Wikipedia and the future of legal education

Journal of Legal Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Noveck, Beth Simone ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Law ^*

^b Institute for Information Law and Policy

^c NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36749092303     PISSN: 00222208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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1. Scott Jaschik, A Stand Against Wikipedia, Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 26, 2007, available at 〈http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/ wiki〉 (last visited July 18, 2007);
2. Noam Cohen, A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source, N.Y. Times, Feb. 21, 2007, at B8.
3. See Noam Cohen, Courts Turn to Wikipedia, But Selectively, N.Y. Times, Jan. 29, 2007, at C3 (more than 100 published opinions since 2004 cite to Wikipedia).
4. See also Cass Sunstein, A Brave New Wikiworld, Wash. Post, Feb. 24, 2007, at Aig; Kenneth Ryesky, Letter to the Editor, Downside of Citing Wikipedia, N.Y.L.J, Jan 18, 2007, at 2.
5. Posting of Paul L. Caron to TaxProfBlog, 545 Law Review Articles Cite Wikipedia, available at 〈http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2007/02/ 545_law_review_html〉 (545 law review articles cite Wikipedia;
6. another 125 mention Wikipedia but do not cite as an authority) (May 19, 2007, 11:15 EST) (last visited July 18, 2007).
7. The Wikipedia entry on wikis provides a great deal of useful background information on the term and examples of the technology. See Wikipedia, Wiki, available at 〈http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Wiki〉 ("A wiki (IPA: [wki] or [wki) is a website that allows the visitors to add, remove, and edit content. A collaborative technology for organizing information on Web sites, the first wiki (WikiWikiWeb) was developed by Ward Cunningham in the mid-1990s. Wikis allow for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is one of the best known wikis. Open-source wikis (such as Wikipedia) have been criticized for their reliability: certain individuals may maliciously introduce false or misleading content. Proponents rely on their community of users who can catch malicious content and correct it. Wikis in general make a basic assumption of the goodness of people.") (citations omitted) (May 19, 2007 11:15 EST) (last visited July 18, 2007).
8. Clive Thomson, Open Source Spying, N.YTimes, Dec. 3, 2006, at 54.
9. dKosopedia, available at 〈http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/ Main_Page〉 (May 19, 2007, 11:15 EST) (last visited Mar. 7, 2007).
10. The Wiki of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, available at 〈http:// www.ca7.uscourts.gov/wiki/index.php?title= Main_Page〉 (last visited July 7, 2007).
11. Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review, available at 〈http://www.peertopatent.org〉 (last visited July 23, 2007).
12. See also The Peer to Patent Project: Community Patent Review, 〈http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent〉 (last visited July 23, 2007).
13. John Freeman Gill, Playing Games in the Park, N.Y. Times, June 18, 2006, at N6.
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16. Choe Sang-Hun, To Outdo Google, Naver Taps into Korea's Collective Wisdom, Int'l. Herald Tribune, July 4, 2007, available at 〈http://www.iht. com/articles/2007/07/04/ technology/naver.php〉 (last visited July 18, 2007).