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Most of us learn about criminal law through television crime dramas, which often get it wrong, and news stories (which still sometimes get it wrong). We especially enjoy reading cautionary tales of celebrities who have gone astray. It's hard to look away when, for example, pop star Justin Bieber is busted (again) for speeding, or Lindsay Lohan pleads guilty to reckless driving in exchange for a 90-day stint in rehab.

We also learn about criminal law when tragedy strikes. After the owner of four pit bulls that fatally mauled a jogger was charged with murder, our FindLaw Blotter blog described the different degrees of murder and how this may apply to the defendant's case.

So while the headlines grab our collective attention, it's helpful to know how regular people can defend against criminal charges and otherwise navigate the high stakes world of criminal law. That's where Learn About the Law's (LATL) Criminal Law section comes in.

If you’re a legal professional who uses FindLaw.com, chances are you’re taking advantage of our unmatched collection of online cases and codes, while at the same time getting some helpful practice tips from our thousands of online articles and blog posts. (All for free, of course.)

Well now there’s a new way to get the information you need from FindLaw, online or off. Introducing our new “mini guides” for Legal Professionals — concise, to-the-point pamphlets on topics pertinent to practicing lawyers.

Have you clicked on FindLaw's Lawyer Directory lately? Or perhaps you've joined a discussion in our FindLaw Answers community forum, or even took the time to let us know about a typo on one of our millions of pages of content.

If so, you know that FindLaw.com is as dynamic and responsive to user feedback as websites can get. And it's thanks to software engineers like Margaret Omanska who make it all happen.

"I've been here 13 years, and the people are still fantastic," Omanska said about her tenure at FindLaw. "You feel like people really care."

When life gets legal, there's FindLaw. We have been saying it for years -- the law really does touch almost every area of your life, even if you don't want it to! Sometimes it is obvious and sometimes it is subtle. And perhaps our latest social network really helps to prove this point....Pinterest!

That's right, FindLaw.com has joined the dynamic Pinterest community to bring our consumer followers both legal and nonlegal tips in an oh-so-pretty fashion. Like all of the networks we join, our goal is to create a legal presence that is both helpful and enjoyable for the users on that network.

Music isn’t just a hobby for FindLaw.com Sr. Writer Corey Licht, the newest member of the Consumer Core Content team. While Licht’s musical creations are a labor of love, it was the intersection of music and technology that brought him to the legal profession in the first place. Licht said he took an interest in the law in the early 2000’s, when Napster and other controversial file-sharing sites came under fire for copyright infringement.

Napster was shut down by court order in 2001, giving rise to legitimate digital music services. Licht, meanwhile, continued to stake out his niche.

“I’ve always been involved in music and writing, so when these new forms of digital distribution became widespread, I became interested in the legal implications of their use,” said Licht, who currently spends much of his free time producing hip-hop music (i.e. “dropping beats”) for Bay Area rappers.

Blame it on television.

For better or for worse, television empowers us to believe that we are knowledgeable and capable. We watch crime dramas, and suddenly we’re experts on forensic evidence. We watch do-it-yourself programs on TLC or HGTV, and we become convinced that we can renovate a home.

But sometimes, it’s best to get a second opinion regarding the reality behind a concept or idea depicted on television. That’s why FindLaw’s new blog series — Legal How-To and Good Wife, Good Law — can help readers distinguish between legal fact and Hollywood fiction.

The law is not carved in stone, but changes with the times. Ideally, it is a reflection of our collective values as interpreted through the Constitution. New laws are passed by legislation and ballot initiatives; old laws are rewritten; and countless laws both new and old are challenged in court. It's this tension and sense of continuous renewal that makes our legal system so dynamic.

FindLaw.com's Learn About the Law section also is in a constant state of refinement. Obviously, our legal content must keep up with changes in the law. But additional consideration must be given to how well our material is presented and how easy it is for our users to find. To this end, we are devoting much of 2013 to combing through our LATL articles and resources in an effort to improve the user experience.

We call it "Project Refine and Shine," or "R&S" for short.

The April 15 tax deadline is just a few days away, but procrastinators don't need to panic: FindLaw.com has a wide range of resources to make Tax Day less taxing.

It's estimated that about 20% of American adults are chronic procrastinators, one expert tells NPR. That means a significant number of taxpayers are probably in a bit of a predicament right now, and may be trying to calculate their next move.

So how can FindLaw.com help taxpayers with their last-minute preparations? Here are three ways to take advantage of our website's array of offerings without having to deduct too much time out of your day:

For more than 30 years, Americans have tuned into "Family Feud," a game show that features ordinary families facing off to guess the top responses to survey questions. The host will offer a prompt like "Name a place you visit where you aren't allowed to touch anything," and players will shout responses like "Museum!" and "Zoo!," attempting to win a cash prize.

But a "Family Feud" survey exists only to create topics for the show. At the end of the day, the answers are reported and discarded.

At FindLaw, we view surveys differently. Here, survey responses represent the beginning of an inquiry, not the end. Throughout the year, we constantly analyze survey data to learn how we can improve the FindLaw.com consumer experience.