From: justice!heels@unh.edu (Erik J. Heels)
Newsgroups: misc.legal
Subject: The Legal List, looking for info-law@brl.mil info
Date: 26 Sep 92 15:52:02 GMT

Greetings,

Attached please find The Legal List (beta.4).  Your resouce has been
identified by the Internet community for addition to this list.  The
editors of The Legal List would greatly appreciate a brief description
of your resource, how to use it, etc.  (See The Legal List below for an
idea of the information we're looking for.)

Thank you very much for your consideration of this matter.

Regards,

E. Heels
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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 not 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!heelse@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
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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
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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!heelse@ni




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
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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."