HG.org

Founded in 1995, HG.org is an online publisher of legal information for consumers, business owners, students and attorneys. It allows them to locate legal and government information around the world. It is often cited in printed publications. Law related information covers 200 countries, 50 states and 15,000 cities. Its subject matter directories provide information on 250 areas of practice
History of Free Online Legal Publishing
The Internet has made law and government information easily accessible to consumers, law students and attorneys. The original online free sites from the 1990"s include: Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute and Findlaw.com (purchased by Thomson Reuters in 2000), Martindale Hubbell and . HG.org was founded in 1995 by Lex Mundi, a global network of 160 law firms whose members have 21,000 attorneys located in 600 offices worldwide. The objective of the organization was to promote the use of the Internet by the legal profession. Today, it contains 2 million pages of legal and government information.
Information Collection
HG.org has an information “assimilation” model where information is uploaded by law schools, bar associations, law firms and users themselves. The information is then edited by a staff before being published. Each type of information can be found in multiple locations that are logically relevant for the users. Uploaded content includes more than 10,000 publications, 2,000 law related events and thousands of employment advertisements. These are pro bono services for bar associations, law schools and law firms.
HG.org is supported by advertising by lawyers and expert witnesses. They pay a fee for expanded information on their firms or companies. The listings includes individual attorneys at the firm, their practices, video, maps and other useful information about each firm.
Internal Structure
HG.org has developed a framework in which related information is easily found across the site. There are 10 primary areas covered: . One of the largest is a student center in which law schools in 130 countries are found. . Other sections include legal employment , legal associations, legal businesses (court reporting, expert witnesses, document management), law practice, law publications, litigation support, and legal services. The site contains more than 2 million pages of information.

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