Surely all of the readers of this blog have visited C|Net.com. But just in case some of you have forgotten about it, here’s a reminder. C|Net has many great reviews on high tech products like computers, cameras, mobile phones, camcorders, MP3 players and PDAs. I’d never make a major electronics purchase without first looking
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Site of the Week: Risky Biz
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Suzanne Rose of Tennessee (and Suzanne Rose Consulting) started her blog recently, but swore me to silence for a while. Time’s up, Suzanne.
Risky Biz dervives its name from the idea that running a law firm can be risky. It is certainly true that law firms have risks, including the basic business risks of profitability…
Site of the Week: Freedman’s Law Practice Management
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Ellen Freedman of Freedman Consulting has recently launched her Law Practice Management blog. I’ve known Ellen for years. She provides management and technology consulting services to the lawyers of Pennsylvania. She’s a prolific writer and has already posted several interesting items. She has given great presentations in the past at ABA TECHSHOW and LegalTech…
Legal Community Moves to Aid Katrina Victims
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This past week my inbox simply overflowed with e-mail from lawyers and those who serve the legal community with ideas and plans to help the victims of the Katrina disaster. The American Bar Association has set up two impressive Websites to help those who are impacted.
The ABA Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief page now has…
Site of the Week: Colorado Bar Ethics Links
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When doing research on a difficult ethical issue, it is sometimes helpful to review the ethics opinions from jurisdictions other than your own. If your state doesn’t have an ethics opinion on a particular issue, it’s always good to read what smart lawyers have written about the application of a rule. Doing such comprehensive research…
Site of the Week: Bloglines.com
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I do lots of presentations on law office management and technology. I also do some programs on lawyer’s use of the Internet. Whenever I mention RSS Newsfeeds, I always see some people’s eyes glaze over or attention start to wander. I can appreciate that as I didn’t immediately "get" RSS either. But this technology…
Site of the Week: Illinois Trial Practice Weblog
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"Famous blawger" has to be an oxymoron. None of us have to deal with the National Enquirer calling or paparazzi sneaking up on us (unless you count Bob Ambrogi taking pictures at BlawgConnect.) But Evan Schaeffer qualifies for this label. He has three weblogs, including the well-known Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground. But I like…
Site of the Week: LLRX.com
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LLRX.com, the Law Library Resource Xchange, was launched in 1996. This webzine, now published monthly, continues to provide free cutting-edge articles about legal research, legal technology and related topics. Its archives are extremely valuable. I frequently direct people to its Court Rules, Forms and Dockets page, a great place for a first look…
Site of the Week: GPSolo’s Resources for Starting a Practice
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Starting a law practice is a challenge many lawyers accept each year. But, for many, all that is associated with running a business in addition to doing the legal work for clients can prove intially demanding. This is particularly true for those fresh out of law school or those leaving a large firm where most…
Site of the Week: Archive.org and the Wayback Machine
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Archive.org should be high on any list of important research Websites. Essentially the people behind this site are attempting to capture the history of the Internet and the data that has been posted there, even after the data has been removed. You can read more details about that mission here. One part of that…