LaJean Humphries is the Head Librarian at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, a regional law firm with over 130 attorneys providing a broad range of transaction and litigation services. She regularly provide Internet training for attorneys and staff.
ResearchWire A Review of Flyswat By Diana Botluk
Diana Botluk is a reference librarian at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is the author of the The Legal List: Research on the Internet . She teaches legal research at CAPCON , Catholic University Law School , and the University of Maryland . Take a class with Diana! Here’s how…
Notes from the Technology Trenches By Roger Skalbeck
Roger Skalbeck is the Electronic Initiatives Librarian at Howrey & Simon in Washington, D.C., and is the Web Master of the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. Current work activities cover myriad aspects of electronic research resource evaluation, intranet content development, as well as research and technology training, all from a librarian’s point of view. This column reflects the personal views of the author, which are not necessarily those of his employer or any other organization. This column, of course, is 100% free of any legal advice.
Product Review: Westlaw Find & Print 3.2 for Windows By Susan Charkes
Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian for the Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia, PA.
Product Review: Hewlett-Packard’s Web PrintSmart By John D. Moore
John D. Moore is the Assistant Librarian and Web Master for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit .
A Non-Lawyer’s Quick Guide to Year 2000 Problem Legal Issues By Dennis M. Kennedy
Dennis M. Kennedy is the Director of Legal Technology for NetTech, Inc ., a St. Louis, Missouri based technology consulting firm that focuses on law firms. He is a frequent speaker and author on legal technology and Internet topics and the editor/publisher of NetTechs ” Legal Technology Strategies “, a free monthly legal technology e-mail newsletter. A video replay of his seminar on Y2K issues in law firms can be found at http://www.legalspan.net//insession/speakers/0005.asp .
A Review of Zoot 3.5 [Now Renamed Zoot 4.0] By M. Sean Fosmire
M. Sean Fosmire is with the Michigan law firm of Garan Lucow Miller, P.C.
A Review of West’s Intranet Toolkit By Susan Charkes
Susan Charkes is the Systems Librarian for Dechert Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. Ms. Charkes practiced law in New York City for 7 years before becoming involved in the information professions. She has held positions in technology consulting and electronic publishing, as well as in corporate information services for Warner-Lambert Co. and other organizations. She received a BA in English from The University of Chicago, a JD from Columbia University and an MLS from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Ms. Charkes is Director/Web Manager of the Philadelphia Chapter of Special Libraries Association.
Product Review Hotsend by Jetfax By Karl Kasca Kasca & Associates, Online Information Research
KASCA & ASSOCIATES provides top-level online information research results to business and legal decision-makers in a timely manner. Specialties include business research and competitive intelligence, as well as market trends, product trends, fraud, and information useful in legal case strategy development. Karl Kasca was formerly with a Fortune 500 company with 16½ years experience performing operational and financial internal audits as well as vendor and conflict-of-interest/fraud examinations in diverse business situations.
Hill Review
The Year 2000 issue has been the subject of countless hearings on Capitol Hill. On October 2, 1998 the Senate Special committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem held a hearing