1. COMPARING LEGAL DATABASES

2.  Primary law, Legislative materials, Dockets  News, business/market data  Headnotes, citator  PLI & BNA (treatises and reports), transactional guides & forms BLOOMBERG

4. EDITORIAL CONTENT  Large staff of attorneys  Headnotes, tags, digest  Citator “to rival the capabilities of Shepard’s and KeyCite” - Kendall Svengalis, Legal Information Buyers Guide

5.  100 + PLI titles  ~ 30 ABA titles  100 + BNA titles  Getting the Deal Through  BNA Law Reports TREATISES

6.  Federal cases, code, regulations, and rules; state cases (most from 1950), codes, regulations, and rules  Some editorial, “citator”  Codes have some annotations FASTCASE

7. Westlaw Next Lexis Advance Bloomberg State ~ $130/mo State ~ $100/mo Everything ~ $450/mo State & Fed ~ $185/mo State & Fed ~ $150/m BASIC PLANS FOR ONE

8.  Cases, statutes, bills/bill tracking, regulations, Shepards/Keycite  Annotations, headnotes WL/LX PLANS

9.  Am Jur 2d$147/mo  ALR$174/mo  Proof of Facts$106/mo  All Am Jur$236/mo (legal forms, pleading and practice forms, trials, proof of facts)  *for small firms POPULAR WL ADD-ONS

10.  Treat WEXIS like your phone provider  Analyze your use of various resources  Combine $$ database w/ Fastcase MAXIMIZE INVESTMENT

11. PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

13.  Case management  Contact management  Time tracking  Document assembly  Calendaring & docketing  Time & billing FUNCTIONS

14. Photo from “the messiest desk contest”

15. Practice of Law: Does Your Practice Need Practice Management Software? -By Helen Gunnarsson 98 Illinois Bar Journal 352

17. RESOURCES  Law office start up: kit; videos; consultation  Sample forms  Technology and office mgt consultation  Software (and other resource) library

18. http://www.gabar. org/committeespro gramssections/pro grams/lpm/

19. SITES TO HELP YOU KEEP UP

20. LAWSITESBLOG.COM

21. ATTORNEYATWORK.COM

22. JURISPAGE.COM/BLOG

23. LAW.ABOUT.COM

24. LAWYERIST.COM

25.  pcworld.com  pcmag.com  macworld.com  cnet.com RELIABLE REVIEWS

26.  (legal technology resource)  Search: aba technology ABA LTR CENTER