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Bridging the DiGital Divide: A New Vendor in Town? Google Scholar Now Includes Case Law

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:55:59 -0800

The November 17, 2009 Google launch of free caselaw searching via Google Scholar is the focus of John J. DiGilio's timely content and resource review.

Support for the Research Process - An Academic Library Manifesto

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:02:00 -0800

This document by Chris Bourg, Ross Coleman, and Ricky Erway can serve as a pathfinder for those professionals seeking to focuses on roles that academic, law and special librarians could undertake in order to better support the research process.

Free Tools and Applications For More Efficient Online Interaction

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:58:09 -0800

Many lawyers understand the importance of networking, but running a law practice takes time and no one ever seems to have enough of it. This factor is one of the main reasons lawyers offer as an excuse to avoid online networking, but Nicole Black proposes how choosing even a few efficient applications from the range of free tools available can streamline and accelerate this marketing process.

The Government Domain: A Handful of Classics

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:08:32 -0800

Peggy Garvin has updated her directory of useful government information resources online, the e-Government and Web Directory: U.S. Federal Government Online. Her research has found that federal web sites do not change as rapidly as users believe. The content on these sites is dynamic, constantly being refreshed and redesigned. However, the sites themselves, the ones that represent so much of the work of the federal government and are selected for inclusion in the book, are fairly stable.

Using Technology To Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation Document Review Budgets

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:38:44 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby details approaches and exercises that contribute to a successful process for calculating - and staying within - a realistic budget for a litigation or regulatory document review.

Legal Implications of Cloud Computing - Part Two (Privacy and the Cloud)

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:47:42 -0800

As a follow-up to last month's article that provided an overview of cloud computing in the context of significant legal issues, this article by Tanya Forsheit reviews the issues of privacy and cross-border data transfers.

Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised October 2009

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Sabrina I. Pacifici's completely revised and updated pathfinder focuses on leveraging selected reliable, focused, free and low cost sites and sources to effectively profile and monitor companies, markets, countries, people, and issues. This guide is a "best of list" of web, database and email alert products, services and tools, as well as links to content specific sources produced by government, academic, NGOs, the media and various publishers.

Pretexting, Legal Ethics and Social Networking Sites

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:38:35 -0800

The court decisions, ethics opinions and articles comprising Ken Strutin's guide provide background into current legal thinking about covert investigations, and include recent publications addressing online pretexting as well as the privacy limits of social media.

Peek: Mobile E-Mail On A Budget

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:50:44 -0800

Conrad J. Jacoby discusses his experiences using the Peek mobile e-mail device (Time Magazine's 2008 Gadget of the Year), which he believes is genuinely useful and an excellent value for its cost.

ILTA 2009: Smaller, Cheaper... Better?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:24:37 -0800

Attorney and legal IT expert Conrad J. Jacoby believes participants in this year's conference were hungry for the knowledge available there, for the ability to see in-depth presentations of products, and to attend personal briefings with high-level vendor-side programmers and product directors.

After Hours Goes to the Stars

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:09:12 -0800

Attorney, food writer, astrologer and Tarot master Kathy Biehl is a long term contributor to LLRX.com. Her new column explores different avenues to understand the collective challenges that have become an integral part of our lives and perspectives over the past couple of years.

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.

Legal Implications of Cloud Computing - Part One (the Basics and Framing the Issues)

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:50:47 -0800

Attorney David Navetta contends that there there will be significant financial pressure on organizations to take advantage of the pricing and efficiency of cloud computing, and if attorneys fail to understand the issues ahead of time there is a serious risk of getting "bulldozed" into cloud computing arrangements without time or resources to address some serious legal issues that are implicated.

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.

PACER Spending Survey

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:37:03 -0800

Stanford Law School deputy library director Erika Wayne describes an open source document access project focused on improving PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), sponsored by a small group of research savvy and customer service oriented law librarians.