For those whose interests straddle law and journalism, Steven Brill is a man of rather epic reputation. The cigar-chomping, ever-suspendered founder of American Lawyer magazine, Court TV, Counsel Connect (one of the first online services for lawyers) and Brill’s Content, he recently published the book, After: The Rebuilding and Defending of America in the…

After posting my article yesterday, A Brief Summary: Free Briefs on the Web, I received an e-mail from M. Sean Fosmire, developer of the preeminent online court directory, Courts.Net, pointing out that I missed one state court that provides briefs on its Web site, Michigan. I have now added it to the…

I have posted two recent columns devoted to new and newly discovered Web sites of interest to lawyers, A Hodgepodge of Newly Launched Sites and A Round-up of New and Interesting Sites.…

I have posted my recent column, Managing Knowledge Management Via the Web, a guide to Web resources on legal knowledge management.…

I have posted my June column, A Brief Summary: Free Briefs on the Web.…

I do not know how I missed this, because I am a frequent user of the map sites MapQuest and MapBlast!, but I see that MapBlast! is now owned by Microsoft and has been merged into MSN Maps & Directions . This came about after Microsoft acquired Vicinity Corporation, owner of MapBlast!.…

Something about this makes me want to say, “Duh-uh.” A survey conducted by the International Bar Association and sponsored by LexisNexis concluded that 8 of 10 U.S. lawyers believe the legal profession would benefit from the convergence of laws across international borders. The survey of 700 IBA members in eight countries found that the areas…

I had previously written about Daubert on the Web as one of the best law-related sites launched in 2002. Now, thanks to Ernie, I see that the site’s author, Philadelphia litigator Peter B. Nordberg, has started an associated blog, Blog 702.…

California’s First District Appellate Project this week launched its first Web site. The FDAP is a non-profit, northern California law firm providing representation on appeal to indigent juvenile and adult defendants in criminal appeals, and indigent minors and parents in dependency appeals. The Web site features practical tools primarily for use by FDAP’s panel…

If you live in Massachusetts and want to keep up with the latest news from Beacon Hill, then add a bookmark for MassInsider, a site devoted to tracking the latest news and opinion concerning policy, lawmaking and politics in the Bay State. The site is still in beta and has not been formally opened…

This is way off topic, but the bloggers among you will want to check out Points South. An online newspaper covering St. Petersburg, Fla., it offers an example of a blogging tool — Movable Type — being used for a non-blogging purpose. It is published and reported by summer fellows at the Poynter…

LockerGnome has set up RSS feeds to track new products at Amazon.com. Feeds range from baby gear to videogames, but for the single-minded among us, there is one for law books.…