2006

I have just learned from the OBA-NET (our bar member’s only online service in Oklahoma) that you can download all titles of the US Code from a website provided by the US House of Representatives. Here’s the link: http://uscode.house.gov/download/downloadPDF.shtml

According to Robert Don Gifford, an OBA member currently working in the US Attorney’s office in…

Well, I seem to have zipped through this week with little time to blog. I did give five presentations to various groups, including some OBA CLE programs. Of course, in Oklahoma this week, there are many who are concerned with gridiron injustices. So I’ve received quite a few e-mails with links to this website:

One of my favorite projects with the Oklahoma Bar Association is our annual OBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. It is a great opportunity for these lawyers to enjoy CLE targeted to their needs. There is also a good amount of networking and potential for referrals. Whenever possible, I’ve tried to help other bar association…

Forbes.com has some commentary from Robert Ellis Smith entitled Laptop Hall Of Shame.

The article begins "When the history of personal privacy is written–and there are persons who monitor this sort of thing–they will call this "The Year of the Stolen Laptop."

Read the article and ask yourself "Have we taken reasonable steps to…

Now that I’ve been using speech recognition software (DragonDictate NaturallySpeaking Preferred Edition version 9) for a few more weeks, I decided to write an article about it for the Oklahoma Bar Journal.

The article is titled "Computer, Can You Hear Me Now?  One Lawyer’s Surprisingly Positive Experience with Speech Recognition Software." It is online at…

OK, class, has everyone now completed reading the 200 or 300 pages that were assigned a couple of weeks ago? If you don’t recall what I am talking about, scroll down a bit. Between August 8th and 18th, I linked to a lot of material for you to download.

I’m now instituting a new form…

Well, the latest legal technology and law practice management expert to start a blog is none other than Ross Kodner.  Ross Ipsa Loquitur is the name of his blog. Surely Ross’s name will be familiar to most of you reading this blog. It certainly is familar to many Oklahoma lawyers due to his numerous guest…

I want to share something with you that has been working very well for me for the last several weeks. I’m not suggesting it for all of you as it deals with both my needs and my failings.

Let me start out by saying that I am not one of those hyper-organized types that make …