Congress is adding to the Internet the full text of legislation, the full text of the Congressional Record, and other legislative documents. States are following suit, putting their laws and legislation on-line. The complete Uniform Commercial Code, the Federal Register, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, international laws and treaties, model jury instructions, law-library catalogs, a host of federal agencies, Bureau of the Census information, banks of briefs, uniform laws, the Rules of Professional Conduct, and much more. West Publishing has put its entire Legal Directory on the Net. This is just a sampling of the information on the Net, and not a day goes by that there is not more available.
Electronic mail is reason enough for every lawyer to be on the Internet.
Using e-mail, you can send messages, letters, even large text files, anywhere in the world, in an instant and at no cost. E-mail saves time and money. These are not discussion groups in the literal sense. Invariably, this will produce a rash of replies from the critics and defenders of each service. Lawyer-only groups provide a medium to exchange ideas and discuss topics of current import.