**A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases http://www.llrx.com/features/lawyerlicenses.htm
Trevor Rosen and Andrew Zimmerman's guide focuses on websites that will help you determine whether a lawyer is currently licensed to practice in a particular state.
**Art of Written Persuasion: Part IV - What Makes a Good Problem-Solving Model?
http://www.llrx.com/columns/persuasion4.htm
Following up on his commentary about how problem-solving models can help lawyers (and law students) to solve legal problems systematically and to communicate legal solutions persuasively in writing, Troy Simpson discusses what makes a good problem-solving model.
**FOIA Facts: New FOIA Provisions Take Effect http://www.llrx.com/columns/foia53.htm
Scott A. Hodes discusses two sections (Section 6 and 7) of the OPEN Government Act of 2007 that just went into effect, and the problems that will be encountered by requesters trying to use them to their advantage.
**The Upside of the Downturn - Time to Work on Your Know How http://www.llrx.com/extras/knowhow.htm
Knowhow expert Gretta Rusanow highlights content as the focus for law firm knowledge management plans this year.
**Metadata - What Is It and What Are My Ethical Duties?
http://www.llrx.com/features/metadata.htm
Jim Calloway explains why every lawyer needs to understand a few basic things about metadata. He contends that the legal ethics implications of metadata "mining" are no longer just of interest to the lawyers processing electronic discovery, or the ethics mavens.
**LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets, continually updated by law librarian Margaret Berkland http://www.llrx.com/courtrules
**See also: beSpacific - www.bespacific.com - the research blog on law and technology issues, updated daily since 2002. With a searchable database of over 19,000 postings, Sabrina I. Pacifici focuses on primary documents and reliable resources on topics that include: the financial institutions crisis, privacy, Congressional hearings and legislation, e-government, legal research, government documents, cybercrime, civil liberties, knowledge management, and more.
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