Exhibit 99.3

                                  NEWS RELEASE

Media Contacts:            Christopher Ljungkull          Daryn Teague
                           Legal Research Center          Teague Communications
                           (800) 776-9377                 (661) 297-5292
                           crl@lrci.com                   teaguecomm@aol.com


Legal Research Center Announces Sale of
The Law Office and The CyberLaw Office for
$3 Million in Stock and Warrants

Minneapolis -- 5 October 99 -- Legal Research  Center,  Inc.  (OTC:  LRCI),  the
nation's  leading  provider of outsourced  legal research and writing  services,
today  announced  that it completed  the sale of The Law Office and The CyberLaw
Office to Arun  Dube,  LRC's  chairman  and the chief  executive  officer of The
CyberLaw Office.

     The two assets are Internet  properties  developed by LRC in 1996 and 1997.
The Law Office was developed as a  proprietary  section of legal content for The
Microsoft  Network,  prior to  Microsoft's  decision to reverse  course from its
strategy of developing a commercial online service to compete with AOL and other
services.  The CyberLaw  Office was a "mirror site" that was constructed for the
open standards of the Internet.

     LRC  discontinued  new  funding  for  both  properties  in 1997 in order to
refocus on its core business of outsourced legal research and writing  services.
LRC recently  announced second quarter EBITDA of $0.12 per share and an increase
in revenue of 147 percent.

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     According   to   Christopher   Ljungkull,   chief   executive   officer  of
Minneapolis-based  LRC, the online assets were sold in exchange for $1.5 million
in face value  preferred  stock in The  CyberLaw  Office,  which is now entirely
owned by Dube, and $1.5 million in convertible warrants.

     "This agreement,  coupled with the revitalization of the unique TLO/CLO web
sites,  provides  LRC with the  potential  for a very  attractive  return  on an
initiative  in which we invested  significant  time and money," said  Ljungkull.
"The sale of our Internet  assets for stock and warrants fits perfectly with our
strategy of devoting all LRC resources to our core business while preserving the
upside  benefit  of our  online  investments.  Mr.  Dube was  succeeding  in the
profitable  development  of these  sites  when we ceased  their  funding.  We're
confident  that he has the vision and talent to build a  successful  and dynamic
operation on the excellent foundation his leadership provided."

     Mr. Dube stated that he plans to make The CyberLaw Office the framework for
a legal portal that will consist of various legal services and products. As part
of the strategy,  he expects to announce a strategic alliance or the acquisition
of a leading  legal  forms  company in the near  future.  "We plan to enter into
several  additional key alliances  with a number of legal product  suppliers and
legal service providers over the course of the next several months," said Dube.

     Minneapolis-based Legal Research Center  (http://www.lrci.com) offers legal
research and writing  services to attorneys  in corporate  and private  practice
throughout   the  world.   Founded  in  1978,   LRC's  work   products   include
multijurisdictional  surveys, office memoranda, and formal court-ready documents
such as trial and appellate briefs,  prepared by a staff of highly  credentialed
attorneys,  carefully  selected  for their  research,  analytical,  writing  and
client-service  skills.  LRC's research  attorneys are honors graduates who have
practiced  law for at least two years,  and many for over 20, in major law firms
and corporate law departments throughout the United States.

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