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                             The Legal List
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                       (version beta.4, 17 Aug 92)
                            maintained by the
                    University of Maine School of Law
                  Maine Law and Technology Association

Beta editor's notes:  
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Note 1:  Please not that this is still in beta form.  See Section 
2.3.  

Note 2:  Until The Legal List is in its releasable form, all 
inquiries of any sort may sent to justice!heelse@nic.unh.edu (Erik 
J. Heels).  Your help in verifying the information in The Legal 
List is greatly appreciated.

Note 3:  *** in the text indicates information that has yet to be 
finalized or verified.  In general, The Legal List should be 
treated as unverified until it is released.  

1.  HOW TO GET THE LEGAL LIST
-----------------------------

1.1  If you wish the receive the latest version of The Legal List, 
send a message to legal-list@***.maine.***.  Include the words 
"legal list" either as the subject of the message or in the body 
of the message.

1.2  If you wish to be added to The Legal List Mailing List, send 
a message to legal-list-request@***.maine.***, and include the 
following text, without the quotations, in the body of the 
message:  "subscribe someone@somewhere.something" where 
someone@somewhere.something is your domain/MX (preferable) or non-
MX Internet e-mail address.  Updates will be mailed periodically 
to this mailing list.  To cancel your subscription to this list, 
send a message to legal-list-request@***.maine.***, and include 
the following text, without the quotations, in the body of the 
message:  "signoff someone@somewhere.something".

1.3  Updates, additions, and corrections to The Legal List should 
be sent to legal-list@***.maine.***.

1.4  The Legal List is available via anonymous ftp from:
***.maine.*** (Univ. of ME School of Law) as /legal/legal-
list.txt; 
and ***.midnight.com (Midnight Networks) as /legal/legal-list.txt.

2.  OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE
------------------------

2.1  The purpose of The Legal List is to provide a consolidated 
list of all of the resources available on the Internet and beyond 
that may be of interest to those people who are involved in legal 
education, legal practice, or to those who have a general interest 
in legal issues.

2.2  The Legal List is one of many resources officially documented 
(as section3-***) in The Internet Resource Guide, which is 
compiled by the NSF Network Systems Center at BBN Systems and 
Technologies Corporation.  Send a message to nnsc@nnsc.nsf.net to 
find out how to get a copy of The Internet Resource Guide.  The 
Guide is invaluable, and everyone with a serious interest in the 
Internet should maintain a copy.  The NNSC's stated goal is "...to 
expose users to those facilities that will help them do their work 
better."  [Internet Resource Guide, Introduction, dated 16 Apr 
90.]  We wholeheartedly agree with this goal.  We also rely on the 
Internet community to furnish us with updates, additions, and 
corrections to The Legal List.  

2.3  The editors of The Legal List have made reasonable efforts to 
provide correct information, but neither the University of Maine 
School of Law nor Midnight Networks is responsible for the 
accuracy of the information in The Legal List.

2.4  A certain level of familiarity with the Internet is assumed 
by the editors of The Legal List.  For information on how to get 
introductory Internet information, see section ***.  For 
information on how to get introductory UUCP information, see 
section ***. For introductory BITNET information, see section 6.1.

3.  INTERNET FTP RESOURCES
--------------------------

3.1  Some resources are available via anonymous ftp.  If you do 
not have access to ftp, but you do have e-mail access, send a 
message to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com with "help" in the body of the 
body of the message for information on their "ftp by e-mail" 
service.

3.2  U.S. Supreme Court decisions are available online as part of 
"Project Hermes."  On May 11th, 1990 the United States Supreme 
Court announced that it was beginning a two-year experimental 
program with the  objective to rapidly provide copies of the 
Court's opinions in electronic form to as wide an audience as 
possible.
 
One of the twelve participants is a noncommercial, nonprofit, 
consortium composed of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), 
EDUCOM, and the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN).  You 
will now be able to receive electronically the full text of the 
Court's opinions within minutes of their release--free.
 
You may have the Court's opinions sent directly to you if you have 
access to either a BITNET or Internet computer (many, if not most, 
major universities are connected to one service or the other); or 
you may download the files directly from any NPTN community 
computer system.  To receive more information on how to sign-up 
for the BITNET/Internet service, or if you would like to know more 
about accessing these files on an NPTN community computer, please 
send your name, organization or firm, address, city, state, and 
zip, to:  PROJECT HERMES, CWRU COMMUNITY TELECOMPUTING LAB, 319 
WICKENDEN BUILDING, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44106.
 
For general information about Project Hermes or about the National 
Public Telecomputing Network, please contact: Tom Grundner at the 
above address or at (216) 368-2733.
 
You can also contact Project Hermes electronically at 
aa584@cleveland.freenet.edu (Internet), and 
aa584%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm (BITNET)

The consortium grants permission to download, reproduce, or re-
post any of the Supreme Court opinion files PROVIDED NO CHANGES OR 
EDITING ARE MADE TO THE SUBJECT MATERIAL.
 
The consortium would greatly appreciate it if source credit were 
given to CWRU, EDUCOM, and the National Public Telecomputing 
Network if these files are used.

3.2.1  The following list contains some of the anonymous ftp 
locations that maintain the Supreme Court rulings:

	ftp.cwru.edu
		/hermes

	ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9)
		/archive/opinions/supreme-court

3.2.2  The archives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ***, 
are available from the following location:

kragar.eff.org (192.88.144.4)
	/pub/EFF/legal-issues/

4.  INTERNET TELNET RESOURCES
-----------------------------

4.1  Many library catalogs are available online.  These are 
described in detail in Chapter 2 of The Internet Resource Guide 
(see Section 2.2 of this list.).  ***[need to know which of these 
include law libraries]

4.2  Access to The Library of Congress is described in Section 
2.22 of The Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of this 
list.).  In short, to access the system, telnet to dra.com 
(192.65.218.43).  Only two guest users are allowed access between 
8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central Time.  

5.  USENET NEWSGROUPS
---------------------

5.1  The following USENET newsgroups are of a legal nature:

	comp.patents ***[need description, focal point, archive 
info]

	misc.legal ***[need description, focal point, archive info]

	misc.legal.computing ***[need description, focal point, 
archive info]

6.  BITNET LISTSERV GROUPS
--------------------------

6.1  BITNET overview.  BITNET is an electronic communication 
network linking institutional and departmental computers at 550 
participating Corporation for Research and Educational Networking 
(CREN) Members and Affiliates in the United States, including 
universities, colleges, and collaborating research centers.  With 
its Cooperating Networks in other countries, BITNET is part of a 
single logical network connecting more than 3300 mini- and 
mainframe computers in about 1400 organizations spanning 46 
countries, for the electronic exchange of non-commercial 
information among its participants in support of research and 
education.

BITNET is operated by the Corporation for Research and Educational 
Networking, a non-profit membership corporation, which also 
operates CSNET.  Day-to-day operations and support are provided by 
the BITNET Network Information Center located at EDUCOM and funded 
through CREN membership fees.  

For more information write to BITNET Network Information Center, 
EDUCOM, Suite 600, 1112 16th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036, or call 
(202) 872-4200.

6.1  Many interest groups exist on BITNET.  A central computer 
maintains the list of subscribers to a particular interest 
groups, and when you mail to this computer (the LISTSERV program), 
LISTSERV mails your message to the subscribers.  In this way, the 
membership list need only be maintained in one location.  The 
following BITNET LISTSERV interest groups are of a legal nature:

6.1.1  INT-LAW (Foreign and International Law Librarians) is a 
list on for librarians and others interested in exchanging 
information related to foreign, comparative and international 
legal materials and issues.
 
Selected topics in the six months since INT-LAW began include the 
READEX CD-ROM Index to United Nations documents, databases 
containing information on foreign and international law, the 
"European Court Reports", sources of information on careers in 
international law, GATT panel reports, the "National Trade Data 
Bank" CD-ROM, etc. INT-LAW came up on April 31, 1991.

To subscribe to INT-LAW, send the following message to 
LISTSERV@UMINN1.BITNET (BITNET) or LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU 
(Internet):
	Subscribe INT-LAW your_full_name
where "your_full_name" is your real name.

6.1.2  LAWSCH-L is a forum to discuss matters of concern which 
affect all law students; it is also designed to allow for 
interaction between students and law schools to lessen the gap 
between them.  The list is based at American University Law 
School.

To subscribe to LAWSCH-L send the following message to 
LISTSERV@AUVM.BITNET (BITNET) or 
LISTSERV%AUVM.BITNET@VM1.NODAK.EDU (Internet):
	SUB LAWSCH-L your_full_name
where "your_full_name" is your real name.

6.1.3   INT-LAW is a forum for international law issues.

To subscribe to INT-LAW, send the following message to 
LISTSERV@UMINN1.BITNET (BITNET) or 
listserv%auvm.bitnet@vm1.nodak.edu (Internet):
	subscribe LAWSCH-L your_full_name
where "your_full_name" is your real name.

7.  BBS SITES
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7.1  Many Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) sites of a legal nature 
exist, including private BBSs, commercial BBSs, and Government 
BBSs.  ***[Editor's note:  Dozens of BBS numbers were tested in 
putting together this section, including numbers for the Dept. of 
Justice, the US Navy Judge Advocate General, the American Bar 
Association Network, and numerous private BBSs.  Without 
exception, all numbers had been disconnected.  Your help in 
updating this section is needed.  Please send this info to 
justice!heelse@nic.unh.edu in the following format:

Type(gov't, commercial, private)SponsorPhone Number(1-
XXX-XXX-XXXX)Baud Rate/Baud Rate/Baud Rate...Parity-Data 
Bits-Stop BitsOther Info(including description rates, 
restrictions) 

For example:

Private	Smith, Jones, & Williams	1-999-555-1212
	1200/2400/9600	N-8-1	A public service of this law firm 
for the general discussion of legal issues.  Hours are Monday 
through Friday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm EST.  Free service.

Thanks.]

8.  COMPUTER AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH
---------------------------------

8.1  For information on Westlaw computer aided legal research, 
call the West Publishing Company at 1-800-328-9352.  ***[need 
overview, e-mail address, US Mail address}

8.1  For information on LEXIS/NEXIS computer aided legal research, 
call LEXIS/NEXIS at 1-800-227-4908.  ***[need overview, e-mail 
address, US Mail address}

9.  INTERNET, UUCP, AND USENET INFORMATION
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9.1  To receive introductory information on the 
Internet, send  a message to service@nic.ddn.mil the 
subject line "RFC1325" (without the quotations).  You will 
receive the Request For Comments (RFC) which is Questions and 
Answers for New Internet Users.  This service is documented in 
Section 3.16 of The Internet Resource Guide (see Section 2.2 of 
this list.).

9.2  The following book is an excellent introduction to UUCP and 
USENET:  "Using UUCP and USENET" by Grace Todino, published by  
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 0-937175-10-2.  This is one of 
the "Nutshell" series.  For more information call 1-800-338-NUTS.

9.3  The following are the major commercial Internet, UUCP, and 
USENET providers:

Anterior Technology
P.O. Box 1206
Menlo Park, CA  94026-1206
Voice: (415) 328-5615
Fax: (415) 322-1753
info@fernwood.mpk.ca.us
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

MSEN, Inc.
628 Brooks Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Voice: (313) 741-1120
info@msen.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

MV Communications, Inc.
P.O. Box 4963
Manchester, NH  03108-4963
Voice: (603) 429-2223
Data: (603) 429-1735 (log in as "info" or "rates")
info@mv.mv.com
(UUCP, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

Netcom - Online Communication Services
P.O. Box 20774
San Jose, CA 95160
Voice: (408) 554-8649
bobr@netcom.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

UUNET Canada, Inc.
1 Yonge St., Suite 1801
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5E 1W7
Voice: (416) 368-6621
Fax: (416) 369-0515
info@uunet.ca or uunet-ca@uunet.uu.net
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

UUNET Technologies Inc.
3110 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 570
Falls Church, VA 22042
Voice: (703) 876-5050
Fax: (703) 876-5059
info@uunet.uu.net
AlterNet (network connectivity) info: alternet-info@uunet.uu.net
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

UUNORTH, Inc.
UUCP & Connectivity Across Canada and the Northern USA
Box 445, Station E
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6H 4E3
Voice: (416) 537-4930 or (416) 225-UNIX
Fax: (416) 537-4890

Performance Systems International, Inc.
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 1100
Reston, VA  22091
Voice: (703) 620-6651 or (800) 827-7482
Computerized info: all-info@psi.com
Human-based info: info@psi.com
(UUCP, connectivity, name service, MX forwarding, news feeds)

10.  OTHER RESOURCES
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10.1  Eugene Clark, Managing Editor, Journal of Law and 
Information Science, University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law, Box 
252C, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia.
email:  eugene.clark@law.utas.edu.au
phone:  002 202075
fax:  002 238163

10.2  Commercial UUCP software for the Macintosh.
uAccess, ICE Engineering, (313) 449-8288
ICE Engineering                       EMail  time@ice.com
8840 Main Street                      -or-   uupsi!ice.com!time
Whitmore Lake, MI  48189              -or-   
...!heifetz!tbomb!time
(313) 449 8288  FAX (313) 449 9208

10.3  Shareware UUCP software for the Macintosh:
Dave Platt
Snulbug Software
1095 Burgoyne Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
Fernmail.  dplatt@snulbug.mtview.ca.us.

10.4  Shareware UUCP software for the PC:
Fubar Systems Support Staff
1742 Lima Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-6817
info:  fsuucp-request@zeus.calpoly.edu

10.5  Other shareware software is available from the numerous data 
archives describes in chapter 3 of The Internet Resource Guide 
(see Section 2.2 of this list).  The archives of Washington 
University (Section 3.10) are a good place to start.

10.6  ***[would like to include focal points for legal seminars 
and meetings]