January, 2005
Palawlibrary.com, winner of the 2004 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) New Product Award, is featured in an article in the December 2004 AALL Spectrum entitled "A Winning New Product" written by Beth DiFelice. The AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors bestowed this award on Jenkins Law Library and American Lawyer Media-PA, the producers of palawlibrary.com, because of the success of their unique relationship. Read about how this affiliation was formed, the technical issues that were overcome, and the achievements that were reached.
A Winning New Product, by Beth DiFelice, AALL Spectrum, December 2004
May, 2004
Palawlibrary Receives 2004 Best New Product Award
In recognition of an innovative legal research product, palawlibrary.com was awarded the 2004 Best New Product Award from the American Association of Law Libraries. This award is the result of a law library working well with a major legal publisher. The major content provider, American Lawyer Media-PA, specializes in reporting the latest case law and news and Jenkins Law Library specializes in making the information accessible in a "clean and user friendly interface." Law Librarians are managing and indexing the content so that the documents are preserved and full-text searchable. Other content providers include judges, law clerks, attorneys, county law librarians, court administrators and local bar associations.
Palawlibrary provides easy and inexpensive access to judicial opinions, trial listings, court rules, legal news and other legal information for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This database has over 150,000 documents and new content is added daily.
This award honors new legal information products that enhance or improve existing law library services or procedures or innovative products which improve access to legal information, the legal research process, or procedures for technical processing of library materials. A "new" product is one which, has been in the library-related marketplace for two years or less. New products may include, but are not limited to, computer hardware and/or software, educational or bibliographic material, or other products or devices that aid or improve library workflow, research, or intellectual access.
The award will be presented during the 96th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference at the Association Luncheon July 12th in Boston.
September, 2003
Online Research Discount Available
by Daniel A. Cirucci
Philadelphia Bar Reporter
Volume 32, Number 9, September 2003
Palawlibrary.com - the most comprehensive and thorough online legal research service dedicated to Pennsylvania law - is now available to Philadelphia Bar Association members at special discounted rates thanks to an agreement reached between American Lawyer Media - Pa. and the Association. The agreement provides specially priced subscriptions to this online service as well as other benefits to association members.
The agreement was finalized earlier this summer and the new service is now accessible via the Association’s Web site at www.philadelphiabar.org, where full details are available. The agreement represents a significant partnership between the legal research service and Pennsylvania’s largest county bar association. It also fulfills a commitment made by Chancellor Audrey C. Talley to provide state-of-the-art, easy- access legal research to Association members at special affordable rates.
"The Philadelphia Bar Association is delighted to join with American Lawyer Media and Jenkins Law Library to provide this valuable and economical service to our members," said Talley. "Palawlibrary.com is the only real research tool for county law. It fills a pressing need - a need that we have long wanted to fill for Philadelphia lawyers.
"This new partnership brings together the power of ALM, Jenkins Law Library and the Bar Association to provide an in-depth research and information package tailored to the everyday needs of our members and presented as a real member benefit. We expect that Association members will respond enthusiastically to this new service. We look forward to the continued growth and development of palawlibrary.com as part of our continuing plan to help our members advance professionally and personally."
"Our database, palawlibrary.com, is a great legal research tool. It was a pleasure to work with Chancellor Audrey Talley. Her initiative to provide a database program for bar members will now become a reality," said Jenkins Law Library Director Regina Smith.
Palawlibrary.com has more Pennsylvania county court opinions than any other online legal research tool. Additionally, it searches Pennsylvania court opinions, legal newspapers (The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly), jury verdicts and settlements, trial listings and suit filing information.
The site also features daily court notices, Pennsylvania D&C Reports, and Pennsylvania state and local court rules. Palawlibrary.com is designed exactly for the legal professional working in the state of Pennsylvania and local counties. Philadelphia Bar Association members can now save nearly 50 percent off palawlibrary.com monthly and annual rates. As an added bonus, Association members receive exclusive discounts on Jenkins services, including CLE, (does not apply to Jenkins membership) and on annual subscriptions to The Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Law Weekly and Law Journal newsletters. A 30-day free trial of the service is also available to members.
In heralding the arrangement between the Bar Association and palawlibrary.com, Marjorie Weiner, president of ALM-Pa., said: "Chancellor Audrey Talley’s commitment to creating this benefit for Association members is to be commended. Palawlibrary.com provides timely court cases and other critical legal information to its subscribers. We’re proud that our agreement with the Bar Association brings this product within easier reach to its members."
For more information about this new service, visit www.philadelphiabar.org and click on the button that says "up to 50 percent off" or visit www.palawlibrary.com.
July, 2003
Palawlibrary, Bar Forge Agreement
by Daniel Cirucci
Philadelphia Bar Reporter
Volume 32, Number 7, July 2003
The Philadelphia Bar Association has entered into an agreement with palawibrary.com to provide specially priced subscriptions to the palawlibrary.com research and information service and other special benefits to members.
The agreement is part of a plan announced by Chancellor Audrey C. Talley earlier this year to provide an effective and economical online legal research service tailored expressly to the needs of Philadelphia lawyers.
"We are delighted to be joining with American Lawyer Media and Jenkins Law Library to provide this new service to our members," Tally said. The Chancellor described palawlibrary.com as "the only real research tool for county law, including Philadelphia County and the other counties in the state. This program fills a pressing need - a need we have long wanted to fill for Philadelphia lawyers."
Talley said that the new partnership "brings together the power of ALM, Jenkins and the Bar association to provide an in-depth research and information package to our members." She said she expects that members will respond enthusiastically to the new service.
Palawlibrary.com is an integrated Pennsylvania-focused legal research Web site that provides easy and inexpensive access to judicial opinions, trial listings, court rules, news archives from The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly and other information.
Additional details of the new program for Philadelphia Bar Association members will be provided soon. For more information visit http://www.palawlibrary.com.
June 20, 2003
Palawlibrary, Phila. Bar Reach Deal
The Legal Intelligencer
Palawlibrary - the most comprehensive and thorough online legal research service dedicated to Pennsylvania law - has reached an agreement with the Philadelphia Bar Association, one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished bar associations, to provide specially priced subscriptions to this online service as well as other benefits to bar association members.
The agreement was reached earlier this month. It is the second signed agreement between a bar association and palawlibrary.com, an online service resulting from a strategic alliance between the Jenkins Law Library and American Lawyer Media-Pa. This new agreement represents a significant partnership between the legal research service and Pennsylvania's largest county bar association.
"The Philadelphia Bar Association is delighted to join with American Lawyer Media and Jenkins Law Library to provide this valuable and economical service to our members," said Philadelphia Bar Chancellor Audrey C. Talley. "Palawlibrary is the only real research tool for county law. It fills a pressing need - a need that we have long wanted to fill for Philadelphia lawyers.
"This new partnership brings together the power of ALM, Jenkins and the bar association to provide an in-depth research and information package tailored to the everyday needs of our members and presented as a real member benefit. We expect that Philadelphia Bar Association members will respond enthusiastically to this new service. We look forward to the continued growth and development of palawlibrary as part of our continuing plan to help our members advance professionally and personally."
Regina Smith, director of the Jenkins Law Library, commented, "We are delighted to be working with the Philadelphia Bar Association on this project. Our database, palawlibrary.com, is a great legal research tool. It was a pleasure to work with Chancellor Audrey Talley. Her initiative to provide a database program for bar members will now become a reality."
The agreement provides for a substantial discount to palawlibrary.com for bar association members. In return, the bar association will extensively market the product to its members.
Marjorie Weiner, president of ALM-Pa., said, "Audrey Talley's commitment to creating this benefit for bar association members is to be commended. Palawlibrary provides timely court cases and other critical legal information to its subscribers. We're proud that our agreement with the Philadelphia Bar Association brings this product within easier reach to its members."
Palawlibrary.com is an integrated, Pennsylvania-focused legal research Web site that provides easy and inexpensive access to judicial opinions, trial listings, court rules, news archives from The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, and other legal information. For more subscription information, visit the site at http://www.palawlibrary.com.
June 6, 2003
Delco Bar, Palawlibrary Reach Deal
The Legal Intelligencer
Palawlibrary, the most comprehensive and thorough online legal research service dedicated to Pennsylvania law, and the Delaware County Bar Association have reached an agreement to provide specially priced subscriptions to this online service as well as other benefits to bar association members. The relationship will help bolster content on the bar's own Web site.
The agreement was reached late last month. It is the first signed agreement between a bar association and palawlibrary.com, an online service resulting from a strategic alliance between Jenkins Law Library and American Lawyer Media-PA.
Regina Smith, director of Jenkins Law Library, commented, "We are delighted that the Delaware County Bar Association has recognized that palawlibrary.com is an essential research tool for Pennsylvania lawyers and that it is now one of their membe rship offerings."
The agreement provides for additional benefits for bar association members including discounted subscriptions and books. The bar association will extensively market the product to members. In addition, under the agreement, the bar association will receive content from ALM that the bar can provide to members either by e-mail or by direct posting on its Web site.
"We're proud to have secured such a valuable member benefit as palawlibrary.com for our members," said Elizabeth C. Price, executive director of the Delaware County Bar Association, and Tracy E. Lochetto, director of communications and public relations for the bar, in a joint statement. "We think this agreement will aid our members in their practices."
Marjorie Weiner, president of ALM-PA, said, "The Delaware County Bar Association has been a friend of our organization over the years, and we are pleased that we are able to help the association bring another benefit to its members. We are looking forward to the day when we can offer similar programs to other bar association members in Pennsylvania."
Palawlibrary.com is an integrated, Pennsylvania-focused legal research Web site that provides easy and inexpensive access to judicial opinions, trial listings, court rules, news archives from The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, and other legal information. For more subscription information, visit the site at www.palawlibrary.com.
April 14, 2002
palawlibrary.com Newsletter
As a trial user to palawlibrary.com, we thought you might be interested in knowing the newest improvements to the site. The palawlibrary.com News listserv will keep you apprised of these important developments.
Improved Search of County Cases:
The County Search page now includes decisions from each of the 67 common pleas courts in Pennsylvania. Search results will display opinions from the PA D&C Reports (3rd & 4th series) along with the thousands of unreported trial level opinions located on the site.
Added Content & New Features:
- Ability to browse the PA D & C Reports Advance Sheets.
- PA Superior Court Opinions Updates arranged by year and month.
- Court Notices as they appear in The Legal Intelligencer listed on one page by date.
- Court Rule Updates - as amendments are issued by the court, changes are noted in red with a link to the updated text of the rule.
- Recent opinions from the following counties: Armstrong, Beaver, Fayette, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Mercer, and Northampton.
Our primary goal is to continue adding county level documents to our growing content. We are accomplishing this with the assistance of the judges, administrators and librarians from the Pennsylvania common pleas courts and the local bar associations from each of the 67 counties. They have recognized the need to preserve and make accessible their common pleas court opinions. In addition, palawlibrary.com also receives a daily flow of documents from American Lawyer Media.
The most up-to-date news can be found on the site under What's New? and the most noteworthy announcements will also appear on the front page.
Philadelphia, PA, October 2002—palawlibrary.com has announced the addition of two award-winning legal newspapers to its unique research Web site. The News Archive database includes the last 5 years of articles from The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly newspapers and is full-text searchable.
The content from these two publications will allow users to do a wealth of vital legal research on stories about everything from significant verdicts to precedent-setting opinions to detailed analyses of important trends in Pennsylvania’s courts.
The addition of the two newspapers will also give subscribers access to stories on law firms and business trends, court administration issues, judicial profiles and races, and a host of other material that makes Palawlibrary.com the most detailed and Pennsylvania-intensive legal research Web site on the market.
palawlibrary.com is an important tool for the Pennsylvania legal researcher. Unlike other online services, it has judicial opinions pertinent to Pennsylvania from the county, state and federal courts searchable at one site. With the addition of the News Archives, palawlibrary is now a "must search" site for someone doing comprehensive legal research. In addition to news and judicial opinions, palawlibrary includes the Pennsylvania District & County Reports, court rules, jury awards, out of court settlements, court trial listings, lawsuits filed, and court notices. This easy to use Web site offers a 30-day free trial that allows full access to all databases.
palawlibrary.com is the result of a strategic alliance between the Jenkins Law Library, America's first law library and the Pennsylvania Division of American Lawyer Media (ALM), a legal journalism and information company. Its goal is to be the most comprehensive resource for both Pennsylvania State and county legal information.
