Exhibit 10.16

        News release dated March 6, 1997 regarding the financial results
                       for the year end December 31, 1996




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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 6, 1997

Legal Research Center, Inc.                Contacts: Christopher Ljungkull, CEO
700 Midland Square Building                          Frank Hallowell, CFO
331 Second Avenue South                              Legal Research Center, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN 55401                                612/332-4950, 800/776-9377

                                                     Joseph Jennings
                                                     The Sage Group
                                                     612/321-9897

                          LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER REPORTS
                    RECORD REVENUE IN FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR

     Minneapolis, MN - Legal Research Center, Inc. (NASDAQ:LRCI) today announced
record  revenues of $2,760,038  for its fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996, an
increase of 97 percent over  $1,404,389  in 1995.  In fiscal  1996,  the company
posted a net loss of $1,656,553,  or 75 cents a share, compared to a net loss of
$392,753,  or 33 cents a share,  over the same  period  in 1995.  On a pro forma
basis,  the  portion  of  net  loss  attributable  to  the  company's   on-going
development of The CyberLaw Office, Inc. and The Law Office, Inc.  (collectively
referred  to as "CLO")  amounted  to  $775,995,  or 35 cents per  share,  versus
$197,662 or 16 cents a share in fiscal 1995.

     In the fourth quarter ended December 31, 1996, Legal Research Center posted
record revenues of $877,965 up $445,571 or 103 percent from revenues of $432,394
in the  fourth  quarter of last year.  The  company  reported a net loss for the
quarter of $780,143, or 35 cents per share, versus a net loss of $204,242, or 10
cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1995. On a pro forma basis,  the portion
of the net loss  attributable  to the  company's  investment  in CLO amounted to
$228,404,  or 10 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 1996, versus $119,384
or 5 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1995.

     The weighted average number of common and common  equivalent shares used in
determining per share  information  increased from 1,191,189 at the end of 1995,
to 2,213,040 as a result of Legal Research  Center's  initial public offering in
August of 1995 and additional  share  issuances in the second quarter of 1996 in
connection with the acquisition of The Law Office, Inc.

     During the fourth  quarter of 1996,  Legal  Research  Center  completed the
largest  multi-jurisdictional  survey  project in its  history.  The  production
effort  required  an  additional  investment  in  infrastructure  from  what was
originally contemplated, which reduced gross margins in the fourth quarter to 38
percent from a historical rate of approximately 50 percent.  The company expects
to recover  this  investment  in 1997 and  beyond  with new  surveys  already in
production and on order, as well as subsequent re-sales of the original survey.

     CLO  continued  to expand  during the fourth  quarter  with the  successful
launch of its Regional  Attorney  Network.  Initial  revenues were  generated in
1996, which was ahead of plan. CLO now operates on the new Microsoft  Network as
The MSN Law Forum and directly on the Internet as The Law Office.


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     Christopher  Ljungkull,  chief executive  officer of Legal Research Center,
commented: "We expect our carefully orchestrated investment in infrastructure in
1996 will accrue great benefit for the company and its  shareholders in 1997 and
beyond.  Our  production  capacity has been  significantly  expanded and planned
additions to overhead in our core  research  business  have been  completed.  We
expect gross margins in the core business to return toward  historical levels in
1997 and will continue efforts to reduce  expenses,  particularly in the area of
selling, general and administrative overhead.

     "We  are  pleased  with  CLO's  fourth  quarter   performance,"   Ljungkull
continued,  "CLO  generated  initial  revenue  and at the same  time  controlled
expenses."

     Jim Seidl,  president of Legal Research Center, added: "We expect continued
revenue  growth  in  1997  as  lawyers   experience  the  multiple  benefits  of
outsourcing their legal research and library functions to the company. Law firms
are now asking us to manage their  libraries  and provide  research  training to
their  staff.  Corporations  are asking us to build work product  databases  and
produce  electronic   multi-jurisdictional   surveys.  The  movement  away  from
litigation sets the stage for CADRE, and the Internet  phenomenon sets the stage
for CLO. No legal research company in the world is better  positioned than Legal
Research Center to take advantage of these remarkable market opportunities."

     Legal Research Center, headquartered in Minneapolis,  offers cost-effective
legal  research  and writing  services to  attorneys  in  corporate  and private
practice  throughout the world. Legal Research Center also provides  law-related
products  and  services to lawyers and the general  public  through The CyberLaw
Office and The Law Office,  which  operates a web site on The Microsoft  Network
and  the  Internet.  Additionally,  the  company  is  developing  a  proprietary
alternative  dispute  resolution  training  program for  corporate and legal use
under  the  trade  name  CADRE  (Center  for  Alternative   Dispute   Resolution
Enterprise).

     Statements   contained   here,   other  than   historical   data,   may  be
forward-looking  and  subject  to risks  and  uncertainties  including,  but not
limited  to  the  continuation  of  revenues  through  the  company's  strategic
alliances and the successful development of other new business, as well as those
set forth in the company's 10KSB, 10QSB and other SEC filings.

                       (more - summary financials follow)



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                                                                          LEGAL RESEARCH CENTER, INC.

                                                                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


                                                                Three Months                                   Year
                                                             Ended December 31,                        Ended December 31,
                                                      -------------------------------       ------------------------------
                                                         1996               1995                1996              1995
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Revenues                                              $   877,965        $   432,394        $ 2,760,038        $ 1,404,389
Development costs of The Law Office, Inc.             $  (190,249)       $      --          $  (546,091)       $      --
Operating loss                                        $  (738,724)       $  (256,690)       $(1,660,228)       $  (427,342)
Net loss                                              $  (780,143)       $  (204,242)       $(1,656,553)       $  (392,753)
Net loss per share                                    $     (0.35)       $     (0.10)       $     (0.75)       $     (0.33)
Weighted average common and common
  equivalent shares outstanding                         2,257,633          2,135,833          2,213,040          1,191,189
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                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


                                                      December 31,  December 31,
                                                          1996           1995
                                                       ----------     ----------
Current assets                                         $2,268,094     $4,063,161
Furniture and equipment, net                              237,495        152,420
Other assets                                              970,290        307,539
                                                       ----------     ----------
  Total assets                                         $3,475,879     $4,523,120
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Current liabilities                                    $  480,226     $  282,416
Long-term and other liabilities                           152,461           --
Stockholders' equity                                    2,843,192      4,240,704
                                                       ----------     ----------
  Total liabilities and shareholders' equity           $3,475,879     $4,523,120
                                                       ==========     ==========


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