Articles Posted in March, 2005

John Day, a Tennessee personal injury lawyer, has launched a blog focused on torts: Day on Torts. A partner with Branham & Day in Nashville, Day describes himself as a lawyer “who is fascinated by the law of torts.” I share his interest, so I will look forward to reading his posts.…

Are you a young lawyer or 3L who aspires to be the nation’s next great defense attorney? If so, Stick Figure Productions wants you for a reality show it is developing for Court TV.

First case: Defending Stick Figure in a bias suit for discriminating against older lawyers.…

The Cornell Law Library has posted Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler, a rare 1943 psychological analysis of the personality of Adolph Hitler that predicted, among other things, his eventual suicide. This is the only copy of the report available to the public online.

The report was written by Harvard psychologist…

Five legal bloggers known for their insights into legal technology have launched a group blog devoted to discussions of that very topic, which they call Between Lawyers. As contributor Denise Howell explains of the authors in an introductory note:

“They are all bloggers with a track record of being able to explain

Be careful what you say about podcasting, if you’re not prepared to defend your position. Several bloggers, myself included, found themselves embroiled in this great debate over the weekend. A recap is provided, courtesy of JurisPundit.…

Next Thursday is the start of ABA TECHSHOW 2005, so if you have not yet made plans to attend, you’d better get started, because I expect to see you there.

And kicking things off Wednesday night is BlawgConnect.2005 — the largest assembly of law bloggers ever (35, by my count).

I’ll…

Elegus Corporation announced yesterday the launch of Elegus.com, a subscription-based tool designed to provide one-stop, simplified searching of virtually any U.S. federal or state government Web site or group of sites.

Users select searches from a list of government sites that includes nearly every domain and sub-domain within the federal system, as well as…

If you are ever invited into a local classroom to speak about the Supreme Court’s role in our nation’s history, you may first want to visit Landmark Supreme Court Cases, a site developed to support educators in teaching about landmark Supreme Court cases. Focusing on cases such as Marbury v. Madison,

Kevin J. Heller and Evan Schaeffer team up to bring you BlawgCast.com, a blog in which they will cover “the legal podcasting universe.”

If you don’t know what a podcast is, read my Law Technology News article, Podcasting: CLE’s New Wave?…

A new open-access e-journal, Open Government: A Journal on Freedom of Information, published its inaugural issue this week. Funded by the School of Business Information at Liverpool John Moores University, the journal aims to publish peer-reviewed articles related to freedom of information laws worldwide.

The inaugural issue contains articles on:…

That’s the question, as reported by New Hampshire’s Laconia Citizen, which says that the defense attorney representing a convicted rapist is trying to convince the court that his client’s right to a fair trial was compromised by comments made by a jury member on a personal blog.…