Collaborative Research for the Digital Age
Tara
January 10, 2014
Free Legal Resources, Law Students, Legal News, Legal Research & Writing, Social Media & the Law, Uncategorized
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While there have been significant changes in the realm of legal research (such as the shift from print to digital resources) conducting legal research is still often a solitary endeavor. Two new websites are trying to change that, however, and have provided platforms designed to make online legal research a collaborative enterprise: Casetext and Mootus.
Casetext is a “community of lawyers, law professors, and law students helping each other understand the law by annotating key legal documents.” The website contains a database of over a million cases, statutes, regulations, and contracts … Continue Reading