Early Publicity for AltLaw
The New York Times has the first pre-launch mention of AltLaw.org, a joint project of the Program on Law & Technology and the Silicon Flatirons Program at the U. of Colorado Law School.
AltLaw is the first free, public-domain legal database and search engine. Currently it covers U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Appeals Court cases for the last 10 to 15 years. It is still in alpha status and under heavy development, but an official “beta” launch is coming soon.
The Times article describes a related project by Carl Malamud, of public.resource.org, to scan and put on-line the records of federal courts.
This story was also covered by Tim O’Reilly and the WSJ Law Blog.