The Oyez Project at the

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's Chicago-Kent College of Law is an unofficial online multimedia archive of the

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, especially audio of oral arguments. The website "aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since ../nowiki> October 1955."About Oyez
Oyez.org The website also includes biographical information of both incumbent and historical justices of the Court and advocates who have argued before the court. The website was founded by Jerry Goldman, a research professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law at

Government and private support

According to the website, the Oyez Project received technological support from

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and grants from

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. The project is also supported by various academic institutions such as Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the legal

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, and the law firm Mayer Brown, among others. Jerry Goldman put the Oyez Project up for sale in 2016. He estimated it is "worth well over $1 million", but he hopes the buyer will not put the project behind a paywall. Harvard Law School offered to pay the project's operating costs, but not Goldman's price. In July 2016, the

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and

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joined IIT as sponsors.

History

The Oyez Project was conceived in Chicago in the late 1980's by Jerry Goldman, a professor of political science, and initially implemented using Apple's HyperCard software. Subsequent support from the

and

allowed the project to evolve and establish a presence on the internet.

Recognition

Oyez.org is listed by the Supreme Court as an authentic, although unofficial, online source to access the court's information. Oyez.org was featured as "Website of the Week" by international broadcaster

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in January 2006. The old version of the Oyez database was awarded the Silver Gavel Award for New Media by

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in 1998. Its founder, Jerry Goldman, was given a medal award in 1997 by EDUCAUSE.educause.edu
, EDUCAUSE Medal Awards

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Government and private support

History

Recognition

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