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Extras – A Welcome Guide Through the Legal Technology Landscape

Dennis Kennedy practices in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Department at Thompson Coburn LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. He speaks and writes frequently the use of technology and the Internet in the practice of law. He was named the 2001 “TechnoLawyer of the Year” by the TechnoLawyer Community for his role in the use of technology in the practice of law. His articles are collected in the form of an “online book” at this site.

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Subjects: Book Reviews, Extras, Legal Technology

Web Critic – A New Search Engine at FindLaw; New Guidelines for Federal Web Sites

Attorney and author Kathy Biehl practiced law privately in Houston, Texas for 18½ years before relocating to New York City in 1998. She has taught legal research and writing at the University of Houston Law Center and business law at Rice University. A member of the State Bar of Texas, she earned a B.A. with highest honors from Southern Methodist University and a J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where she was a member of Texas Law Review and Order of the Coif. She is co-author of The Lawyer’s Guide to Internet Research (Scarecrow Press, Nov. 2000), with Tara Calishain.

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Subjects: Internet Resources, Web Critic

Guide on the Side – Richard Saul Wurman: Information Architect Pioneer

Marie Wallace has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a librarian, beginning in 1951 in academia with the University of California and transitioning in 1971 into the private law library world until her 1995 retirement from O’Melveny & Myers. She is the 1997 recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries‘ highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Throughout her professional life, Marie has been a guiding force in the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, Practising Law Institute’s programs for law librarians and Teaching Legal Research in Private Law Libraries (TRIPLL).

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Subjects: Book Reviews, Guide on the Side, Information Architecture
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