A wiki, according to Wikipedia’s definition, is a type of website “that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit all content, very quickly and easily, sometimes without the need for registration.” The new WikiLaw intends to use such user-contributed content “to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide legal guide and resource.”

Users can contribute content in any of seven categories: Dictionary, Forms, Statutes, Case Briefs, Law Firm Profiles, Law School Profiles and Law Journal Profiles — or they can write their own blog or submit an interesting law related link. As of this writing, contributions were light, but I hope the idea takes off.

  • Encyclopedia of Congress. Another new web resource is modeling itself on Wikipedia, this time to create a tool for citizens to research and share information about members of Congress. Like Wikipedia, Congresspedia, www.congresspedia.org, is a collaboratively written encyclopedia.

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