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And now for something completely different: Above the Law’s top 10 most popular posts of 2011 and predictions for 2012

06 Jan

See Above The Law’s Top Ten Most Popular Stories of 2011. Predictions include: Law schools will get more creative in how they massage their employment numbers. We talk a lot about “transparency,” and there will be MOAR TRANSPARENCY in 2012….

 

Opening: Emerging Technologies Librarian, Univ. of Minnesota Law Library

06 Jan

The University of Minnesota Law Library is seeking dynamic, innovative, and visionary candidates for the position of Emerging Technologies Librarian. This professional position will identify existing and emerging technologies and apply them in a highly patron-oriented, academic law library that…

 

Piggybacking on Students’ Free WEXIS Access by Practitioners: "No can do" says Utah State Bar

04 Jan

It’s a widespread and fairly well-known practice that one “benefit” of hiring a law student as a law clerk is access to free WEXIS legal search. However, under Westlaw’s “Educational Purposes” and Lexis “Academic Purposes” licensing agreement clauses with law…

 

Shear Evaluates His 10 2011 Social Media Law Predictions

04 Jan

Unlike many folks who justmake annual predictions, Bradley Shear has actually assessed his 2011 predictions. On Shear on Social Media Law, see Part One and Part Two of his reality checking evaluation. He observes “[f]or 2011, 9 of my 10…

 

Provisional Accreditation Denial by the ABA: A speculative back-story for Duncan Law School’s Lawsuit

03 Jan

On Dec. 22, 2011, Duncan School of Law filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee against the ABA alleging antitrust and due process violations after failing to receive ABA provisional accreditation. [Text of…

 

LLB’s 2011 Awards for Creative Alternative Uses for No Longer Needed Print Books

29 Dec

And the winners are: First Place: Constructing Public Services Desks out of pBooks Second Place: Repurposing Legal Reporter Volumes into Book Flasks (Bender Bound) Third Place: Going Green by Using Law Reporter Volume Bindings as Floor (or Wall) Covering Damn…

 

Bruce Carton’s 10 "Go-To" Law Blogs in 2011

28 Dec

This is the second year Legal Blog Watch’s Bruce Carton has identified his 10 “Most-Watched” legal blogs. Carton writes “not all legal blogs are created (and maintained) equal, and some always grow to be favorites of mine during the year.”…

 

What Factors in 2012 Will Be Examined That Can be Viewed as a Federal Public Policy Failure to Provide Affordable Civil Legal Services to the Electorate?

27 Dec

2011 may go down in history as the year the ABA-Legal Academy cartel controversy moved beyond the law prof blogging reformers to receive major legal media and, more importantly, major general media attention by some opinion leaders that has caught…

 

"Going Mac" in the Legal Industry is Gaining Ground

21 Dec

According to the 2011 Clio Apple in Law Firms Survey results, summarized here, 46.5% of respondents said they chose Apple hardware over PC options because the technology was more reliable and secure. Usability ranked next at 33.8%. Familiarity due to…

 

Woo Hoo! Here are the Official Instructions for Judges on CA Traffic Court Cases

20 Dec

Here is the Official Judge’s Instructions on How to Handle Traffic Court Cases in California. Hyper-linked with references to the law. Yes, like all of legal self help content, it is free. Continue reading