Robert Ambrogi BlogOperating on the premise that research on contracting is stymied by a lack of available contracts, the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute at the University of Missouri, Columbia, is working to create a digital collection of contracts and make them available over the Internet. The collection so far contains more than 10,000 contracts, drawn…
Images of an asylum trigger memories of first law job
Through pure happenstance, two state-run “insane asylums” in Massachusetts were the backdrop for significant firsts in both my journalism and legal careers. As a journalism undergrad at UMass/Amherst in the early ’70s, the Daily Collegian assigned me to cover U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro’s tour of Belchertown State School, a facility for people…
New tort and insurance portal features blawg feeds
The American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section has unveiled e-Dicta, a portal for Internet law and insurance resources. This is a true mega-site, combining original content and links to other Web resources to create a one-of-a-kind resource. Among the many sections are ones that focus on law and insurance, Internet risk…
QuickTopic and RSS feeds
Did you know that QuickTopic allows discussions to have RSS feeds? Neither did I. I learned this from the QuickTopic seminar going on all this week via the Network-Lawyers discussion group. Stop by.…
Net-Lawyers seminar begins today on QuickTopic
All this week, the Network-Lawyers discussion list is conducting an experiment in online seminars by focusing the list’s discussion on a moderated panel about QuickTopic and its uses by legal professionals. The panel features QuickTopic founder Steve Yost. For complete details, go to the NetLs SeminarPrograms page.…
A support group for Blogger users
Steve Covell says that, with his legal blogging friends moving to TypePad, he started thinking about his Blogger blog and the future. Instead of moving, he says, he decided to do something — he created Blogger Forum, a Blogger support site with forum and a Blogger related blog. Blogger users of…
Become an online mediator
Something I’ve done for about a year now is mediate cases through the online mediation service SquareTrade. Most of these cases involve eBay disputes. SquareTrade is now seeking qualified mediators to add to its roster. Applicants must have had formal mediation training, usually 30 – 40 hours of ADR instruction, and have had…
ABA releases results of annual tech survey
The American Bar Association today released the results of its 2002 Legal Technology Survey, finding that U.S. lawyers’ use of technology is now nearly universal, with more than 98 percent of respondents saying that they use a computer for work-related tasks. The annual survey questioned more than 3,000 ABA members in private practice about…
Insurance laws by U.S. state and Canadian province
A.M. Best’s Web site includes this Summary of Insurance Laws by State and Canadian Province. Written by law firms within each state, the summaries cover general insurance principles and leading court opinions.…
Management consultant Poll launches blog
Ed Poll, nationally known management consultant, author and personal coach, has launched himself into the blogosphere with coachtolawyersblog.…
Labor and employment blog from Berkeley’s IRR
The Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Berkeley, hosts The Labor and Employment Weblog. It launched in August, covering labor and employment issues throughout the world.…
Network-Lawyers to host ‘seminars’ on Web collaboration tools
Starting Sept. 22, the Network-Lawyers discussion list will do something it has never done before — host two, week-long online seminars. The two seminars will look at companion Web-based collaboration tools, QuickTopic during the week of Sept. 22 to 26, and QuickDocumentReview during the week of Oct. 6 to 10. Steve Yost,…