Legal Research

SharePoint, RSS and Substantive Law

By Elizabeth Ellis

We’re getting ready to launch our SharePoint 2007 portal. At launch, our goal is to have features and functions that will appeal to both searchers and browsers. The portal will be the new desktop and will be the access point for legal, non-legal, business, administrative, client and financial information in the firm.

Some of the content on the portal is organized by practice area. Content for a practice area will include relevant precedents, commonly used research resources, practice area materials (such as meetings agendas and minutes), and relevant business development material.

Of particular interest to me is the ability to organize and display RSS feeds within a practice area page on the portal. Although I haven’t formally canvassed lawyers to develop a list, my impression is that most lawyers are still not subscribing to RSS content. Our library has, of course, identified some content. Is there an easy way of finding more RSS feeds (by practice area) of relevance to Canadian lawyers?

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).