As part of our vast empire known as the “MNBlawg Network,” we highlight new Minnesota-based legal blogs that come to our attention. Not that the ones we pick are new. Rather, we’ve come across them (or you’ve told us about them) and we have added them to our practicelaw blogroll. This week, we highlight two …
Issue with Google Scholar
We recently posted (and added a video demo to boot) about the availability of court opinions and legal periodicals on Google Scholar, Google’s vast and growing online library. As with nearly any online legal research service, though, be aware of potential bugs or limitations. As one blogging law librarian has noted, there appears to be …
Additions to the MNBlawg Network
We’ve added four new blogs to our practicelaw blogroll (which we now self-aggrandizingly call the MNBlawg Network), with estate planning, aviation law, criminal law, and business law as the focus. To wit: Aviation Law Discussions. MSBA member Gregory Reigel devotes his blog to aviation law, safety and security. He posted recently on Federal Aviation Administration …
Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs?
If you haven’t already heard, the 2009 ABA Journal Blawg 100 is out, listing the Journal staff’s opinions on the top 100 legal blogs in the country. Props to local blog Lawyerist for breaking into the top 100 for the first time, in the “Careers” category. While fairly new, we also thought DuetsBlog deserved a …
Google Adds Searchable Legal Opinions
In big news for Google and lawyers worldwide, Google announced yesterday that it has added legal opinions and legal journals to its huge Google Scholar database. Twitter and other legal blogs are already buzzing with the news, and there is one excellent quick overview of the impact on attorneys. The bottom line: lawyers who fail …
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