Online Lawyer

This month "Online Lawyer" features more Internet resources that readers shared with the Wisconsin Lawyer. If you know of any law-related or "just-plain-fun" Internet sites for your colleagues to visit, or you want to share a time- or cost-saving technology tip, email Jean Anderson, or call Anderson at (608) 250-6136.

Legislators on the Internet. Each state legislator now has a homepage on the Internet, including a photo, address, phone number and email address, plus links to the 1995-1996 Blue Book biography, district map and committee assignments. The Legislature's web site currently provides access to the Wisconsin Statutes, the text of all current session bills and acts, bill histories and an index. Log on to the Wisconsin Legislature's homepage and then choose the senate or assembly link.

U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library. Search the fulltext of the U.S. Code and the Code of Federal Regulations. This site also includes links to more than 5,700 law resources on the Internet that are arranged by jurisdiction and subject.

BigEar: Current Legal Resources on the Net

Attorney Fritz Knaak of Vadnais Heights, Minn., suggests the site, BigEar, which is part of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University. "I like BigEar because it regularly refreshes its list of the latest law-related sites," he writes. "It includes law schools, law firms, various law-related search engines and resource centers, software (including anti-virus information and packages), shareware - you name it."

Knaak also is a fan of WisBar, the State Bar of Wisconsin's homepage. "WisBar clearly is the best of its kind on the Internet. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the effort that obviously is going into it."

University of Cincinatti. Atty. Steve Lesavich of Troutdatel, Ore., recommends two pages at this university site worth visiting. One page gives you information on the 1933 Securities Act, the other page provides information on the 1934 Securities Exchange Act.