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A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:00:00 -0800

Trevor Rosen and Andrew Zimmerman's updated guide focuses on websites that will help you determine whether a lawyer is currently licensed to practice in a particular state.

Reference from Coast to Coast: The Test Results are In!

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:44:40 -0800

This month Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen offer tips for finding Bar exam results, exam schedules, and reciprocity, and also provide links to relevant court, association, government and legal newspaper websites.

Faulkner's Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: Do Something More With Your Web Browser Homepage

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:51:20 -0800

Frederick L. Faulkner IV recommends a set of tools and services as the foundation of your personalized homepage, and provides a step-by-step guide on how to create one efficiently and effectively.

The Tao of Law Librarianship: The Truth About Blogging

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:35:53 -0800

Connie Crosby is Library Manager at WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto, Canada. She is a regular contributor to Slaw, a co-operative weblog about Canadian legal research and information technology, writes her own self-titled blogs for law librarians. and is the Canadian correspondent on Jim Milles’ law library podcast Check This Out! She is Co-Chair of the Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting to be held in Toronto - October 17-21, 2007, and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.

Analyze This: The Evolution of Competitive Intelligence Products for the Legal Profession

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:28:38 -0800

Competitive intelligence and marketing expert Donna Cavallini reviews ALM Research Online, a service that allows users to search, sort and analyze key legal industry data. Donna's bottom line: this is a "must-have tool."

The Tao of Law Librarianship: Are You Ready for Podcasting?

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:20:20 -0800

Connie Crosby describes the hardware and software options available to create and maintain a podcast. She also delves into the reasons why this may be a perfect medium for teaching law students and lawyers. Connie's investigation into podcasting reveals that a range of topical content is available, produced by professionals and hobbyists. This is a great guide to an emerging technology that offers interesting opportunities to teach, train and communicate in an interactive and cost effective manner.

Faulkner's Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys: I'll Take My Legal News to Go Please - A Intro to Podcasting

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:17:58 -0800

Frederick L. Faulkner IV explains the basics of podcasting, its future role as a platform for CLE credits, and tools for locating, subscribing to and downloading podcasts. He also highlights the work of lawyers who are pioneering the delivery of content using this application.

The Tao of Law Librarianship: Do-It-Yourself Professional Development

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:29:50 -0800

Connie Crosby is Library Manager at WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto, Canada. She is a regular contributor to Slaw, a co-operative weblog about Canadian legal research and information technology, and writes her own self-titled blogs for law librarians. She is Co-Chair of the Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting to be held in Toronto - October 17-21, 2007, is Past President of the Toronto Association of Law Libraries and currently serves as Member at Large for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.

Features - Plain Language in Law

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800

Plain Language in Law

By Sandeep Dave

Features - A Reshuffling of the Legal Profession

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800

A Reshuffling of the Legal Profession

By Jerry Lawson

Postcard from Vienna: The Vis Moot and the Triumph of Foreign and International Law

Thu, 19 May 2011 14:36:05 -0800

Nicholas Pengelley vibrantly documents, with accompanying photos, his latest experiences as evaluator of written memoranda, arbitrator at oral arguments, and sometime team coach at the Vis Moot, in which he has participated for a decade. The moot, which always takes place in the week leading up to Easter, is held in Vienna because of its associations with the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ("CISG"). This is the law of the contract for all of the moot problems, which always involve a contractual sale of goods dispute between parties from two different countries.

Getting Educated at LegalTech New York 2010

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:17:20 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby provides an overview of the New York LegalTech show and conference, long one of the preeminent opportunities to catch a glimpse of the future of legal technology. Conrad highlights how the conference provides a surprisingly accurate snapshot of litigation support, electronic discovery, and even the health of the legal industry as a whole.

The Art of Written Persuasion: Part V - Improve Your Vocabulary, Improve Your Success

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:54:11 -0800

Troy Simpson returns with this fifth article in the series, and investigates the link between having a good vocabulary [lawyers have a speaking acquaintance with around 23,000 words] and being a persuasive lawyer.

Are Law Firms Ready for Transparency?

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:27:44 -0800

Attorney and KM expert V. Mary Abraham provides details on how one law firm has found a way to create real transparency in its dealings with clients via an extranet, and whether this process may start a trend.

E-Discovery Update: Revisiting ESI Agreements and Court Orders

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:24:38 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby focuses on the new requirement that litigants must meet early in a dispute to discuss the scope of discovery work to reach agreement on how best to proceed with the discovery of potentially relevant electronically stored information (“ESI”). What happens, though, when fundamental assumptions used to reach agreement at that early stage in the case turn out to be incorrect?