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December Law Practice Today Issue Focuses on eLawyering

14 Dec

Virtual Law PracticeThe latest edition of the ABA’s Law Practice Today webzine has good articles on elawyering and virtual practice and a really innovative piece by Marc Laurtisen titled,  Dancing in the Cloud, and an introduction to the elawyering concept by Stephanie Kimbro —  Getting Started With eLawyering).

I also wrote a short article on Document Assembly Over the Internet , which as readers of this Blog will know is an old theme for me.

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Posted in ABA, elawyering, eLawyering Ethical Issues, eLawyering Events, firms, portals, practice, virtual, web-enabled document assembly

 

Say "Hi" to Savannah Law School

10 Dec

Just when you think the ABA might be starting to get its act together, comes word that Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has received ABA Council on Legal Education and Admissions approval to open a branch campus in Savannah. [Press…

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views

 

If Only Lawyers Really Were Ethically Obligated to Monitor the Accuracy of Online Legal Search Services and Required to Obtain Detailed Infomation about Vendors’ Editor Qualifications and Search Algorithms

01 Dec

Carolyn Elefant is a well-respected attorney-blogger but in a recent post on a proposed new Comment to ABA Ethic Rule 5.3, I think she has over-reached to infinity and beyond in her interpretation. The proposed new comment reads in full:…

 
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Posted in Electronic Resource, Legal Research, Publishing Industry

 

University of Illinois Issues Report on Admission Data Manipulation

08 Nov

The University of Illinois has issued its report on the Law School’s revelation that it reported of false student profile data to the ABA and US News. A copy is available here. Principle findings from the Executive Summary show these…

 
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Opening: Assistant Director for Information Services, George Washington University Law School, Jacob Burns Law Library

20 Oct

The George Washington University Law School seeks a qualified librarian to lead and manage the Information Services Division of the Jacob Burns Law Library. Basic qualifications for this position include an ALA-accredited MLS (or equivalent) and an ABA-accredited JD (or…

 
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Posted in Employment Opportunties

 

The ABA Reacts

18 Oct

The American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar issued the most remarkable statement yesterday. It wrote to clarify its role of how it manages the collection and publication of jobs data. As readers well know,…

 
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And the Winner in ATL’s Shed West Print Era in Academic Law Libraries Photo Caption Contest Is

18 Oct

Having catalogued the total number of volumes, microfilm, microfiche, and titles, this dumpster is hereby accredited. – ABA Details on ATL here. Image suitable for framing in Lexis, Fastcase, Bloomberg Law and Wolters Kluwer executive offices below (click to enlarge)…

 
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Posted in Academic Law Libraries, Products & Services, Publishing Industry

 

Finally a Law School Scandal That Does Not Implicate the ABA as an Accomplice

12 Oct

The ABAJ is reporting that Douglas Leman, a former controller who worked at New England School of Law for 17 years, has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he embezzled $173,000 from the school between September 2008 and March 2011 in…

 
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LSAC Working to Audit LSAT and GPA Statistics Provided By Law Schools

11 Oct

One the heels of my post yesterday, Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships, comes news that the LSAC has had a change of heart and will now audit LSAT and GPA scores reported annually by law…

 
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Senator Boxer Calls Out ABA On Jobs Data And Scholarships

10 Oct

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent a letter to the American Bar Association last Thursday asking the organization take steps to protect law student consumers. She is “disappointed” to learn that the ABA is not requiring law schools to report the…

 
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