http://www.ejustice.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:35:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below are links to four brief screencasts on how to perform common tasks, using the Poverty Law Resources for New Legal Aid Attorneys wiki as an example. Logging In to the Wiki Features of the Wiki Editing a Page Adding a Comment http://www.ejustice.org/training/2007/12/how-to-use-the-new-attorneys-wiki/ Lawyers and legal services advocates are increasingly using wikis to capture knowledge, share information, and communicate with one another. A wiki is an easily edited, web-based, collaborative workspace. This series of articles and screencasts describes wikis, what they can and cannot do, and how to choose a wiki platform. Examples ... http://www.ejustice.org/featured/2007/12/how-to-use-wikis-for-collaboration-and-information-sharing/ Communication is a significant challenge for groups working together toward a common goal. This is particularly true when the groups members are geographically remote, for example, members of a statewide task force, or colleagues working in a multi-office program. Collaboration requires information sharing, give and take among the group’s members, ... http://www.ejustice.org/articles/2007/12/wikis-for-collaboration-and-knowledge-sharing/ There are many choices for wiki platforms. Listed below are a few free or low-cost options that include most of the features desirable in a wiki to be used by a group for collaboration and information sharing. MediaWiki Open-source software package originally written for Wikipedia. Although the look and feel will be ... http://www.ejustice.org/articles/2007/12/some-popular-low-cost-wiki-platforms/ Lawyers in many settings, both within the legal aid community and without, have begun to develop wikis to share information on relevant topics and collaboration around legal issues. Below is a list of wikis in several areas, from wikis centered around legal aid issues to wikis run by courts, to ... http://www.ejustice.org/articles/2007/12/wikis-for-lawyers/ The 2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys has been updated to include recent caselaw, including relevant decisions from the Supreme Court's 2006-07 term. The manual covers all stages of federal litigation, from drafting and filing the complaint to trial practice and limitations on relief. Hyperlinks to federal statutes, ... http://www.ejustice.org/featured/2007/08/federal-practice-manual-updated/ The 2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys, edited by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at George Washington University Law School and published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is available now in HTML format. This version of ... http://www.ejustice.org/featured/2007/08/federal-practice-manualfor-legal-aid-attorneys/ Legal Aid of West Michigan has created the Michigan reentry law wiki, based on the manual Providing Civil Legal Assistance to People with Criminal Convictions in Michigan. This online version of the manual includes additional and updated information from its original paper source. Topics include cleaning up criminal records, child ... http://www.ejustice.org/articles/2007/02/michigan-reentry-law-wiki/ The Library of Congress has released a beta revision to THOMAS, the web portal to federal legislative information. The beta version includes new features designed to help users find legislation more easily. For example, it is now possible to search all of THOMAS, including the current Congress and past Congresses, ... http://www.ejustice.org/articles/2007/01/library-of-congress-adds-features-to-thomas/ The 2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys, edited by Jeffrey S. Gutman, Professor of Clinical Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at George Washington University Law School and published by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is available now in HTML format. This version of ... http://www.ejustice.org/featured/2006/11/federal-practice-manual-for-legal-aid-attorneys/