Category Archives: Professional reading

American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates Supports Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA)

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The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates has approved a resolution — Resolution 102B — in support of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws as to the authentication and preservation of laws, court decisions and other legal materials that are published online.

See:

ABA Supports Uniform Law for Online Publication of Court Decisions and Laws

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

LexisNexis Launches “Social Media Visibility”

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Online provider of legal research, news and other content LexisNexis, has launched a new service: LexisNexis Social Media Visibility.

According to the press release here, the new service enables solo practitioners and lawyers at smaller law firms to establish a solid, comprehensive, and manageable social media presence.

LexisNexis Social Media Visibility includes creation of an exclusive blog page as well as guidance and assistance in crafting profiles and in generating and posting appropriate content on major social media websites, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency

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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) late last year put out an interesting report on lawmaking in the U.S. Congress:

Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency

Hat tip to Law Librarian Blog.

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

Nonpartisan research organization MapLight reveals money’s influence on politics

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The non-profit organization MapLight has posted webpages as to the U.S. Congress and certain state legislatures (California and Wisconsin) regarding money’s influence on politics:

MapLight’s Newly Launched Company Pages Profile Contributions From Organizations And The Bills They Seek To Influence

See also here.

Hat tip to Resource Shelf.

LexisNexis Updates Free Caselaw and Forms from lexisONE Community to LexisNexis Community

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LexisNexis has recently updated its free caselaw and forms access from lexisONE Community to:

LexisNexis Community

For links to some other free legal research resources (for caselaw, statutes, regulations, etc) online, take a look too at:

Brief Guide to Low/No Cost Online American Legal Research

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

Revised (5th Edition) of “Locating the Law”

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The Public Access to Legal Information (PALI) Committee of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SOCALL) has posted online its handy and valuable:

Locating the Law: A Handbook for Non-Law Librarians
Fifth Edition, Revised (2011)

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

Maplecroft Human Rights Risk Index 2012

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Specialist multidisciplinary research (in risk intelligence and corporate responsibility) and advisory company Maplecroft, headquartered in Bath, England, has released its:

Human Rights Risk Map 2012

Cross-posted on Law Library Blog.

Broad Facts of Income Inequality Over the Past 60 Years Summarized

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has posted a convenient 4-section guide on historical trends in income equality:

A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.

LexisNexis Introduces CourtLink Hourly Alerts

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LexisNexis has announced that its docket service product CourtLink is now offering hourly alerts on newly-filed federal cases — please see:

Reed Elsevier plc : LexisNexis Introduces CourtLink Hourly Alerts

Cross-posted at Law Library Blog.