HARRISBURG (Nov. 12, 2001) - Beginning Dec. 15, 2001, Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) members will be able to conduct legal research online using InCite�, a customized Web-based legal research tool powered by LexisNexis� information services.

InCite, the free legal research tool, will be available exclusively to PBA members at www.pabar.org. The PBA partnered with LexisNexis to create this ground-breaking product after an extensive, year-long evaluation and development process. The InCite program is the first of its kind between LexisNexis and any state bar association.

InCite will provide free access to a comprehensive list of Pennsylvania and federal legal research information.

Primary legal sources available include:

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions from 1791 and Superior Court decisions from 1895
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decisions from October 1970
• Pennsylvania statutes, court rules and Pennsylvania Code
• The U.S. Code and Federal Rules
• U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1790
• U.S. Third Circuit Court decisions from 1995, including U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

�InCite will make it easy for members to use online research provided by their bar association to the benefit of their practice and their clients. It will be a good tool to help attorneys take on matters that require more extensive research without incurring any added costs,� said PBA President H. Reginald Belden Jr.

Bar members using InCite also can link to additional sources of legal research information offered by LexisNexis for a fee. Some of the information sources are priced according to the PBA Member Benefits Program. Other services from LexisNexis can be purchased using a credit card.

�InCite gives PBA members free access to greater research power than they could find on the Internet alone. And if a case requires it, InCite provides an easy link to the comprehensive LexisNexis legal research system,� said Larry Thompson, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for LexisNexis.

About LexisNexis
LexisNexis Group is a leading global provider of information to corporate, government, legal and academic markets, and publishes legal, tax, regulatory and other information. Operating units include authoritative legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, the Butterworths companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and Africa, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur in France; Abeledo-Perrot in Argentina; Orac in Austria and other leading companies around the world, all members of Reed Elsevier plc. The LexisNexis� services combine searchable access to over three billion documents from thousands of sources with leading edge systems and tools for managing this content. LexisNexis delivers a high quality resource with which to build legal research and knowledge-management solutions for the entire enterprise, answering questions and solving problems. For more information, please visit www.lexisnexis.com.

About The Pennsylvania Bar Association
The Pennsylvania Bar Association is a membership organization representing the interests of 28,000 lawyers licensed to practice in Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 to advance the science of jurisprudence; to promote the administration of justice; to see that no one, on account of poverty, is denied his or her legal rights; to secure proper legislation; to encourage thorough legal education; to uphold the honor and dignity of the Bar; to cultivate cordial relations among the lawyers of Pennsylvania; and to perpetuate the history of the profession and the memory of its members.