June 29, 1998

Orientation

JURIST has five basic menu categories. After orientation, newcomers may wish to Start their visit by consulting the Subject Guide or the new Country Guide; repeat visitors may wish to begin by conducting a JURIST Search for specific legal materials.

At the core of JURIST are its listings of Academic Pages: Course Pages, Resource Pages, Online Articles, conference Presentations, Examinations and Home Pages posted by law professors in the United States, the United Kingdom and other major "common law" jurisdictions (for Academic Pages by law teachers from the rest of the world, see JURIST Worldwide). These listings are continually updated as law professors develop and post more work on the Web. Every week, JURIST features one especially useful or well-crafted Academic Page as its Site of the Week; past Sites of the Week are recognized in the Dean's List.

JURIST's Services include our monthly Books-on-Law book review, plus rolling announcements of legal Conferences, Calls for Papers, and Positions Available in US and Commonwealth law schools. Audio and video recordings of law school conferences, speeches and other events are available via JURIST Live!. Visitors are invited to take advantage of the directories and legal research aids held at the Reference Desk, and/or the Web authoring and Web search utilities provided in the Internet Toolkit. Send a law professor an e-mail message from the Post Office, or take a few moments off to read the paper, browse the legal magazines, or catch the latest TV and radio public affairs programs playing in the Faculty Lounge. Law students and journalists are invited to drop by the Student Lounge and the Media Center.
 

JURIST itself is the focus of the final menu category. Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the site and its technical workings are answered in JURIST Help. Information about the JURIST project, its history, operation and staff can be found in About JURIST. You can submit your own or other Web sites for inclusion in JURIST by filling out the form provided in Add URL. In Feedback, you get the last word - what do you like about JURIST, what don't you like, and how might JURIST serve you and legal education better?

Updates

To receive *JURIST Update*, a monthly e-mail newsletter listing Home Pages, Online Articles, Resource Pages, Course Pages, and Presentations recently catalogued by JURIST, plus editorials and news about the JURIST site, use the form above or send your name, organizational affiliation and e-mail address to JURIST@law.pitt.edu. Please enter the words *JURIST Update* in the Subject line of your message.

If you'd like to be automatically notified by e-mail whenever a specific JURIST section is updated, just type your e-mail address into the form provided at the end of that section.

Bookmark JURIST

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• in Netscape Navigator, simply select Bookmarks, then choose Add Bookmark;
• in Microsoft Internet Explorer, select Favorites, then choose Add to Favorites;
• in America Online, click and drag the heart from the right hand corner of your browser into the Favorite Places folder on your menu bar.

• JURIST's mirror at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM;
• JURIST's mirror at the Faculty of Law, Australian National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA.

Make JURIST Your Start-Up Web Page

To make JURIST appear automatically every time you start up your Web browser, go up to your browser main menu...

• in Netscape Navigator, select Options, then General Preferences, then Appearance and enter http://jurist.law.pitt.edu (JURIST's URL) in the "Startup" portion of the dialogue box (be sure you select "Home Page Location");
• in Microsoft Internet Explorer, select View, then Options, then Navigation; in the "Customize" section of the Navigation box go to "Pages" and select "Start Page", enter http://jurist.law.pitt.edu (JURIST's URL) in the "Address" box, and then click on "Apply" at the bottom of the box;
• in America Online, select Preferences in your browser window, then select Navigation; enter http://jurist.law.pitt.edu (JURIST's URL) in the "Address" box, and then click on "OK".

Link to JURIST

To enable visitors to access JURIST from your own Web site, simply insert the following HTML code into your document:

<A HREF="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu">
JURIST: The Law Professors' Network</A>

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Optimal Viewing

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Thank You

Thank you for your interest in JURIST: The Law Professors' Network.
Your comments on this service are always appreciated.
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JURIST: The Law Professors' Network™ is directed by Professor Bernard J. Hibbitts, Associate Dean for Communications & Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in consultation with an international Advisory Board. E-mail JURIST at JURIST@law.pitt.edu.

© Bernard J. Hibbitts, 1998. All rights reserved. These pages may not be copied, reposted, or republished, in whole or in part, electronically or in print, without express written permission.

NOTICE
JURIST regrets that it cannot provide legal advice. For assistance with specific legal problems, please consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
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