-Line Information

  • LAWRESEARCH SERVICES
  • LAW FIRM DIRECTORY AGREEMENT
  • MEMBER FORM/AGREEMENT
  • SEARCH ENGINE
  • TIPS
  • FAQ
  • COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
  • DISCLAIMER

    LawResearch Services

    Business Case For LawResearch Services

    • Staying Current with the Law on the Internet.
    • The general principal that the citizen has a right to access and know the law is driving virtually every branch of government to release unprecedented amounts legal data onto the internet.
    • Law Research is your tool for locating these legal documents on the internet by providing the initial searching, filtering, sorting, selecting, editing, and testing of thousands of law related links. The final compilation delivers an ordered and tested "library card catalogue" of thousands of links leading to millions of legal documents on the net
    • You can spend time searching the internet daily to keep up or you can Let LawResearch keep you Current with the Law as it evolves on the World Wide Web!!
      You save time and money if each researcher finds just one of the thousands of links in the LawResearch Directories faster and easier than "surfing the net". Surfing is fun but is it productive? You may save time and money by making just one less trip to the library or a few less trips to the copy machine since in most cases you can print out the statute
    • right on your own printer.
    • LawResearch Access will be made available for FREE to any recognized library who establishes an account with us.

    Service Agreements

    LawResearch is a reference tool for locating legal documents on the internet. It is specifically designed to identify universal resource locators or url's, to meet the legal community's informational and legal research requirements. LawResearch provides the initial searching, filtering, sorting, selecting, editing and testing of thousands of law related internet hyperlinks. The quality of the data found lies soley with the orignating source and the research, LawResearch does not supply legal data it supplies reference material to find legal information. The final compilation delivers an ordered and tested "library card catalogue" of links leading to millions of legal documents on the net.

    SIMPLY, WE SAVE YOU TIME AND EFFORT AND MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LEGAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.

    The general principal that the citizen has a right to access and know the law is driving virtually every branch of government to release unprecedented amounts of information onto the net. This year, statutory law is well represented on the net by all levels of government. Case law availability is being led by the Supreme and Circuit Courts and many states have already committed to releasing their case law onto the net.
    To keep pace, LawResearch intends to double the size of our database every six months, so sign up now and enjoy staying current as the Law continues to explode onto the World Wide Web.
    LawResearch will grant free access to any recognized library requesting an account.

    LEGAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET

    LawResearch is a reference tool for locating legal documents on the internet. It is specifically designed to identify universal resource locators or url's, to meet the legal community's informational and legal research requirements. LawResearch provides the initial searching, filtering, sorting, selecting, editing and testing of thousands of law related internet hyperlinks. The quality of the data found lies soley with the orignating source and the research, LawResearch does not supply legal data it supplies reference material to find legal information. The final compilation delivers an ordered and tested "library card catalogue" of links leading to millions of legal documents on the net.

    SIMPLY, WE SAVE YOU TIME AND EFFORT AND MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LEGAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.

    The general principal that the citizen has a right to access and know the law is driving virtually every branch of government to release unprecedented amounts of information onto the net. This year, statutory law is well represented on the net by all levels of government. Case law availability is being led by the Supreme and Circuit Courts and many states have already committed to releasing their case law onto the net.
    To keep pace, LawResearch intends to double the size of our database every six months, so sign up now and enjoy staying current as the Law continues to explode onto the World Wide Web.
    LawResearch will grant free access to any recognized library requesting an account.



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