How to download and install Jureeka
1. If you don't already have the Firefox browser, download and install it from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/.2. Once you have Firefox open, click the "Download from Mozilla" link at the top...
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What Jureeka! does...
A web page displaying Brown v. Board of Education, before Jureeka...And after installing it...Jureeka! converts legal citations that it recognizes into hyperlinks on any web page you visit (except web...
View ArticleWhat's new in version 0.07
I'm really psyched about version 0.07 for two reasons:It includes a toolbar with two humble buttons. One of the buttons -- labeled "Jureek-it" -- looks for HTML versions of PDF web pages. (Jureeka can...
View ArticleAnother cool feature
For version 0.08, I added a feature to the toolbar that lets you search for legal source material by citation. Might save you a few bucks on your Lexis/Westlaw bills...
View ArticleAutomatic updates
New in version 0.10: Jureeka! will automatically update itself whenever Firefox starts. This allows me to add new source material and fine tune the extension without you having to return to this page...
View ArticleDoing legal research on the internet
Even if you don't have access to subscription legal databases like LexisNexis, Westlaw, or Fastcase, there's still quite a lot of legal source material available on the internet that you can access.If...
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U.S. state cases -- last 10+ years
I just released version 1.1 for download. This version identifies citations to U.S. state cases in the regional reporters, such as A.2d, P.2d, P.3d, N.E.2d, N.W.2d, S.E.2d, and S.W.3d -- from the last...
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Bug reporting
One of the main challenges of maintaining Jureeka is that the source material to which Jureeka points is frequently on the move. Publishers take material down, or change the URLs, and as a result users...
View ArticleCanada!
The new version of Jureeka also inserts hyperlinks to several major Canadian legal sources, including:The Constitution Acts (1867 and 1982)Supreme Court cases from 1876 to the present (S.C.R. and SCC...
View ArticleVersion 1.3
I just uploaded version 1.3, which doesn't have any major new features but corrects a number of small errors and annoyances. Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and contacted me to give...
View ArticleThe Federal Reporter, volumes 1-281
I just uploaded Jureeka version 1.4, which includes links to around 275 volumes from the Federal Reporter. These volumes cover U.S. federal circuit court cases from 1880 to around 1922.The cases are...
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Tagging legal source material
I thought that I'd make Jureeka a little more fun - and useful - by adding a feature that lets users create tags for legal sources found on the web. The idea is to channel the power of the masses, aka...
View ArticleIt's public!
Jureeka is now out of the "sandbox" at Mozilla and a public Firefox add-on. This means that you don't need to register at the Mozilla site in order to download it.
View ArticleOutage
Jureeka had a brief outage this morning, which is now resolved. My apologies for any inconvenience.
View ArticleInaugurating Jureeka version 1.7
In the spirit of national betterment, I updated Jureeka today. The latest version:Reduces the number of false positive citations to four of the U.S. regional reporters (N.W.2d, N.E.2d, S.W.2d,...
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Don't like the toolbar?
You can make it go away from Firefox by going to View --> Toolbars and then uncheck "Jureeka toolbar." (Jureeka will still hyperlink citations even if the toolbar is invisible.)Whenever you want the...
View ArticleHow accurate is Jureeka?
Version 1.6 has an accuracy of 81.9%, meaning that for every hyperlink it inserts, there's a roughly 1 in 5 chance that the link won't lead to the cited source. This error rate was unacceptable (to me,...
View ArticleOregonLaws.org
Jureeka now links to OregonLaws.org for the Oregon Revised Statutes. The site presents the state's legislation in an elegant, hyperlinked format. It's fast, has a great search facility, and handily...
View ArticleJureeka for Google Chrome
I just created a version of Jureeka for Google's Chrome browser. It's a highly streamlined version of its Firefox counterpart: Jureeka for Chrome doesn't come with the toolbar - only the hyperlinking...
View ArticleFirefox 4
It's been a while since I've done any major work on Jureeka, and there are some major plans in the works which I'm not at liberty to announce quite yet. But in the meantime I had to do some...
View ArticleJureeka for Google Chrome (again)
Google's Chrome browser now has 10-20% of the market share for web browsers. So I thought it was time to get the Jureeka Chrome extension working again.Version 2.0 is available for installation here.
View ArticleJureeka for Firefox 3.0
While I was at it, I updated the Firefox version of Jureeka. It has improved citation coverage and it corrects some link references that had become outdated.I also removed the toolbar, which was...
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Before & After
The legal web before installing Jureeka:And after:URL: http://neuro.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-5207.ZO.html#FN17
View ArticleNew and Improved: Jureeka 3.3
I've been in between consulting contracts for the past couple of weeks, so I've had a fair amount of time to devote to updating Jureeka. I want to describe what's new and improved about it.But first, I...
View ArticleVersion 4.0: Powered by Cornell LII
Jureeka version 4.0 represents a significant milestone: Jureeka is now powered by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (LII).The LII is a not-for-profit organization that believes everyone...
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