Legal Research for Estate Planners. This is a comprehensive, well-organized and up-to-date collection of links to estate planning resources on the Web. Created by Jason E. Havens, an estate planning lawyer in Destin, Florida, this annotated guide covers both national and state-specific sites and also indexes sites by topic and type of resource.
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HUDCLIPS is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s official repository of policies, procedures, announcements and the like. Short for “HUD Client Information and Policy System,” HUDCLIPS contains full-text searchable databases of all HUD handbooks; notices; mortgagee, preservation and Title I letters; U.S. Code titles 12 and 42; Code of Federal Regulations Title…
I am proud to report that, following a complete overhaul and relaunch earlier this year, the Web site of Jaffe Associates — the legal consulting firm for which I serve as VP of editorial services — has earned the award for outstanding achievement in website development from the Web Marketing Association. The award…
From the legal-ethics chapter:
…American Legal Ethics Library. From Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, this digital library contains the full text of the codes or rules of professional conduct for most U.S. states, as well as the ABA’s model code. Some are in hypertext format, others are included through links to state
From the chapter on environmental law:
…Environmental Law Net. David S. Blackmar, an environmental lawyer with Murtha Cullina LLP, Boston, created this rich and wide-ranging site in order to better serve his clients, who include general counsel, in-house attorneys and corporate environmental managers. He divides the site between two sets of resources: legal information
The Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University
of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication has launched Money and Politics Blog. Edited by Sean Treglia, senior advisor for democracy initiatives at USC Annenberg, it is intended to to help journalists stay on top of current campaign finance issues.…
From the technology and e-commerce practice group of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, an international law firm with more than 1,400 lawyers worldwide, CyberLaw@Sidley is a truly practical site combining daily news coverage with in-depth feature articles and analysis. The news comes via links to other media sites, with a half-dozen or so headlines…
I will be presenting a day-long program, Find it Free and Fast on the Net: Advanced Internet Strategies for the Massachusetts Legal Professional, this Friday, Sept. 17, in Boston. My co-panelist is Russell Beck of Epstein Becker & Green.…
Sept. 11 — and the sky was ablaze.
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I’ve posted my column, Patent and Trademark Searching Via the Web. A complete list of columns I’ve posted is here.…
Capital Defense Weekly. This practical site offers several useful resources. Begin with “Capital Defense Weekly,” its newsletter analyzing current court opinions and news developments relating to capital punishment. That is supplemented by the CDW blog, with daily updates on capital cases. Then there is its Brief Bank, a collection of appellate briefs in capital…
For the first time in its 126-year history, the American Bar Association is publishing a work of fiction, Shadow of Justice, written by Miami criminal-defense lawyer Milton Hirsch. Due for release Sept. 30, the novel is the first in a new series from ABA Publishing, “Great Stories by Great Lawyers,” according to…
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