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Directly
under the colored button bar at the top of your
screen you will notice thirteen clickable
menus that function like Favorites or Bookmark
Files. If you prefer to navigate
these menus vertically by clicking through a
series of static folders, click the LINKBAR BUTTON
near the upper right of your screen.This
will split the screen.The clickable menu
folders appear in the upper left of the
screen. When you hit the page you are looking
for it will be displayed in the large frame on
the right.
These thirteen menus are designed to make
it super-easy for you to navigate to more
than 80,000 additional documents and databases
beyond the libraries that are indexed in our
proprietary searchable database of judicial
opinions.
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CASES
MENU : The Cases Menu makes it easy to
navigate to publicly available web based judicial
and administrative opinions that reside on
the servers controlled by the respective governmental
instrumentality. There are several reasons
that these resources are provided as a supplement
to our proprietary searchable database of
judicial opinions. To begin with, it's a fact
that many judicial opinions appear on the
public web within minutes of issuance; before
they appear in any proprietary collection
generated by ourselves or our competitors.
Next, this menu links on a detailed basis
to many jurisdictions that are not yet included
in our searchable database; lower bankruptcy
courts, additional Federal districts, and
hundreds and hundreds of Federal and state
administrative agency opinion archives which
sit buried and constructively unusable on
the public web. In sum, this detailed, intuitive
menu is useful primarily for recency and reference.
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STATUTES
MENU : The Statutes Menu provides streamlined
access to all Federal and state statutes with
the exception, at this writing, of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. When you are using this menu,
you will notice that you are frequently prompted
to choose "BROWSE" or "SEARCH".
These options reflect our thinking that one
would "browse" to a known statute
and simply click on it. In contrast, one would
"search" for an unknown statute
for every instance of the phrase "income
tax", for example, that may appear anywhere
in the entirety of the statutory text in a
particular jurisdiction. In most jurisdictions
you will notice that you browse the menu by
title number, chapter number and/or subject
matter. In most jurisdictions, statutes are
not annotated. However, it is very easy using
TheLaw.net to locate judicial opinions by
statute.
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RULES
MENU : The Rules Menu provides streamlined
access to Federal and state judicial rules
and procedures. This menu also includes jury
instruction references where we have found
them available. If there is a rule you need
that you are unable to find using the Rules
Menu, ask TheLaw.net
Virtual Assistant to find it for you.
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ADMIN
MENU : The Admin Menu incorporates two
primary sub-directories: Decision and Regulations.
The Admin Menu incorporates the same "browse
or search" reasoning as the Statutes
Menu. Use the Admin Menu to access the Code
of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register
and most state administrative codes. If you
happen to be in a state that does not make
an official version of their administrative
code available online, TheLaw.net Virtual
Assistant stands ready to support you offline.
Just let us know how we can help.
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FORMS
MENU : The Forms Menu incorporates access
to several thousand Federal and state judicial
and administrative forms. Generally, you will
see forms that you would expect to find at
the courthouse or an executive agency. The
United States Department of Agriculture alone,
has 72 separate forms archives. It's a big
world out there! TheLaw.net is not a great
resource for locating high-end proprietary
forms such as pro-forma contracts, complaints
and so forth. That said, if there is a form
you need that you cannot find using our system,
we will try to find it for you [somewhere]
for free, or otherwise recommend a resource
where you may be able to find the form on
a transaction basis at a nominal cost using
your credit card.
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COURTS
MENU : The Courts Menu is intended to
turn you into a virtual clerk as to thousands
of judicial jurisdictions. This is where you
locate local rules, contact information, directions,
and other information regarding the jurisdiction
where you may be a participant in litigation.
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EXECUTIVE
MENU : The Executive Menu maps to more
than 10,000 Federal and state executive agency
related resources. It's very intuitive; arranged
with the Chief Executive and constitutional
offices at the top, cabinet level offices
next and so forth. Searchable Secretary of
State databases are available in most jurisdictions
as are attorney general opinions, together
with hundreds of additional agency decision
archives at the Federal and state level. Accessing
the site of a particular agency is like going
to the library and taking out a book about
that agency. Subscribers to TheLaw.net find
this menu incredibly useful.
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LEGISLATURES
MENU : The Legislatures Menu provides
legislative contact information, legislative
history in many jurisdictions, tools for tracking
pending legislation and more. Should you need
support as to legislative history that predates
that which is available via the Legislatures
Menu, give TheLaw.net
Virtual Assistant an opportunity to find
what you need.
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TOPICS
MENU : The Topics Menu aggregates practice-area
or topic-specific resources in several dozen
areas of the law. Categories of available
resources include: relevant Federal or state
executive agencies, local, regional and national
non-profit organizations, colleges and universities
that may provide subject matter expertise,
historical references, world wide web information
sources including references to online forums,
listservs, publications, and software and
services that we think you ought to be aware
of even though we have no strategic relationships
with them. We always have our eyes open for
low-cost alternatives to the big guys!
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BARS
MENU : The Bars Menu is not a resource
you consult when you need a stiff drink! Rather,
if when you need ethical rules, opinions,
or you need to collaborate based with colleagues
in specific jurisdictions or practice areas,
the Bars Menu will get you there. Did you
know there is a "Half Norwegian on the
Mother's Side Bar Association"? Click
BARS | SPECIALITIES | OTHER AFFILIATIONS |
A-L | Half-Norwegian.
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NEWS
MENU : The News Menu streamlines access
to more than four thousand daily newspapers,
business news, campus news, commentary from
your favorites, legal news, law journals and
periodicals, magazines, poll results (from
ABC, CBS, Gallup, Harris, Mason-Dixon, OnPolitics,
PEW, Reuters0 and the Associated Press Newswire.
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REFDESK
MENU : The Reference Desk Menu makes it
easy to find corporate backgrounders, dictionaries,
uniform laws, email lookups, people finders,
public record databases and much more. Nearly
1,000 utilities are incorporated in this useful
menu.
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INTERNET
MENU : The Internet Menu links on a detailed
basis to the advanced search interfaces of
the best search engines on the Internet. One
of the best ways to get up-to-speed as to
an area that is outside your core skillset
is to use the public web. We use it all the
time to competently support our subscribers
from all practice areas and jurisdiction.
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