Since I’m busily promoting ABA TECHSHOW 2005 (March 31-April 2, 2005 in Chicago) right now, people might not be surprised that I’d pick TECHSHOW.com as my Website of the Week. But it is only lately that this site has grown into more than just a technology conference promotion (and registration) site. You can receive technology
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Advice to a Law Student About Opening a Law Practice
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When should I begin serious planning about starting my own law practice?
Well, even if you are still in law school, the answer is sooner rather than later. While you can certainly “hang out a shingle” without much planning, your chances for success will be greatly improved if you have a business plan, a marketing …
Site of the Week – Librarians’ Index to the Internet
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What makes a great reference Website? Initially, I’d say it would have lots of links, well organized and well maintained. In fact, too many links can be a problem if they are not well organized. If I am looking for certain information I’d rather have six links that someone has reviewed and chosen for their…
First Podcasting, Now Screencasting
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The Oklahoma City-based IP blog Phosita has just placed something cool on the Web. Using the software Camtasia Studio, OKC attorney Douglas J. Sorocco, has created a screencast as a demonstration of his firm’s blog and the power of Camtasia. Check it out and learn more about how Doug used Camtasia. I do…
Site of the Week: The Ten Minute Mentor
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"Imagine if, at the click of a mouse, young lawyers could receive mentoring from some of the legal profession’s most highly regarded practitioners." That’s how Bob Ambrogi opened his post about The Ten Minute Mentor yesterday. Yes, this idea is not only a reality, but an extraordinarily well-executed reality recently launched by the Texas Young…
Site of the Week: ABA Legal Tech Resource Center
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The ABA has placed quite a bit of free technology information online at its Legal Technology Resource Center. A good example is the collection of PowerPoint Presentations available there. Some of these are a few years old. Some are fairly recent. They do cover a wide range of issues from technology and ethics to…
Timely Answers to Military Legal FAQ’s
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Hat’s off to the ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section for their recent GPSolo Magazine focusing on military law. It is all online. Some of the many articles include Preparing Clients for Deployment, Lawyers and the Call-Up, Military Family Law: Thirteen Common Questions, Collecting From Personnel Called to Active Duty, An…
The Lawyer’s Business Card
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Lawyers give out lots of business cards. How long has it been since you last thought about redesigning or changing your business card? My essay The Lawyer’s Business Card was written some time ago, but is still relevant today. Are traditional or innovative business cards best? Depends on the type of clients you seek, I’d…
Are you doing your backup?
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OK, if you aren’t doing your data backups properly, if your staff backs up most of the data but not all, or if you don’t back up the laptop because "a lot" of the data is on the network, you are hearby sentenced to go to Engadget’s Worst Data Disaster contest and read horror stories…
Site of the Week-Refdesk.com
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Our website of the week is Refdesk.com. This is certainly a classic site in that it has been on the WWW for ten years. But you still will not find a site that has more easily-located links to factual information. Whether you need to find a list of all the newspaper web sites in…