KEY BENEFIT: This book is an essential tool for paralegal and other legal professionals to bring computer-aided legal research alive. KEY TOPICS: It provides an introduction to computers in the law, reviews and explains sources and evaluation of documents and materials found on the Internet, and features many examples of doing CALR. MARKET: For paralegal and other legal professionals.
Craig B. Simonsen is a senior environmental and litigation paralegal at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, in Chicago, Illinois. Craig has been an adjunct instructor for environmental law for the Paralegal Studies Program at the former Mallinckrodt College in Wilmette, Illinois, and the Roosevelt University Program, in Chicago, Illinois. Craig is an author and managing editor of several books, including the Pearson Prentice Hall Legal Series titles "Essentials of Environmental Law," 3rd ed. (2007), and "Computer-Aided Legal Research (CALR) on The Internet" (2006), and the "Environmental Law Resource Guide" (1995), published by Clark Boardman and Callaghan. Craig has spoken on environmental law topics at the Air and Waste Management Association's (AWMA) 2010, 2009, and 2008 Annual Conferences, at the Solid Waste Association of North America's (SWANA) WasteCon 2008, at the American Industrial Hygiene Association's 2007 Conference and Exposition, and at the WasteExpo 2007 Conference. In addition, he has organized and presented webinars on environmental law topics for the SWANA, and has also been a frequent speaker for the Lake Michigan States Section of the AWMA.
