National Law Library Supports Universal Citation; New Citation Form Eliminates Need to Wait for Publishers to Assign Volume and Page Numbers.

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999--

National Law Library (OTCBB:ELAW), a rapidly growing online legal research service, announced today that it supports the use of Universal Citation, which has been adopted by nine states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. Proposals are pending in seven other states (New Jersey, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Utah), and four states have adopted paragraph numbering for pinpoint citations (Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, and Maryland). National Law Library has published an article on its site to educate attorneys and other legal researchers about this citation form.

For decades, legal researchers have had to wait until the official reporter for a court would announce its assignment of a volume and page number to an opinion by the court. That then became the "official citation" for the case when it was used in legal briefs and memoranda. Now, however, courts that have adopted Universal Citation are assigning paragraph numbers, along with the case number and parties' names. "This will revolutionize legal citation, and cause the famous Harvard Bluebook to address a new set of rules, brought about by technology and the Internet," says Carol Wilson, a vice president of National Law Library.

Universal Citation is endorsed by the American Bar Association and the American Association of Law Librarians. The ABA's Task Force recommended to the 1996 House of Delegates that all jurisdictions adopt such a citation form, and states are now beginning to accept it. "The momentum is clearly with Universal Citation," according to Wilson.

National Law Library is a virtual law library that makes it easy for lawyers to do legal research from their offices, homes, or portable laptops. National Law Library provides instant access to case law, statutes and regulations over the Internet, at an affordable price, as it grows its business in a one billion plus market.

National Law Library's Web site features Plain Language Forms, the opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas and New York case law, Federal Fifth and Eleventh Circuit cases, and the opinions of the United States Supreme Court. Other features include the U.S. Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations and the United States Code. The company plans to add all 50 states and the federal circuits by the end of the year.

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