Kate Bladow has issued a challenge to the legal community: publish one blog post in support of pro bono. As she explains at her blog Technola, Bladow is asking lawyers to pledge to publish one blog post between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30 in honor of the 2010 National Pro Bono Celebration.
Why the…
If solos are the downtrodden and under-appreciated laboring masses of the legal profession, then Carolyn Elefant is their Spartacus. First through her blog, myShingle.com, then through her book, Solo by Choice, Carolyn has championed the cause of the sole practitioner. Now, Carolyn has teamed with another well-known solo, Lisa Solomon, to launch her latest…
I am a bit late in posting this, given that the class started Aug. 26, but it is not too late to join in.
The University of Iowa College of Law is offering free online access this semester to a colloquium on the health care reform act. Starting Aug. 26 and ending Dec.…
With today’s episode of the Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, we reach a milestone: our 250th episode and the end of our fifth year of weekly shows. This makes Lawyer2Lawyer the longest continually running legal podcast.
Our first show was on Aug. 31, 2005. Our guests for that first show were Michael S. Greco, then…
Law.com has my latest column posted today: Legal Blogs Are Dead! Long Live Legal Blogs!…
I am scheduled to be a panelist in two programs this month, both in Boston:
Judge Ginsburg
Sept. 13, 4-5:30 p.m., Ginsburg & Friends: Conversations on Professional Relationships: The Press, the Courts, the Profession. Retired Judge Edward Ginsburg is a legend in Massachusetts for all he’s done both on and off the…
A report this week on social media use by older adults has important implications for the legal profession — even though it never mentions the legal profession or any other profession.
A study by Pew Internet, Older Adults and Social Media, finds that social-networking use among Internet users aged 50 and older nearly doubled in…
I’ve given a lot of thought over the years to the very mundane topic of lawyer bios. Having done so, I am compelled to file this dissent to Matt Homann’s clever but off-base Venn diagram about lawyer bios (Your Clients Don’t Care Where You Went to Law School). At the same time, I will…
Google today unveiled Google Realtime Search, a new search interface for real-time results from social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, blogs and elsewhere. (That link may not yet work for everyone. If it doesn’t, use this link to the development page.)
Once you enter your search query, results continue to…
Legendary criminal defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey and New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt join us to discuss the indictment of Roger Clemens on this week’s installment of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer.
You can listen to the program in your browser or download the MP3 file from the Legal Talk…
Three great guests join us on this week’s Lawyer2Lawyer to discuss the prison suicide of accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff and what it means for the case, the victims’ families and the criminal justice system.
Our guests are:…
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