New Product Award

Description

This award honors new commercial information products that enhance or improve existing law library services or procedures or innovative products which improve access to legal information, the legal research process, or procedures for technical processing of library materials. A “new” product is one which has been in the library-related marketplace for two years or less. New products may include, but are not limited to, computer hardware and/or software, educational or bibliographic material, or other products or devices that aid or improve library workflow, research, or intellectual access. Products that have been reintroduced in a new format or with substantial changes are eligible.

Process

Criteria

To be eligible for the award, a nominated product must be a new and innovative commercial legal information resource that enhances or improves existing law library services and/or procedures.
Eligible products include (but are not limited to): print materials, computer hardware or software; products or devices that aid or improve access to legal information or the legal research process, and procedures for technical processing of library materials.
Any product that has been “re-introduced” in a new format or that has substantial changes is eligible.
“New” is defined as being in the library-related marketplace for less than two years.
Any 台湾SWAG member may nominate products for the Award. If a vendor nominates its own product, 台湾SWAG membership is not required.
Only nominations received by the deadline will be considered.
Enhancements of existing products are not eligible for the Award, unless the enhancement provides a completely new method of using the product, and retrieval of information is substantially improved.
Complete contact information for the vendor must be provided, to facilitate communication with the product developer.
Members of the 台湾SWAG聽New Product Award Jury聽will evaluate every eligible product. Vendors will be contacted to obtain complimentary review copies of print resources or temporary logins for electronic resources. Print copies will be returned to the vendor upon request.
If a product is deemed ineligible, somebody from the New Product Award Jury will notify the nominating party and provide a brief explanation.

Application Information

The deadline for nominations is聽March 1, 2024. Please email the nomination form and supporting documentation as a single PDF to Christopher Siwa.

Download the聽New Product Award Nomination Form

Recipients

2020 - 2024
2024
vLex/Fastcase
Washington, DC
Vincent AI
2023
LexisNexis
Miamisburg, OH
Lexis+庐 Fact & Issue Finder
2022
None awarded
2021
Compose by Casetext
San Francisco, CA
2020
LexisNexis
New York, NY
LexisNexis Digital Library
2010 - 2019
2019
Thomson Reuters
Eagan, MN
Statutes Compare and Regulations Compare on Westlaw Edge
2018
Bloomberg Law
Joe Breda
President
Arlington, VA
Points of Law on Bloomberg Law
2017
Casetext
Pablo Arredondo
Vice President, Legal Research
San Francisco, CA
CARA
2016
Ravel Law
Daniel Lewis
CEO and Co-Founder
San Francisco, CA
Judge Analytics
2015
Lex Machina
Josh Becker, CEO
Menlo Park, CA
Legal Analytics庐
2014
William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Getzville, NY
Fastcase, Inc.
Washington, DC
HeinOnline/Fastcase Integration
2013
Practicing Law Institute
New York, NY
PLI Discover PLUS
2012
Bloomberg Law
New York, NY
Bloomberg Law
2011
WestlawNext Team
Eagan, MN
Thomson Reuters鈥擶estlawNext
2010
Fastcase, Inc.
Fastcase Legal Research iPhone App
2000 - 2009
2009
William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Subject Compilations of State Laws聽(HeinOnline)
2008
Cassidy Cataloging Services, Inc.
WLX Cataloging Record Service (WLX E Treatise Collection, Lexis II Primary Sources, and Westlaw IV Journals & Law Reviews)
2007
No award
2006
No award
2005
Thomson Gale
The Making of Modern Law
2004
Jenkins Law Library & American Lawyer Media
www.palawlibrary.com
2003
No award
2002
No award
2001
William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Hein-On-Line
2000
IndexMaster, Inc.
IndexMaster
1995 - 1999
1999
West Group
Key Cite
1998
Congressional Information Services, Inc.
CIS Congressional Universe
1997
BNA, Inc.
Health Law & Business Series
1996
No award
1995
Shepard’s McGraw-Hill, Inc.
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