December 2007 -- Volume 5 / Issue 10
   
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NoroLex Internet Library Practice Packs

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New for Amicus Attorney Customers - the NoroLex Internet Library Practice Packs. Featuring a collection of Internet resources and pages of interest to legal professionals. Concentrated practice area resources covering Corporate & Commercial; Litigation & Advocacy; and Labor & Employment. The Practice Pack will instantly double the content of your Amicus Library. A wide range of useful links are also included as part of the Productivity and Practice Tool suite. Save time and effort by letting NoroLex instantly provide valuable Library content for your firm.

Plus you'll benefit from free and easy access to more than 500 free online resources. Don't miss out on the introductory price of only $149. See below for further details and sample links.

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1. Comprehensive & Free Primary Law!

A comprehensive collection of the Internet's sources for primary law. Cancel some of your expensive print collections. Stop the manual updates. Cut and paste your search results directly into your briefs, memos, and emails. You'll have immediate access to clearly organized resources, covering all areas of law:

  • Federal legislative, executive, and judicial materials.
  • State statutes and legislative materials, executive, and judicial materials.
  • City, county, and local legislative, executive, and judicial materials.

2. Practice Area Resources!

Corporate & Commercial - 95 targeted resources
Business law, corporate and securities, federal law, oversight bodies, SEC regulations and resources, state law resources, and additional key materials.

Labor & Employment - 74 targeted resources
Federal courts, federal regulations and agencies, federal statutes, free forms, benefits, employee retirement, tax and IRS issues, and other new resources.

Civil Litigation - 67 targeted resources
ADR, appellate and trial practice, procedure and rules, judicial ethics, jurisdiction, remedies, case law, topic-specific commentary, and many others.

3. ToolSuite: Productivity And Practice Tools

It's amazing what you can do in a few moments online. And chances are - you can do it better online. Some things can be done only online. Survey this sample and find a new & useful site:

  1. Blawg.com. Stay current, gain unique insights, and master up-to-the-minute debate in legal circles. Free thoughts on critical legal issues, from leading practitioners. That’s blawg.com. If you’re not blawgging, you’re trailing the competition.
  2. ZoomInfo. ZoomInfo supplies biographical sketches for millions of individuals. This is the web's leading free bio tool, and also a superb network development and vetting tool.
  3. Free Legal Practice Forms. A huge number of lawyer's forms are available online. Or, for all federal government forms, try Forms.gov.
  4. Shipping. For shipping, try FedEx, UPS, and many others. Obtain prices, service options, track shipments and order pickup.
  5. Travel. Travelocity provides comprehensive travel-booking. Before traveling, check radar and forecasts at The Weather Channel. Planning international travel? Avoid trouble by checking safety updates from the State Department.
  6. Health Information. Try drkoop.com to learn more about many human maladies - without asking or paying a doctor.
  7. Personal and Practice Finance. The Internet will improve your finances.
    - USAToday.com provides easy-to-use financial calculators for saving, borrowing, budgeting, and retirement.
    - Another popular Internet activity is researching investments.
    - Buying or selling a car? Or want to know the market value of your new or used vehicle? Kelley's Blue Book.
    - Find the best rates for certificates of deposit. Bankrate.com.
    - Fastweb.com matches users with $1 billion in college scholarships.
  8. Newspapers and Magazines. NewsDirectory offers free (and searchable) access to hundreds of magazines and newspapers.
  9. OpenSecrets.org. "Your guide to the money in American Elections": who gets what money - and how much individuals and lobbying groups give.
  10. Virtual Librarian. Simply ask a question in a covered topic, and a librarian does the research and delivers it to you, at no cost.

4. Background Searches: The Big Picture, First

Where to find any information about topics, issues, people, competitors, clients, industries, and anything else. NoroLex: Those Who Know, Win.

  • Blogs. These leading-edge "web logs" offer links to invaluable resources, and are often the first to deliver expert commentary. Improve your expertise, arguments, briefs, memos in a manner impossible without the Internet!
  • Beyond Google. Google's great. Lawyers should do better. Try these resources for more complete and accurate answers to your queries.
  • Comprehensive Law Libraries. Free access to several enormous law libraries. Find it Fast. Find it Free.
  • Wikis. The latest innovation for lawyers, wikis allow subject matter experts to collectively develop and publicly (or privately) share legal techniques, arguments, documents, and practice tools. Take advantage - your competitors will!

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