Introducing the Law Robot

I've always wanted my own personal assistant.  But I'll settle for a program I call a "robot".

So here's the idea: I usually have an IM window open, and I've got two classes where the professors will often call out an ORS section number for us to quickly turn to ...

The law robot can be chatted up at Google Talk: the.law.robot@ gmail.com

This little program is a proof-of-concept of the application of "open APIs" and Open Source to open legal information.  The law robot connects to a web service that I'll document soon.  But if you're a software developer interested in working with this, drop me a line.