2005 Website of the Week Archive

For the Week Beginning December 26, 2005
www.apple.com -- I'm sure lots more of our readers have iPods this week than last. If you are new to iPod, this is the place to start. One important bit of information that you'll need later on is that when you send in your iPod for a new battery, you will not get the same iPod back. If you send in your iPod for any kind of service you won't get the same one back.  Apple will send you back either a new, used or refurbished unit. Also important to know is that Apple will not transfer any data to the replacement unit. Be sure to back up your data and reload when you get a unit back.

For the Week Beginning December 19, 2005
www.idtheftcenter.org -- This is the site of a non-profit focused on helping folks deal with identity theft. They offer several useful techniques for both preventing and curing this problem. There are also materials useful for an attorney analyzing how to help a client address issues resulting from stolen identity.

For the Week Beginning December 12, 2005
www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
Do you maintain or contribute to a blog or blawg?

If the answer is yes, you might find the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Legal Guide for Bloggers Legal Guide for Bloggers a useful resource. It covers the following topics:

Legal Liability Issues

intellectual property
online defamation
Section 230 protection (protection for hosting third party information)
privacy

Bloggers as Journalists

reporters' privilege
access to public records and government meetings

Other issues

election law
labor law
adult material

For related information from the journalist perspective, see the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, www.rcfp.org/.

For the Week Beginning December 5, 2005
www.jumpondeals.com, www.currentcodes.com, and www.couponcabin.com -- Black Friday is OVER!!! Running with the crowds the day after Thanksgiving can be exhilarating and fun. I'd rather spend time with family and friends than be part of the frenzy, so I try to do most of my shopping online.

Online retailers often beat the prices you find in stores. Make use of electronic coupons or coupon codes, leading to even better deals. If you've never used coupon codes before, now would be a great time to start.

Major online retailers have coupons at all three sites listed above. They'll help you become a smarter shopper. And who knows, maybe you won't have to venture out to the stores at all this Season!

For the Week Beginning November 28, 2005
www.blinkx.tv -- Cable news not giving you what you need? Check out these video and TV feeds for a current events feast. For effective viewing, you'll need a broadband connection.

For the Week Beginning November 21, 2005
www.traffic-simulation.de/ -- When dealing with traffic accident cases, there can be an occasional question about highway design and traffic load and flow. You have to consider whether the traffic may have been a contributing factor in the accident. Now there is a tool that may serve as a model for your underlying assumptions. You have the ability to adjust several variables to see what impact they have on traffic flow. The text is in English, but measurements are in kilometers (to convert, just multiply 1 mile by 1.609 kilometers). This is clearly a starting point, not an end point, in winning your case.

This week's tip courtesy of Bruce Dorner, originally published in "The Internet Lawyer."

For the Week Beginning November 14, 2005
ResidentAgentInfo.com -- This website was built by Maryland Lawyer Terry Berger. Click on the "Georgia" button and it takes you directly to the portion of the Secretary of State's website where you can search by company name or registered agent name.

For the Week Beginning November 7, 2005
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html -- Adobe Reader 7 provides a lot of new features (and it's a free download). You can offer written edits and comments for an Adobe Acrobat Document and share in the editorial process. If you have clients who have a tendency to make their own updates to your custom drafted legal documents, it may protect you from the client who says, "But this is the document you gave me!"

For the Week Beginning October 31, 2005
www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html -- Do you use Google on a regular basis, but would like a more effective way to dig deeper and find more information? Google calls it their "Cheat Sheet." Give it a try!

For the Week Beginning October 24, 2005
www.classroomclipart.com -- With over 300,000 selections, you can easily jazz up presentations. The clips are contemporary photographs of easily recognizable people or situations worldwide.

For the Week Beginning October 17, 2005
http://manufacturing.stanford.edu -- Do you ever need to break down a process or product into bite-sized pieces for explanation to a client or jury. Lawyer and author Bruce Dorner has found a us webtool that enables you to see how things are built. Consider it a virtual walk to a factory.

For the Week Beginning October 10, 2005
http://techsupportalert.com -- Have you ever wondered where you could go when you have a tech problem? You might say "there's got to be a utility to fix it."  This is the place -- there's a list of the best ever free utility programs and materials to help you get the job done.

For the Week Beginning October 3, 2005
www.papercut.biz/emailstripper.htm -- emailStripper is a free program for cleaning the ">>>" and other formatting characters out of your emails. It will restore "forwarded" or "replied" emails back to their original state so they're easier to read. Works with Adobe, too.

For the Week Beginning September 26, 2005
www.Lifehacker.com -- One meaning of "hack" is "a clever or elegant solution to a problem." This website recommends downloads, other web sites and shortcuts that actually save time. Their motto is "Don't live to geek; geek to live," but there are many links to non-tech helpful tips as well.

For the Week Beginning September 19, 2005
www.armchairarcade.com -- Into retrogaming? Armchair Arcade features articles on console and PC gaming (both retro and modern), reviews of current titles, an active forum community, and even versions of Asteroids, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Tetris that you can play online. Take a break and have some fun!

For the Week Beginning September 12, 2005
www.fuelcostcalculator.com -- With gasoline prices gong through the roof, this site calculates trip costs with information tailored to your vehicle. Enter your location, destination and car model information and you'll get an instant estimate of what your trip will cost. Nifty!

For the Week Beginning September 5, 2005
www.altavista.com -- Do you have a website? If you're interested in knowing what other sites link to yours go to the search engine Altavista (In the search bar box, type in your URL. Then hit the Enter key or the search button and you will see a list of all sites that link to your URL.)

You can improve a good website by looking at other websites.

For the Week Beginning August 29, 2005
www.efax.com -- allows you to fax from your desktop.

For the Week Beginning August 22, 2005
www.lawtrove.com/bankruptcy -- The Bankruptcy LawTrove is possibly the most comprehensive collection on the Internet of links to bankruptcy-related resources. The site is maintained by the Boston law firm Swiggart & Agin.

For the Week Beginning August 15, 2005
www.thinkgeek.com -- A veritable cornucopia of stuff to satisfy your geeky side. You can acquire a red Swingline stapler and loads of other exotic, geek-inspired goodies (my favorite is a t-shirt with a caffeine molecule on the front). When you've decked out your space, you can defend your stuff with a motion-detecting, foam-disc-shooting sentry!

For the Week Beginning August 8, 2005
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us -- Clip art can jazz up your presentations and Microsoft provides a huge selection. There are photos, drawings and animations, and they are FREE!!

For the Week Beginning August 1, 2005
www.uspto.gov -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provides complete, online access to both it's patent and trademark databases, each accessible through a range of sophisticated search options.

For the Week Beginning July 25, 2005
www.lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw.lawhome.html -- If you'd like to take a look at the records from the Continental Congress in 1774 through the forty-second Congress in 1873, this rich documentary history on the construction of our nation and the development of the federal government is available under the title of "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873."

Web site for the Week of July 18, 2005
www.shrm.org -- Society for Human Resource Management. This will be an interesting site for your HR professional or firm administrator.

For the Week Beginning July 11, 2005
www.news.google.com -- This might become your favorite newspage. It has up-to-the-minute breaking news (and it tells you how aged the news is).

For the Week Beginning July 4, 2005
www.rottentomatoes.com -- This is a fun one. If you're a rabid movie fan, or just want a little inside info on what's playing now and in the future, this is a great website. It's got release dates (movies, DVDs, games), synopses and critiques. You can really be in the entertainment "know" with this site!

For the Week Beginning June 27, 2005
www.commonscold.typepad.com -- This engaging legal/legal technology blog site is fun to read while still being very informative. If you're interested in the field legal technology, be sure to visit.

For the Week of June 20, 2005
www.earthquake.usgs.gov  -- We have approximately 600 Georgia lawyers practicing in the State of California... see what's going on in the plate tectonic arena.

Web site for the Week of June 13, 2005
www.gabar.org/news/earn_cle_credits_by_writing_for_the_georgia_bar_journal - If you like to write, check out the above website. You could earn CLE credit for sharing your knowledge or opinions.

Website for the Week of June 6, 2005
www.gabar.org/programs/transition_into_law_practice_program -- Also known as the Mentoring Program, the Transition into Law Practice Program will afford every beginning lawyer newly admitted to the State Bar of Georgia with meaningful access to an experienced lawyer equipped to teach the practical skills, seasoned judgment, and sensitivity to ethical and professionalism values necessary to practice law in a highly competent manner. Contact Doug Ashworth, Director, (doug@gabar.org) for more information.

For the Week Beginning May 30, 2005
www.alohabob.com -- You've got a new computer and you've moved files to the new computer from your old computer. Then you notice that it moved EVERYTHING, temp files, system files, etc. You don't need all that stuff. Visit the above-mentioned site for a relocation program that will migrate only the files, settings and programs you want on your new machine.

For the Week Beginning May 23, 2005

www.abanet.org/ceeli -- The Central European and Eurasian Law Institute (CEELI) provides lawyer liaisons who reside in the host country for a period of one to two years. These liaisons work with the host country to identify legal reform priorities and coordinate CEELI's assistance.

CEELI currently has Liaisons stationed in Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

If this peeks your interest, check it out!

Website for the Week of May 16, 2005
The Librarian's Index to the Internet -- (www.lii.org) Hosted by the Berkeley Digital Library SUNsite, a thorough index of useful resources, all evaluated by LII staff.

For the Week Beginning May 9, 2005
bigcharts.marketwatch.com -- If you're into "the market," this site pulls together news, industry performance, market summaries, current and historic stock quotes, and "state of the market" reports.

For the Week Beginning May 2, 2005
www.office.telebase.com/cgi-bin/writer.cgi/index.htm -- Office.com Business Information Center is a pay per use site offering premium databases at a flat per document cost (some of the databases charge a flat fee to search as well) including: Business & Company Information; Patents & Tradenames; Medicine; People & Biographies; Science & Technology; News; and Social Science, Government & Education.

For the Week Beginning April 25, 2005
www.Findarticles.com -- Hosted by the Gale Group, this website is a keyword searchable database of recent articles and newswires. Sections include arts and entertainment, business and finance, and health and fitness. There is also a good reference and education section.

Web site for the Week of April 18, 2005
www.paralegals.org -- If you do not have a local association, the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) can offer you an individual membership.

Web site for the Week of April 11, 2005
www.GeorgiaAdvocates.org -- is Georgia's online resource for lawyers advising low-income or disadvantaged clients. Join the Georgia Online Justice Community to gain access to hundreds of Georgia civil pro bono resources:

      • Law Library
      • New Volunteer Opportunities
      • Group Listservs
      • Calendar of Events
      • News Forum
      • Attorney Roster

Links are provided to national practice areas relating to Asylum Law, Death Penalty, Human Rights, and Prisoners' Rights.

GeorgiaAdvocates.org is a project of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Georgia Legal Services Program, and the Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of Georgia.

Website for the Week of April 4, 2005
www.slalegal.org -- Founded June 11, 1993, the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association serves as a forum for the exchange of information, ideas, and knowledge among law and regulatory affairs librarians. They address concerns unique to librarians practicing in private law firms, businesses, and government libraries.  This website exists to assists in communicating ideals and goals.

Website for the Week of March 28, 2005
www.nalp.org -- The National Association of Law Placement's site is a leading resource on the state of employment in the legal profession. Its resources include employment trend data and helpful information for new lawyers and laterals.

Website for the Week of March 21, 2005
www.tinyurl.com -- Ever get those super-long URLs in an e-mail and attempt to copy and paste them into your browser? You can now eliminate that old "copy and paste; copy the remainder and paste" routine at this site. You can load in the long URL and the site converts it to a short URL that will work every time you need to get back to that site. You can even send the little guy back to the person who tagged you with the long URL in the first place.

Web site for the Week of March 14, 2005
www.ibanet.org - The International Bar Association, the truly global law organization for individual legal professionals, bar associations and law societies. The IBA provides a unique platform for professional development and legal education, networking, and strategy for world law. It promotes the exchange of information between lawyers and legal associations worldwide covering all areas of commercial law and public and professional interests. It supports the independence of the judiciary and the right of lawyers to practice their profession without interference and is dedicated to the protection of human rights and a just rule of law throughout the world. They're having their 2005 conference in exotic Prague; start planning now.

Web site for the Week of March 7, 2005
www.gabar.org - It's NEW! It's IMPROVED! It's waiting for you to take a run through it. Same great information, but easier to navigate. You can now check your CLE status, update your address, find out about Casemaker, a new Senior Citizen Resource Guide and much, much more. Visit today!

Web site for the Week of February 28, 2005
www.abanet.org/techshow - ABA TECHSHOW is the world's premiere legal technology conference, and the only technology conference and exposition developed by and for lawyers and other legal professionals. This program attracts more than 1400 attendees from around the globe. If you can only attend one conference on technology and its role in the practice of law, this is the one.

For the Week Beginning February 21, 2005
www.lawyerexpress.com - A CEOExpress Web site with a customized area for lawyers.

For the Week Beginning February 14, 2005
www.acqweb.org - AcqWeb, created and maintained since 1994, is hosted by Appalachian State University. Acqweb is an outstanding collection of information about legal publishers.

For the Week Beginning February 7, 2005
www.findarticles.com - Hosted by the Gale Group, a keyword searchable database of recent articles and newswires.

Web site of the Week for January 31, 2005
ABA Committee on the Future of the Legal Profession
www.abanet.org/lawfutures/home.html - Includes the committee's final report and a reading list.

Web site of the Week for January 24, 2005
Legal Information institute
www.law.cornell.edu - Hosted by Cornell University's School of Law, the LII is one of the pre-eminent legal resources on the Web, including one of the best arrangements of the Code of Federal Regulations and many substantive resources.

Web site of the Week for January 17, 2005
www.infoctr.edu/fwl - Federal Web Locator. Hosted by the Chicago-Kent College of Law Information Center, includes links to legislative, executive, agency, and quasi-non-governmental organization resources on the Web.

Web site of the Week for January 10, 2005
www.uscourts.gov - This site is maintained by the Administrative Office of the US Courts, this site provides a comprehensive list of U.S. Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts.

Web site for the Week of January 3, 2005
www.whitehouse.gov - Want to know what's going on in the White House? Log on and catch a daily update on who's doing what!