If you were a Hawaiian one of the most common words you might use is ‘wiki’ which means ‘faster’. Now, if you are a web visitor you might use the word too, for another reason. One reason the word is used on the net is because you can learn to use the tool very, very quickly.
So what is wiki?

It is a website with content that, even you as visitor, can add to or edit as you think proper. This, therefore, is ideal for shared writing and therefore works well for firms in which various people can express their opinion and report their findings. Wikipedia is perhaps the best known wiki to date.
Wikis are now being used in many ways, in various areas. Whereas information about campaigns and elections can be garnered from wikis such as the Campaigns Wiki, Wikileaks facilitates the anonymous supply of information that can be analyzed, discussed or looked into.
So where do wikis come in handy for lawyers? They could use it as a two-way tool to constantly and easily acquire information which can be updated and to provide hyperlinks to associated material. Since several lawyers can write and edit the same material this should prove very handy to lawyers collaborating on common matters.
Connie Crosby has written several blogs on wikis for law librarians. Read her The Blogging Libraries Wiki.