Tech Daily Dose: AltLaw.org Launched http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/08/altlaworg-launched.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:40:44 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification AltLaw.org Launched In an effort to make federal case law fast and easy to search, more accessible to the public and free, Columbia Law School and the University of Colorado Law School have launched a new Web site called AltLaw.org. The site has the potential to dramatically change the landscape of case law resources, according to a Columbia press release distributed on Thursday.

AltLaw.org contains nearly 170,000 decisions dating back to the early 1990s from the Supreme Court and federal appellate courts. The site’s creators, Timothy Wu, Stuart Sierra and Paul Ohm, said the site’s database will grow over time.

"It’s been more than 10 years since the start of the Internet revolution, and case law is one area that has not budged. Somebody has to take the initiative. We want to open the law to the public," Wu. said. He envisions the site being used by many who want to avoid hundreds of dollars per hour in fees for proprietary law databases and legal scholars.

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