US-centric: Need to know the landlord laws for your state? Want to find incorporation forms for your home business? The Public Library of Law, a new search engine launched in collaboration with legal research firm FastCase, gives you access to laws, statutes, and legal decisions from all 50 states, as well as a wealth of free legal forms. While court decisions are available in standard search, you’ll have to specify your state and do a little digging to find relevant codes and statutes. Still, for a first stop on the way to answering a legal question, Public Library of Law is, despite its unfortunate URL, nothing to laugh at. The Public Library of Law [via SearchEngineWatch]
Need a template for your business plan, a tutorial on Python programming, or a copy of the Gettysburg address? Document sharing web site DocStoc has more than 12,000 files posted for free browsing and downloads. Registered members can keep personal “folders” on the site with links to useful docs and get notified by email when another user uploads a file type they request. Those looking for straight-up legal forms have other options, but DocStoc’s wide range might make it a useful bookmark for when you just need to see an example—or you need a PowerPoint template to modify in a hurry.
docstoc [via Download Squad]Let’s face it: we’re all going to die someday. While it’s not healthy to dwell on this certainty, it’s a bad idea to pretend it’s not going to happen and never plan for it. You don’t want to splash out a tonne of money to prepare a will, but you don’t have to. Windows desktop software Quicken WillMaker walks you through the process of creating a will quickly and painlessly. After the jump, see a step by step tour of how I created a will from scratch in 30 minutes with Quicken Willmaker. more >> More »
