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Impervious to Change: Happy Law Faculty, ABA Gatekeeper, US News Rankings All Contribute to …

19 Dec

… The Price to Play Its Way, David Segal’s latest NYT article. [JH]

 

Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs

18 Dec

Indiana Injury And Family Lawyer Blog http://www.indianainjuryandfamilylawyerblog.com/ http://www.indianainjuryandfamilylawyerblog.com/index.xml Examines injury and family law cases, news, and opinions in Indiana. Published by Padove Law. Bay Area Divorce Lawyer Blog http://www.bayareadivorcelawyerblog.com/ http://www.bayareadivorcelawyerblog.com/index.xml Examines divorce cases, news and related matters in the San…

 

"What would James Madison do if he was staring down a four-hour, closed book Constitutional Law final?"

15 Dec

“I mean besides, you know, not writing the Constitution. I like to think he would have just broken down and started destroying stuff rather than confront the reality of his own intellectual inadequacy and poor post-graduate educational decisions.” Quoting again…

 

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.

For our latest analysis on what is working in the virtual law firm space, download our White Paper on Virtual Law Practice: Success Factors.

 

 

 

On Frustration and Source Code

14 Dec

So this is somehow law if not law librarianship related, right? Citing dissent across the Middle East, Europe and even the US in terms of OWS, Time has named “The Protester” as “person of the year.” From Person of the…

 

Cooley Dean Says Job Prospects For Law Graduates Are Strong

12 Dec

Nelson Miller, dean of Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Grand Rapids campus penned an editorial published in The Careerist last week. He paints a rosy picture of the legal jobs market using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. He cites 1,040,000…

 

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…

 

Let’s Start with Basic Skills: Teaching Law Students Reading and Reasoning Skills

09 Dec

Obviously there has been much more change-talk than action in improving the legal academy curriculum. Perhaps that is because the legal academy is a bit befuddled about where to start. Even if we accept the premise that law schools try…

 

What Do You Do When You Are Losing Customers? Thomson Reuters Buys the Competition

08 Dec

Back in September, UK-based Pilgrim Systems, a provider of law practice management solutions called LawSoft, announced Another Elite site goes live with Pilgrim’s Lawsoft, noting: As well as the functionality and quality of the LawSoft solution, the firms’ selection was…

 

Pssst … Want to Counter Commercially Drafted Proposed Legislation? A thought about advocating for fair use legislation under state contract law

07 Dec

When I first heard about the American Legislative Exchange Council’s extensive collection of in-house drafted “model” bills, I thought, hum … perhaps consumers advocating for fair use in commercial electronic information resources might want to give this non-profit a call….