Today "Twelve Ways Technology Can Make You a Better Trial Lawyer" was posted to Notes from the Legal Underground by David Swanner. It is, in my judgment, a "must read" for all lawyers, even those who never see the inside of a courtroom. Read it once. Read it twice. Add it to your
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ABA TECHSHOW Early Bird Deadline Extended
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We’ve extended the early bird registration for ABA TECHSHOW until March 4, 2005. Registering before that date saves you $100. As many of you know, I’m the Chair of ABA TECHSHOW this year. We had a TECHSHOW Board conference call yesterday. We’re so excited about this year’s TECHSHOW. There are so many hot tech issues…
“What do you like best about being a lawyer?”
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"What do you like best about being a lawyer?" was a short post on the The (Legal) Underground blog. But the dozens of thoughtful, insightful and totally pointless comments posted by lawyers and law students have made it an entertaining, if almost booklet-length, read. Go add your own comment. (Makes me wish I had…
Mac Lawyers & iPod Users
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Not knowing much about a topic never stopped me from briefing it, so why shouldn’t I write about Macs in the law office? In the February 12, 2005, Oklahoma Bar Journal my article "Macs Become a Familiar Sight in Law Offices" appears, along with a sidebar about my new favorite gadget, "The iPod: …
Site of the Week – ResidentAgentInfo.com
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I remember when Maryland Lawyer Terry Berger decided to build this site quite some time ago. He decided to compile a list of how you locate service agents in the various states. Many did not have online access back then. Using the resources of the listserv Solosez, he worked until he had a complete…
Top 100 Gadgets
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OK, this may not have a lot to do with law, but you know you’ll have to read Mobile PC’s Top 100 Gadgets of All Time as soon as you see #99 is the Swingline 747 Stapler and #98 is the Pez Dispenser.
Do firms have to pay paralegals overtime?
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According to this story in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the Department of Labor has issued an opinion letter on January 7 stating that even a paralegal with a four year degree and a paralegal certificate does not qualify for an exemption to overtime pay requirements. I couldn’t easily find the opinion letter on the website.
Anagram to Improve Your Outlook Contacts
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Al Nye the Lawyer Guy just posted a positive review of Anagram. I’m sure many of your Outlooks contacts look like mine, with just a name and an e-mail address. You can right click on the sender’s name in an e-mail and add it to your Contacts, but you have to type (or copy…
E-mail Security on the Road
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I know lots of people check their e-mail remotely when out of town. They use cybercafes, hotel business centers, convention sponsored Internet access points and a variety of other venues.
If you ever check your e-mail, bank account, airline reservations, OBA-NET or any meaningful password protected site via any computer you do not own, you…
Site of the Week-FamiliesinTransition.net
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For many years, I did a Website of the Week for the Oklahoma Bar site. After a while I stopped updating it and when there was no great negative response, I moved on. After 5 years or so, locating interesting sites was a bit harder anyway.
With the huge number of blawgs springing up and…