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Law Ratchet Like Google Reader for Legal News
June 16, 2013
With Google Reader set to shut down on July 1, many of us have been scrambling to find a substitute way to keep up with news and blogs. Yesterday, a new aggregation tool was launched, Law Ratchet, designed to enable legal professionals to keep up with the top legal and business news, analysis and commentary. Available for free both as an iPad app and on the Web, Law Ratchet is essentially an RSS reader, similar in function to Google Reader. Unlike other RSS readers, however, Law Ratchet is preconfigured...
June 16, 2013
With Google Reader set to shut down on July 1, many of us have been scrambling to find a substitute way to keep up with news and blogs. Yesterday, a new aggregation tool was launched, Law Ratchet, designed to enable legal professionals to keep up with the top legal and business news, analysis and commentary. Available for free both as an iPad app and on the Web, Law Ratchet is essentially an RSS reader, similar in function to Google Reader. Unlike other RSS readers, however, Law Ratchet is preconfigured...
A Litigator Reviews John Grisham’s “The Litigators”
June 16, 2013
A few months ago I was talking with a retired lawyer with a mass tort claim that fit squarely within our firm’s criteria. Given the details he provided, there really wasn’t a lot to do pre-suit, my next steps would be to get the medical records to confirm what happened, file the complaint, and then get to work. Being a lawyer, he unsurprisingly wanted to know the whole process “from start to finish,” so we spent a while on the phone talking about short form complaints, plaintiff’s fact...
June 16, 2013
A few months ago I was talking with a retired lawyer with a mass tort claim that fit squarely within our firm’s criteria. Given the details he provided, there really wasn’t a lot to do pre-suit, my next steps would be to get the medical records to confirm what happened, file the complaint, and then get to work. Being a lawyer, he unsurprisingly wanted to know the whole process “from start to finish,” so we spent a while on the phone talking about short form complaints, plaintiff’s fact...
Senator Schumer Recommends App for Nationwide Storm Warnings
June 16, 2013
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly...
June 16, 2013
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly...
Martindale-Hubbell Competitive Essentials
June 15, 2013
Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an iPad app for analyzing your web presence and comparing it to law firms with which you compete (see article below), a WiFi surveillance camera, a searchable online database of tens of thousands of rates for legal services, and software for accessing the file system of iPads and iPhones. Don't miss the next issue. Having a web site nowadays is just table stakes. For your web site to help you win new clients, it must rank well in Google and other search engines....
June 15, 2013
Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an iPad app for analyzing your web presence and comparing it to law firms with which you compete (see article below), a WiFi surveillance camera, a searchable online database of tens of thousands of rates for legal services, and software for accessing the file system of iPads and iPhones. Don't miss the next issue. Having a web site nowadays is just table stakes. For your web site to help you win new clients, it must rank well in Google and other search engines....
Three Reasons Why Law Firms Need More Research
June 15, 2013
Three are at least three reasons why law firms need to use more research in making decisions. In this context research refers...
June 15, 2013
Three are at least three reasons why law firms need to use more research in making decisions. In this context research refers...
13 Top Law Schools Teaching Law Practice Technology
June 15, 2013
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA was created in 2000 by then President of the ABA, William Paul. At that initial meeting Gary Munneke, a founding member of the Task Force and the leading law school educator and author on the subject of law practice management and then Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA (now deceased), recommended that law schools update their law practice management courses to reflect the impact that the Internet...
June 15, 2013
The eLawyering Task Force of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA was created in 2000 by then President of the ABA, William Paul. At that initial meeting Gary Munneke, a founding member of the Task Force and the leading law school educator and author on the subject of law practice management and then Chair of the Law Practice Management Section of the ABA (now deceased), recommended that law schools update their law practice management courses to reflect the impact that the Internet...
Search emails, Google Drive, Calendar and More as You Type
June 15, 2013
As part of field trial we opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told us that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place, and over the coming week, we'll be rolling out this feature in English to all U.S. users. Now you can find what you're looking for faster right in Gmail.
June 15, 2013
As part of field trial we opened in October, it became possible to instantly see your relevant emails, Google Drive files, Calendar events, and more when you search in Gmail. Those of you who participated in the field trial told us that you like the time-saving convenience of searching for all your stuff from one place, and over the coming week, we'll be rolling out this feature in English to all U.S. users. Now you can find what you're looking for faster right in Gmail.
Syntactic Ngrams over Time
June 15, 2013
We are proud to announce the release of a very large dataset of counted dependency tree fragments from the English Books...
June 15, 2013
We are proud to announce the release of a very large dataset of counted dependency tree fragments from the English Books...
One in Six California Law Grads Can’t Find Jobs
June 14, 2013
Sacramento Bee: One in Six Recent California Law School Grads Can't Find Jobs: The job market for California law school...
June 14, 2013
Sacramento Bee: One in Six Recent California Law School Grads Can't Find Jobs: The job market for California law school...
Lawyering for Groups
June 14, 2013
The papers from the Fordham Law Review Symposium Lawyering for Groups are now online. Howard Erichson & Ben Zipursky wrote the Foreword. Other contributors include..... Elizabeth Burch, Adquately Representing Groups Kristen Carpenter & Eli Wald, Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tibal Attorneys Samuel Issacharoff, The Governance Problem in Aggregate Litigation Alexandra Lahav, The Political Justification for Group Litigation Troy McKenzie, "Helpless"...
June 14, 2013
The papers from the Fordham Law Review Symposium Lawyering for Groups are now online. Howard Erichson & Ben Zipursky wrote the Foreword. Other contributors include..... Elizabeth Burch, Adquately Representing Groups Kristen Carpenter & Eli Wald, Lawyering for Groups: The Case of American Indian Tibal Attorneys Samuel Issacharoff, The Governance Problem in Aggregate Litigation Alexandra Lahav, The Political Justification for Group Litigation Troy McKenzie, "Helpless"...
