Below is a list of 10 of my favorite lists with some comments about usage,
traffic, subscribers, etc. Hope y'all find it useful! Hasta luego, Lyo.
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INT-LAW on LISTSERV@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU - has nearly 1000 subscribers and is one
of my favorites as it's not only related to my job, but has subscribers from
over 40 countries and information about legal resources in many different
languages (and really nice subscribers!). Covers resources related to
foreign, comparative and international law. Is a steady traffic list
at about 10-12 messages a day.
EURO-LEX on LISTSERV@VM.GMD.DE - has about 600 subscribers I think and
is a multilingual list for exchange of information about the law of individual
countries of Europe and the European Union/Community. And has subscribers
from about 40 countries. About 5-7 messages a day. Consistently high
level scholarly responses to research questions. An incredibly
wonderful list!
NET-LAWYERS on NET-LAWYERS-REQUEST@@WEBCOM.COM - this is a new list which
already has close to 2000 subscribers for the exchange of information on
lawyers and the Internet. A busy list, with an incredible amount of
information being shared by folks in all legal sectors. Good for getting
announcements of useful URL's, advice on Internet access and resources, etc.
CYBERIA-L on LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CC.WM.EDU - I don't know exactly how many
subscribers are on CYBERIA-L, but would guess close to 1000. Very high
traffic list; good for keeping track of new developments on legal issues
involving the Internet, for finding out where to get hold of really new
cases, discussing hot topics. Covers the law and policy of computer
networks. Very good substantive discussions.
LAW-LIB on LISTPROC@UCDAVIS.EDU - I guess law-lib must have 2000 or more
subscribers by now. As you all know - subscribers get many messages a day.
I like the variety of the requests and the people responding. I also like
some of the issues that have come up, especially public access to government
information in electronic format. The exchanges have been quite fascinating!
I also like getting early news about law libraries before they hit the print
media. Great list for getting legal research help and for finding out what
free books and periodicals are available.
LAWSRC-L on LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAW.CORNELL.EDU - list for discussion of legal
resources on the Internet. Not sure of the number of subscribers, but would
guess about 600. Good for keeping up with and asking questions about
law-related resources on the Internet. Not as high traffic as the
other lists here.
GOVDOC-L on LISTSERV@PSUVM.PSU.EDU - very high traffic list for discussion of
government documents (questions deal mainly with U.S. federal government
publications, and to a lesser extent, state, international and foreign
documents). Also for reference questions related to documents as well as
needs and offers. Must have close to 2500-3000 subscribers by now.
Last time I checked, maybe had subscribers from about 50 countries. The
Government Publications Office, the depository libraries system, electronic
access to government documents, and threatened cuts in funding are some of
the issues discussed. Interesting and difficult times concerning public
access to U.S. government information.
TEKNOIDS on LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LAW.CORNELL.EDU - has about 600 subscribers and
is a support list for technical folks in law schools. Tracking the discussions
have been quite interesting. Good for keeping up with cutting edge
developments in legal technology and for asking for help and advice.
Occasional philosophical excursions, wry commentary, keen humor, etc.
Another fascinating list! Traffic is at about 10 messages a day it
seems, but varies (some days there are none or very few). I would
guess teknoids has subscribers form about 20 countries.
LAWPROF on LISTSERV@CHICAGOKENT.KENTLAW.EDU - this was a much needed list and
has been used by law professors to share information about teaching,
scholarship and research. Really one of the premier, very little noise
(irrelevant information), lists around. I receive it in digest format and
would guess about 5 messages a day? Don't know about the number of
subscribers, but would guess about 500. Has mostly subscribers from
the U.S.
LAWSCH-L on LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU - this list is gatewayed to the Usenet
newsgroup bit.listserv.lawsch-l and has been used mainly by law students and
folks interested in attending law school to share information about law
schools, commiserate about wait lists, ask legal research questions, debate
the benefits of Macs versus PCs in law school, ask about special areas of
practice, special groups (such as over-30 law students), etc. Quite
interesting to see some of the comments about legal research and writing and
some of the responses to reference questions from student to student. As I
read it via Usenet, don't know about the traffic or subscribership of this
list, but the newsgroup access works well. Has mostly U.S.
subscribers.
Hope the information above helps when considering what group to subscribe to.
Also most of these have archives available on the Internet. A good link to
additional information about law-related lists can be found at the following
URL:
gopher://lawnext.uchicago.edu/hh/.web/lists.html
Tschuess!
Lyo.
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