JD Supra Debuts Online Legal Centers of Expert-Generated Content

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2009) - Today JD Supra, the online publishing platform for legal documents and attorney work product, announced the launch of its free, topic-based Law Centers. Covering everything from Bankruptcy to Immigration and beyond, JD Supra's Law Centers are the first and only such offering available online today, organizing the file cabinets of lawyers, law firms, and legal service providers around the country by subject for the easy reference of anyone looking for information on specific legal issues and services.

Over the past year, JD Supra has experienced enormous user growth as lawyers flock to the service to post documents and connect with clients, colleagues and the media. The JD Supra Law Centers further aggregate this content, organizing it into several dozen legal topics under the four umbrellas of Business Law, Personal Law, Government and Law Practice issues.

JD Supra's Law Centers make legal information easier to find and more accessible to everyone. Example centers include:

--  Criminal Law
--  Intellectual Property
--  Labor & Employment
--  Personal Injury
--  Real Estate & Construction
--  Tax Law
--  Wills, Trusts & Estates
    

See the full list of Law Centers here: www.jdsupra.com/browse/legal-news.aspx.

Each Law Center also features regular contributors in order to further promote the expertise and experience of attorneys and legal professionals sharing work on any given subject.

"It takes me less than two minutes to post my work and see it show up in the Law Center to which it relates," said Seattle-based bankruptcy attorney Marc Stern. "I am pleased to know that anyone looking for information on that subject will see my work and be directed to my entire portfolio and professional profile on JD Supra."

"Until now there have been very few online venues for lawyers to showcase their work and analytical skills," said Aviva Cuyler, founder of JD Supra. "Lawyers have been joining and contributing to JD Supra because they see the value of the resource they are creating -- from both a legal marketing and a public service perspective. The Law Centers are the next step in expanding our offerings. They enable users to easily access all of the content they need, while simultaneously allowing our contributors to directly associate themselves with their areas of expertise."

Contributors post legal documents to JD Supra (filings, articles and alerts), connected to professional portfolios, in order to showcase expertise to people in search of a lawyer with specific experience. In turn, JD Supra's growing repository of legal documents and profiles is used daily as a resource for anyone interested in legal issues or in need of legal service.

All content published on JD Supra is entirely searchable and accessible to anyone for free. JD Supra also distributes the content via RSS feeds, Twitter streams, Facebook and a variety of other social media and third-party distribution services, increasing its value and reach, and allowing users to customize both where their own content goes and how they want to receive it.

About JD Supra

JD Supra allows legal professionals to publish and distribute legal content to the world. The company enables lawyers, law firms, and legal professionals to market themselves through the open exchange of legal information -- including court decisions and attorney-written material. JD Supra is based in San Francisco. For more, visit www.jdsupra.com.

Contact Information: Media Contact: JD Supra Virginia Zimpel LaunchSquad 415.625.8555 jdsupra(at)launchsquad(dot)com