For legal aid lawyers, a technology portal- November 30, 2003 If the bad news was the shutting down of the Equal Justice Network, the good news is a site that spun off from it, LStech.Org. Recognizing that few legal services programs have the budget to hire dedicated technology staff, LStech.org is a portal to technology services and information tailored to a legal aid audience. Funded by a Legal Services Corporation Technology Initiative Grant, it is operated as a partnership by the University of Michigan Law School, Legal Services of South Central...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#107023116583238762 Equal Justice Network shuts down- November 30, 2003 I just noticed that the Equal Justice Network has shut down. It operated as a joint project of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy, serving as an online meeting place, information source, and connection mechanism for lawyers and other advocates involved in efforts to provide civil legal assistance to low-income people. According to the notice at the site, some of the features have been moved to the NLADA site.http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#107023094537595636 How Appealing's Bashman to present online seminar- November 26, 2003 Howard Bashman, the publishereditor of the much acclaimed, widely read and quoted legal weblog, How Appealing, will be the guest speaker for the appellate process segment of the Cybercourts and Online Dispute Resolution seminar that will run next in the Network-Lawyers discussion group. His weblog is at http:appellateblog.blogspot.com Howard's portion of the seminar, the appellate process, Cybercourts of Appeal, will be begin on Wednesday, December 3, and run through Friday, December 5. The.http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106987155994226162 opensourceCMS demonstration site- November 10, 2003 opensourceCMS demonstrations This site was created with one goal in mind. To give you the opportunity to 'try out' some of the best phpmysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any site here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs.http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106842853637051420 Scientific knowledge base to be freely accessible- November 9, 2003 Stuart Levine in his Tax & Business Law Commentary notes the appearance of a new organization called the Public Library of Science. This organization will publish on-line journals containing referred papers concerning various aspects of scientific research. Access to the journals will be free and open to the public. It is hoped that the effort will spawn a host of competing publications that will replace the subscription based system currently in place for the publication of scientific papers..http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106838289226846026 |