Legal Research

Decrypting Findlaw?s Interface Makeover

By Rebekah

Findlaw has long been a useful portal to free legal resources on the Web, and its US Supreme Court archive is one of its best features. It was purchased a few years ago by Thomson Reuters and, while access remains free, the interface grows evermore Westian, which means that the summer generally brings an interface update that displaces or disguises the access points that we’ve come to know and love. The site defaults to the public interface and formerly sported a tab “For Legal Professionals.” That tab has dried up, so be on the lookout for a line of tiny print in the upper right and lower left of the screen that reads, “Visit our professional site.”   The interface has changed there, too, but once you’re through the link you will have a much easier time getting your bearings and getting to the features and functions for which Findlaw is justly famous.

(RKM)

Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on July 31, 2009 (boomark / email).