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The American Bar Association House of Delegates voted today for Boston lawyer Michael S. Greco to become president-elect. He will become the association’s 129th president in August 2005. I became acquainted with Mike years ago when he was president of the Massachusetts Bar Association. From what I have observed over the years…

Speaking of The Blawg Channel, this is a new group blog written by seven of the blawgosphere’s reigning royalty: Dennis Kennedy, Ernest Svenson, Marty Schwimmer, Tom Mighell, Denise Howell, Rick Klau and Kevin Heller. Be sure to add it to your news reader.…

Thanks to Jerry Lawson and Dennis Kennedy for their favorable comments about my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web. By my count, Jerry posted not one, not two, but six mentions of the book, noting it on his NetLawTools Web site, his NetLawBlog, his…

Microsoft and MSNBC have launched a trial version of MSNBC Newsbot, an automated scan of news headlines from the Internet similar to Google News. According to News.com, the page will draw news headlines from more than 4,800 other sites and will allow visitors to create their own customized news feeds.
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I’ve just returned from traveling and read this interesting July 19 article by National Law Journal reporter Gail Diane Cox, Web logs now part of litigation landscape.
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More interesting news from FindLaw today — the launch of the Thomson Legal Record, described as “a first-of-its-kind resource designed to help in-house corporate attorneys make more informed decisions when hiring outside counsel.” The idea is a good one: enable users to research and verify an attorney’s real-world litigation experience by combining a…

The University of Wisconsin Law Library has launched WisBlawg, a blog offering legal research and Internet news and information with an emphasis on Wisconsin. According to reference and electronic services librarian Bonnie Shucha, the blog will report on new Web research resources and technologies, legal research news, announcements of local workshops and…

Lawyers Weekly USA reports on the proposal to cut funding for the ABA’s Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners: ABA May Eliminate Funding for Small-Firm Committee. Reporter Reni Gertner writes:

“The ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners would no longer receive funding under a proposal that is

Speaking of TalkLeft and Jeralyn Merritt, she made the lede of The New York Times story on DNC bloggers. (Thanks to Peter Nordbert at Blog 702 for the pointer.)

Meanwhile, Denise Howell IDs other lawyer bloggers at the DNC: DailyKos, Allen Larson and Tom Burka.
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One of the most thoughtful and provocative lawyer-written blogs is TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime, and TalkLeft blogger — and criminal defense lawyer —Jeralyn E. Merritt is among the roster of convention bloggers. I’m glad the bloggers are there to provide their unique perspectives on the convention. But as I read their…

This just-released announcement from Thomson Corp. promises to reshape the field of law firm Web design, but the question is in what way:

FindLaw Acquires Hubbard One

EAGAN, Minn., July 26, 2004 – FindLaw®, a Thomson business (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announced the company has acquired Hubbard One, the legal profession’s

Law.com today published my survey of legal humor sites, Laughing at Lawyers and the Law.…