From: pschmidt@athena.mit.edu (Peter H. Schmidt)
Subject: [INFO] The Legal List (beta.4) 
Organization: Midnight Networks Inc.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 21:31:24 GMT
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                             The Legal List
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                       (version beta.4, 17 Aug 92)
                            maintained by the
                    University of Maine School of Law
                  Maine Law and Technology Association

Beta editor's notes:  
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Note 1: Please note that this is still in beta form.  See Section 2.3.

Note 2: Until The Legal List is in its releasable form, all inquiries of any
sort may sent to justice!heels@nic.unh.edu (Erik J. Heels).  Your help in
verifying the information in The Legal List is greatly appreciated.

Note 3: *** in the text indicates information that has yet to be finalized or
verified.  In general, The Legal List should be treated as unverified until it
is released.


1.  HOW TO GET THE LEGAL LIST -----------------------------

1.1 If you wish the receive the latest version of The Legal List, send a
message to legal-list@***.maine.***.  Include the words "legal list" either as
the subject of the message or in the body of the message.

1.2 If you wish to be added to The Legal List Mailing List, send a message to
legal-list-request@***.maine.***, and include the following text, without the
quotations, in the body of the message: "subscribe
someone@somewhere.something" where someone@somewhere.something is your
domain/MX (preferable) or non-MX Internet e-mail address.  Updates will be
mailed periodically to this mailing list.  To cancel your subscription to this
list, send a message to legal-list-request@***.maine.***, and include the fol

1.3 Updates, additions, and corrections to The Legal List should be sent to
legal-list@***.maine.***.

1.4 The Legal List is available via anonymous ftp from: ***.maine.*** (Univ.
of ME School of Law) as /legal/legal-list.txt; and ***.midnight.com (Midnight
Networks) as /legal/legal-list.txt.


2.  OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE ------------------------

2.1 The purpose of The Legal List is to provide a consolidated list of all of
the resources available on the Internet and beyond that may be of interest to
those people who are involved in legal education, legal practice, or to those
who have a general interest in legal issues.

2.2 The Legal List is one of many resources officially documented (as
section3-***) in The Internet Resource Guide, which is compiled by the NSF
Network Systems Center at BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation.  Send a
message to nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net to find out how to get a copy of The Internet
Resource Guide.  The Guide is invaluable, and everyone with a serious interest
in the Internet should maintain a copy.  The NNSC's stated goal is "...to
expose users to those facilities that will help them do their

2.3 The editors of The Legal List have made reasonable efforts to provide
correct information, but neither the University of Maine School of Law nor
Midnight Networks is responsible for the accuracy of the information in The
Legal List.

2.4 A certain level of familiarity with the Internet is assumed by the editors
of The Legal List.  For information on how to get introductory Internet
information, see section ***.  For information on how to get introductory UUCP
information, see section ***. For introductory BITNET information, see section
6.1.


3.  INTERNET FTP RESOURCES --------------------------

3.1 Some resources are available via anonymous ftp.  If you do not have access
to ftp, but you do have e-mail access, send a message to
ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with "help" in the body of the body of the message for
information on their "ftp by e-mail" service.

3.2 U.S. Supreme Court decisions are available online as part of "Project
Hermes."  On May 11th, 1990 the United States Supreme Court announced that it
was beginning a two-year experimental program with the objective to rapidly
provide copies of the Court's opinions in electronic form to as wide an
audience as possible.
 
One of the twelve participants is a noncommercial, nonprofit, consortium
composed of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), EDUCOM, and the National
Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN).  You will now be able to receive
electronically the full text of the Court's opinions within minutes of their
release--free.
 
You may have the Court's opinions sent directly to you if you have access to
either a BITNET or Internet computer (many, if not most, major universities
are connected to one service or the other); or you may download the files
directly from any NPTN community computer system.  To receive more information
on how to sign-up for the BITNET/Internet service, or if you would like to
know more about accessing these files on an NPTN community computer, please
send your name, organization or firm, address, city, s
 
For general information about Project Hermes or about the National Public
Telecomputing Network, please contact: Tom Grundner at the above address or at
(216) 368-2733.
 
You can also contact Project Hermes electronically at
aa584@cleveland.freenet.edu (Internet), and aa584%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm
(BITNET)

The consortium grants permission to download, reproduce, or re-post any of the
Supreme Court opinion files PROVIDED NO CHANGES OR EDITING ARE MADE TO THE
SUBJECT MATERIAL.
 
The consortium would greatly appreciate it if source credit were given to
CWRU, EDUCOM, and the National Public Telecomputing Network if these files are
used.

3.2.1 The following list contains some of the anonymous ftp locations that
maintain the Supreme Court rulings:

	ftp.cwru.edu
		/hermes

	ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9)
		/archive/opinions/supreme-court

3.2.2 The archives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ***, are available
>from the following location:

kragar.eff.org (192.88.144.4)
	/pub/EFF/legal-issues/


4.  INTERNET TELNET RESOURCES -----------------------------

4.1 Many library catalogs are available online.  These are described in detail
in Chapter 2 of The Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this list.).
***[need to know which of these include law libraries]

4.2 Access to The Library of Congress is described in Section 2.22 of The
Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this list.).  In short, to access
the system, telnet to dra.com (192.65.218.43).  Only two guest users are
allowed access between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central Time.


5.  USENET NEWSGROUPS ---------------------

5.1 The following USENET newsgroups are of a legal nature:

	comp.patents ***[need description, focal point, archive info]

	misc.legal ***[need description, focal point, archive info]

	misc.legal.computing ***[need description, focal point, archive info]


6.  BITNET LISTSERV GROUPS --------------------------

6.1 BITNET overview.  BITNET is an electronic communication network linking
institutional and departmental computers at 550 participating Corporation for
Research and Educational Networking (CREN) Members and Affiliates in the
United States, including universities, colleges, and collaborating research
centers.  With its Cooperating Networks in other countries, BITNET is part of
a single logical network connecting more than 3300 mini- and mainframe
computers in about 1400 organizations spanning 46 countrie

BITNET is operated by the Corporation for Research and Educational Networking,
a non-profit membership corporation, which also operates CSNET.  Day-to-day
operations and support are provided by the BITNET Network Information Center
located at EDUCOM and funded through CREN membership fees.

For more information write to BITNET Network Information Center, EDUCOM, Suite
600, 1112 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or call (202) 872-4200.

6.1 Many interest groups exist on BITNET.  A central computer maintains the
list of susbscribers to a particular interest groups, and when you mail to
this computer (the LISTSERV program), LISTSERV mails your message to the
subscribers.  In this way, the membership list need only be maintained in one
location.  The following BITNET LISTSERV interest groups are of a legal
nature:

6.1.1 INT-LAW (Foreign and International Law Librarians) is a list on for
librarians and others interested in exchanging information related to foreign,
comparative and international legal materials and issues.
 
Selected topics in the six months since INT-LAW began include the READEX
CD-ROM Index to United Nations documents, databases containing information on
foreign and international law, the "European Court Reports", sources of
information on careers in international law, GATT panel reports, the "National
Trade Data Bank" CD-ROM, etc. INT-LAW came up on April 31, 1991.

To subscribe to INT-LAW, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMINN1.BITNET
(BITNET) or LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU (Internet):
	Subscribe INT-LAW your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your real
name.

6.1.2 LAWSCH-L is a forum to discuss matters of concern which affect all law
students; it is also designed to allow for interaction between students and
law schools to lessen the gap between them.  The list is based at American
University Law School.

To subscribe to LAWSCH-L send the following message to LISTSERV@AUVM.BITNET
(BITNET) or LISTSERV%AUVM.BITNET@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Internet):
	SUB LAWSCH-L your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your real name.

6.1.3 INT-LAW is a forum for international law issues.

To subscribe to INT-LAW, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMINN1.BITNET
(BITNET) or listserv%auvm.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu (Internet):
	subscribe LAWSCH-L your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your real
name.


7.  BBS SITES -------------

7.1 Many Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) sites of a legal nature exist, including
private BBSs, commercial BBSs, and Government BBSs.  ***[Editor's note: Dozens
of BBS numbers were tested in putting together this section, including numbers
for the Dept. of Justice, the US Navy Judge Advocate General, the American Bar
Association Network, and numerous private BBSs.  Without exception, all
numbers had been disconnected.  Your help in updating this section is needed.
Please send this info to justice!heels@nic

Type(gov't, commercial, private)<tab>Sponsor<tab>Phone
Number(1-XXX-XXX-XXXX)<tab>Baud Rate/Baud Rate/Baud Rate...<tab>Parity-Data
Bits-Stop Bits<tab>Other Info(including description rates, restrictions)

For example:

Private	Smith, Jones, &
Williams	1-999-555-1212	1200/2400/9600	N-8-1	A public service of
this law firm for the general discussion of legal issues.  Hours are Monday
through Friday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm EST.  Free service.

Thanks.]


8.  COMPUTER AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH ---------------------------------

8.1 For information on Westlaw computer aided legal research, call the West
Publishing Company at 1-800-328-9352.  ***[need overview, e-mail address, US
Mail address}

8.1 For information on LEXIS/NEXIS computer aided legal research, call
LEXIS/NEXIS at 1-800-227-4908.  ***[need overview, e-mail address, US Mail
address}


9.  INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET INFORMATION
------------------------------------------

9.1 To receive introductory information on the Internet, send a message to
service@nic.ddn.mil the subject line "RFC1325" (without the quotations).  You
will receive the Request For Comments (RFC) which is Questions and Answers for
New Internet Users.  This service is documented in Section 3.16 of The
Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this list.).

9.2 The following book is an excellent introduction to UUCP and USENET: "Using
UUCP and USENET" by Grace Todino, published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.,
ISBN 0-937175-10-2.  This is one of the "Nutshell" series.  For more
information call 1-800-338-NUTS.

9.3 The following are the major commercial Internet, UUCP, and USENET
providers:

Anterior Technology P.O. Box 1206 Menlo Park, CA 94026-1206 Voice: (415)
328-5615 Fax: (415) 322-1753 info@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (UUCP, connectivity, name
service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

MSEN, Inc.  628 Brooks Street Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Voice: (313) 741-1120
info@msen.com (UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

MV Communications, Inc.  P.O. Box 4963 Manchester, NH 03108-4963 Voice: (603)
429-2223 Data: (603) 429-1735 (log in as "info" or "rates") info@mv.mv.com
(UUCP, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

Netcom - Online Communication Services P.O. Box 20774 San Jose, CA 95160
Voice: (408) 554-8649 bobr@netcom.com (UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX
forwarding, news feeds)

UUNET Canada, Inc.  1 Yonge St., Suite 1801 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5E 1W7
Voice: (416) 368-6621 Fax: (416) 369-0515 info@uunet.ca or
uunet-ca@uunet.uu.net (UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news
feeds)

UUNET Technologies Inc.  3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570 Falls Church, VA
22042 Voice: (703) 876-5050 Fax: (703) 876-5059 info@uunet.uu.net AlterNet
(network connectivity) info: alternet-info@uunet.uu.net (UUCP, connectivity,
name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

UUNORTH, Inc.  UUCP & Connectivity Across Canada and the Northern USA Box 445,
Station E Toronto, Ontario Canada M6H 4E3 Voice: (416) 537-4930 or (416)
225-UNIX Fax: (416) 537-4890

Performance Systems International, Inc.  11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite
1100 Reston, VA 22091 Voice: (703) 620-6651 or (800) 827-7482 Computerized
info: all-info@psi.com Human-based info: info@psi.com (UUCP, connectivity,
name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)


10.  OTHER RESOURCES --------------------

10.1 Eugene Clark, Managing Editor, Journal of Law and Information Science,
University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law, Box 252C, Hobart 7001, Tasmania,
Australia.  email: eugene.clark@law.utas.edu.au phone: 002 202075 fax: 002
238163

10.2 Commercial UUCP software for the Macintosh.  uAccess, ICE Engineering,
(313) 449-8288 ICE Engineering EMail time@ice.com 8840 Main Street -or-
uupsi!ice.com!time Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 -or- ...!heifetz!tbomb!time (313)
449 8288 FAX (313) 449 9208

10.3 Shareware UUCP software for the Macintosh: Dave Platt Snulbug Software
1095 Burgoyne Street Mountain View, CA 94043 Fernmail.
dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us.

10.4 Shareware UUCP software for the PC: Fubar Systems Support Staff 1742 Lima
Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-6817 info: fsuucp-request@zeus.calpoly.edu

10.5 Other shareware software is available from the numerous data archives
describes in chapter 3 of The Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this
list).  The archives of Washington University (Section 3.10) are a good place
to start.

10.6 ***[would like to include focal points for legal seminars and meetings]




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Erik J. Heels     justice!heels@nic.unh.edu   U. Maine School of Law
39 Main Street    tel:  + 1 207 439 5520      Maine Law & Tech. Assoc.
Eliot, ME 03903   "Aika on rahaa."  


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