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The American Association of Law Libraries features a whitepaper by Vincent and David about implementing UELMA compliance. As an outcomes-based approach, UELMA does not dictate a method of implementation. And given the complexity of digital storage and authentication, the range of satisfactory [...]

The Sunlight Foundation features a piece by Vincent about capturing and using legal data. One source of valuable data, however, is often overlooked: legal data. Ordinances, regulations, and other law-related materials are one of the most important outputs of government. They not [...]

(Editor’s Note: The image accompanying this article originally appeared online at StateScoop alongside the original article. It is reprinted here with permission. Any errors in misprinting should be assumed to be ours. Thank you for contacting us with any errors.) StateScoop interviews [...]

In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for [...]

The Portland Business Journal reports on Open law Library’s mission to make the law more accessible. According to the article: Despite the fact we live in a democracy governed by the rule of law, our laws are not all that open or [...]

(Ed. Note: This is an all-in-one version of our three-part series on accessibility, openness, and how technology can improve both for the law.) On January 20, 2017, thousands of protestors descended on Washington D.C. in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump. [...]

(Ed. Note: This Part 3 of a three-part series on accessibility, openness, and how technology can improve both for the law. In Part 1, we discussed the differences between accessibility and openness, and took a deep dive into accessibility. In Part 2, [...]

(Ed. Note: This Part 2 of a three-part series on accessibility, openness, and how technology can improve both for the law. In Part 1 we discussed the differences between accessibility and openness, and took a deep dive into accessibility.) Last time, on [...]

(Ed. Note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series on accessibility, openness, and how technology can improve both for the law.) On January 20, 2017, thousands of protestors descended on Washington D.C. in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump. During [...]

(Editor’s Note: The author of this article, Robert Ritchie, is an attorney with considerable experience serving the public, most recently as General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and formerly as Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General, Director of Municipal Law. This article originally [...]

Editor’s Note 2016/01/03: See discussions on Hacker News and Reddit) Some people may remember, back in the deep, dark, early days of the Web, using search engines like Lycos and Alta Vista to find web pages. It wasn’t easy: you had to [...]

Every citizen is presumed to know the law … and it needs no argument to show that justice requires that all should have free access. – Nash v. Lathrop, 142 Mass. 29 It is a common refrain that government moves slow, that [...]