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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.

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

 

 

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

 

An eBook Divide

12 Dec

eBooks seem to hog up a lot of space in both the information and legal professional trade presses these days. On pg 12 of the December 2011 Information Today issue, there is an article on “Ebook trends” (the author used…

 
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Posted in Books, Electronic Resource, Products & Services, Professional Readings, Publishing Industry

 

Robert Hu Elected to the American Law Institute

07 Dec

Quoting from the ALI’s Membership Overview page: To further its law-reform work, the Institute seeks individuals who reflect the excellence and diversity of today’s legal profession. ALI membership is a distinct professional honor, and the number that can be admitted…

 
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Posted in Academic Law Libraries

 

More TR Legal Layoffs?

18 Nov

According to an unnamed source, Thomson Reuters Legal may announce another wave of layoffs soon, perhaps even as early as today. The layoffs may affect customer service operations. As of yesterday evening the local press had no reports about this…

 
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Posted in Publishing Industry

 

Law Porn: From p-mailing to e-mailing

17 Nov

Recently, law prof Stephen Bainbridge reported that Today, I’d guess that 67% of the mail I get at the office is law porn [promotional literature from law schools] that goes straight into the recycling bin without ever being read. ……

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views

 

The New Search Model: "Everyone plugs into the search engine, only a few understand how it works"

17 Nov

A definition of the algorithm: The algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions. And that is the problem today’s new legal search engines present for users and instructors of online legal research in the…

 
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Posted in Electronic Resource, Information Technology, Legal Research, Legal Research Instruction, Products & Services, Publishing Industry

 

SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing

16 Nov

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we’ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine…

 
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Posted in Legislation in the News

 

Creating Video Tutorials of Today’s Online Search Services: The example of Fastcase endorsing best practice videos authored by law librarians

07 Nov

Got to hand it to Fastcase for calling attention to video tutorials created by law librarians: We recently came across a series of well-crafted Fastcase Video Tutorials created by our partners at the Jenkins Law Library. We were impressed with…

 
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Posted in Electronic Resource, Legal Research Instruction, Products & Services, Publishing Industry

 

GPO Access Goes Archive Only Once Today’s Edition of Daily Updated Content Has Been Uploaded

04 Nov

From Cynthia Etkin’s Nov. 3, 2011 message posted on multiple listservs: GPO Access Goes Archive Only On Friday, November 4, 2011, the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) draws one step closer to shutting down GPO Access. Once the Friday editions…

 
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Posted in Digital Collections, Gov Docs, Legal Research, Legal Research Instruction

 

Are Law Schools Facing a Crisis? NLJ launches new blog on legal education

02 Nov

Quoting the “About the Blog” Statement Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. Law schools have faced plenty of criticism for their role in the struggles of young lawyers today. The National Law Journal has assembled a panel of…

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views, New Publications, Web Communications

 
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