Can I Get A Hallelujah For Law 2.0? On-Demand Library And Research Services Have Me Singing
If Law 2.0 means the next evolution of the way we practice law, then AccuDesk is a step in the right direction.
AALL: The Other Legal Tech Conference
To attend AALL is to spend time with the most technologically savvy and innovative minds in the legal profession.
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Law Librarians Being Awesome
Thanks to unjust state policies, this may be the last time the American Association of Law Libraries conference is held in Texas.
High Heat In Texas: Forgo The Status Quo!
The American Association of Law Libraries heads to hip Austin for its 110th Annual Meeting.
The Pink Ghetto: Putting Law Firm Sexism And Sexual Harassment To An End
When you see inappropriate things happening to women in your workplace, say something.
Large Law’s Not-So-Secret Weapon In Marketing And BD: The Library
Should libraries, organizationally speaking, be located under chief marketing officers?
Your Law Firm’s Website Is Failing You.
Here’s What The Best Ones Are Doing Differently.
Law School Is Greeting The New Trump World Order With Jokes
Well f-ing played.
A Challenge For The Gatekeepers
Change is coming—with or without you.
Have You Thanked Your Law Librarian?
A column devoted to the quiet, unsung heroes of law schools, government libraries, and law firms, the law librarian.
Law School Turns Library Back Office Into Doc-Review Dungeon
Which law school is turning part of its library into a "legal delivery center"?
How MyCase’s Smart Spend Can Help Increase Your Profits
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
This Law School Wants Students To Stop Sobbing In The Library
This law school wants students to stop acting like babies -- after all, crying can get pretty noisy.
Morning Docket: 11.27.15
Ed. note: We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. As we mentioned before Thanksgiving, we'll be on a reduced publication schedule today. * Randall Kennedy, one of the African-American Harvard Law School professors whose portraits got marked with black tape, shares HLS alum Elie Mystal's reaction to the incident: he is unimpressed. [New York Times] * In other Harvard Law news, an HLS librarian got arrested after police claim he tried to arrange a sexual meet-up with a deputy posing as an underage girl in Colorado (site of a librarians' conference). [Boston Globe] * Former Supreme Court clerk Brianne Gorod argues that SCOTUS can and should decide Texas's challenge to President Obama's executive action on immigration this Term (i.e., before the 2016 election). [Constitutional Accountability Center via How Appealing] * Ohio State law student Madison Gesiotto is not happy with how administrators responded when one of her conservative columns prompted a threat from a fellow student. [Washington Times] * The SEC just dropped its civil insider trading case against former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager Michael Steinberg. [WSJ Law Blog] * Let's rank the top 10 women Supreme Court justices! Oh wait, there are only four.... [National Law Journal] * Linda Greenhouse offers her reflections on "Sex After 50" (at SCOTUS). [New York Times via How Appealing] * The father of Paul Walker is suing Porsche for negligence and wrongful death over the 2013 car crash that killed Walker, of "Fast and Furious" fame. [AP via WSJ Law Blog]
Harvard Law And Ravel Law To Digitize All Case Law For Free; Are Paid Competitors Worried?
When will you be able to get all of your case law for free? Soon!
Could Librarians Lead Strategic Law Firm Practice Growth?
Collaboration between law librarians, lawyers, and legal marketers could result in niche blogs creating new practices -- practices resulting in significant revenue.
Morning Docket: 08.14.15
* Judge Lance Mason, who was suspended from his duties earlier this year, recently pleaded guilty to charges related to a brutal attack made on his wife. He'll be sentenced in September, and faces up to 36 months in prison. [Northeast Ohio Media Group] * No one will be getting lucky in Kentucky under this clerk's watch: Two months after SCOTUS declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, this state court clerk is still turning away gay couples and refusing to issue marriage licenses. [New York Times] * Per the latest report from Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group, even though this year started out well, the bank is revising its financial performance forecast, and not in a good way. Hopefully firms will be able to weather the latest monetary storm. [Am Law Daily] * Starting in mid-October, lawyers and law firms will be able to purchase .law domain names. A few influential law firms -- DLA Piper, Skadden Arps, and SCOTUSblog-affiliated Russell & Goldstein -- have gotten first dibs on them. Congrats! [WSJ Law Blog] * Law librarians at large and medium-sized firms feel underutilized and underpaid, and that's unfortunate, because like Liam Neeson in Taken, they've got a very particular set of skills, skills they've acquired over a very long career. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]