Law News

Today I used Google to find a few law news sites to review. Overall they were somewhat difficult to navigate and not very professional looking. However, they had some great content for people trying to stay up on law news.

Legal Times

The Legal Times paid for a spot at the top of Google's list so I visited there first.
It contains several sections:

• Legal Busines (Recent News, Inadmissible, Calendar of Events)


• National (Recent News)


• Court Watch (Recent News, Recent Decisions, Supreme Court, Verdicts)


• In-House Counsel (Recent News)


• Points of View (Recent Commentary, Letters to the Editor)


• After Hours (Recent Features)

There are also special reports and Pratice Focuses. The main page has links to the above sections on the left, a column of the top stories of the day (with brief abstracts), and a list of law.com services on the right. The layout is a little busy, but you can still find many things it offers. There is also a site search option and several links at the top directing you to other areas of possible interest.

After looking at the sections in closer detail I found that there is only one Legal Business article published per day. Also you must subscribe to read many of the past articles. There is approximently one National article published per week and again many of them are not available without a subscription. Courtwatch seemly be published as necessary- there are sometime multiple articles published a day or weeks between articles. The Recent Decisions section of it contains abstracts that give enough information to know the outcome, but none of them are available in further detail without a subscription. In-House Counsel is published monthly but doesn't provide many details without a subscription. The Recent Commentary in Points of View is not available without a subscription and nonsubscribers can't even see the subjects of letters to the editor. After Hours is also only available with a subscription and is updated monthly.

This looks like it might be a great resource for subscribers. However, for someone looking for free updates this is not a great option.

Legal Times. January 2006. 15 January 2006.

Law Fuel

At first glance Law Fuel appears to have a better layout. There are only three columns (instead of the four Legal Times had). The first column contains links to News Headlines, Press Releases, Articles, Resources, Jobs, and some advertisements. The center column is the widesst and contains articles titles with their source and abstracts of the articles. The third column is narrow and contains google advertisements. There is a scrolling marquee at the top of the page with titles that are linked to their articles. The articles are linked to a summary which is also linked to the full article on the source's website. You can register with the website for free, but registration is not necessary to access most of the articles.

Law Fuel. January 2006. 15 January 2006.

Find Law News

The layout is not very professional looking. The main column starts with the date and Top Legal Headlines. There are several article titles with one sentence summaries. The articles listed here are all available for free without registration at the webpage. There are also US Law, Special Coverage, International, Entertainment, and Sports categories. All of which contain articles with a legal nature. All of these articles are available for free. However, the format of the articles is not very appealing. Most of the articles are very short and do not contain very many details.

I was most impressed with Law Fuel. I would recommend it to anyone trying to stay up-to-date on legal news. It is free and visually appealing.

Find Law News. January 2006. 15 January 2006.

Professional Ambitions

I plan on attending law school after graduation from Ohio State. I would then like to teach law at another university. My professional blog will contain information on different law schools and the different advantages and disadvantages of each law school for both students and faculty. I will include links to websites that contain comparative information and links to the law schools websites. I hope to provide a comparative look at the different law schools and to get information that would be helpful for law school professors and those considering that career. I also hope to provide information on current law events to help keep people updated on the field.

This summer I visited law schools in California as a prospective student. I think these experiences will provide an interesting insight. I am also planning several other visits during this quarter as a prospective student to law schools in the Mid West. Hopefully I can use these experiences to add to the information I will be providing here. While I will be looking at these schools as prospective student, I may be able to obtain information about teaching law once at their university.