Articles Posted in April, 2009

State Bar Associations on Facebook

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I am in the process of researching how bar associations are using social media. Here is a list of state bar associations I have found with Facebook pages. Not included in this list are national and local bars. Please let me know of any state bars missing from this list. (Some of these links…

Bar Association Twitter Feeds

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I have been researching how bar associations are using social media. One aspect of that is identifying bar associations with Twitter feeds. Here is what I have found so far. Please let me know of others. As you will see, some are active, some are not.…

Now on the iPhone: Black’s Law Dictionary

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Never again be without a legal dictionary. West today announced the release of an application that puts Black’s Law Dictionary on the iPhone and iPod touch. The app features the most recent 8th edition of the definitive legal dictionary, which is edited by Bryan A. Garner.

The…

Podcast: The Prosecution of the Somali Pirate

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This week’s Lawyer2Lawyer podcast looks at the first U.S. piracy prosecution in more than a century:

The first prosecution of a pirate in the U.S. in 100 years! The world watched closely as Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship was rescued, after being held hostage by four Somali pirates.

Track and Capture Time Spent on E-mail

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How much time do you spend every day on e-mail? As you read through your inbox and write and respond to messages, how much of that time are you tracking? My guess is that lawyers lose track of significant chunks of time spent on e-mail. A new plug-in for Outlook aims to capture that lost…