Articles Posted in July, 2004

More interesting news from FindLaw today — the launch of the Thomson Legal Record, described as “a first-of-its-kind resource designed to help in-house corporate attorneys make more informed decisions when hiring outside counsel.” The idea is a good one: enable users to research and verify an attorney’s real-world litigation experience by combining a…

The University of Wisconsin Law Library has launched WisBlawg, a blog offering legal research and Internet news and information with an emphasis on Wisconsin. According to reference and electronic services librarian Bonnie Shucha, the blog will report on new Web research resources and technologies, legal research news, announcements of local workshops and…

Lawyers Weekly USA reports on the proposal to cut funding for the ABA’s Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners: ABA May Eliminate Funding for Small-Firm Committee. Reporter Reni Gertner writes:

“The ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners would no longer receive funding under a proposal that is

Speaking of TalkLeft and Jeralyn Merritt, she made the lede of The New York Times story on DNC bloggers. (Thanks to Peter Nordbert at Blog 702 for the pointer.)

Meanwhile, Denise Howell IDs other lawyer bloggers at the DNC: DailyKos, Allen Larson and Tom Burka.
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One of the most thoughtful and provocative lawyer-written blogs is TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime, and TalkLeft blogger — and criminal defense lawyer —Jeralyn E. Merritt is among the roster of convention bloggers. I’m glad the bloggers are there to provide their unique perspectives on the convention. But as I read their…

This just-released announcement from Thomson Corp. promises to reshape the field of law firm Web design, but the question is in what way:

FindLaw Acquires Hubbard One

EAGAN, Minn., July 26, 2004 – FindLaw®, a Thomson business (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), today announced the company has acquired Hubbard One, the legal profession’s

Law.com today published my survey of legal humor sites, Laughing at Lawyers and the Law.…

Apparently so, at least in this case:

“Seventeen years after he was fired for not wearing a coat and tie to work, former assistant attorney general Donald Bouton’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the V.I. government has been dismissed.”…

One of the greatest Internet assets for solo and small firm lawyers is the Solosez listserv, operated by the ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners. In a message to the list today, Reid Trautz and Jim Schwartz, two members of the Standing Committee, reported that a committee of the ABA…

I received this press release today about MyBarPrep.com, a $149 course that promises to prepare future lawyers for the multistate bar exam:

“Norwood, MA – July 19, 2004 –Tens of thousands of students over the past decade have experienced disappointment due to the impersonal nature of conventional bar review courses. After three years of

Over at the ABA Techshow site, they have posted the complete list of sites from this year’s 60 Sites in 60 Minutes, which Jim Calloway, Jeff Flex and I presented in March. The list includes many sites we did not have time to present during the actual program. Also available is the…

From Associated Press, via Tampa Bay Online:

“Security has reached the subcutaneous level for Mexico’s attorney general and at least 160 people in his office – they have been implanted with microchips that get them access to secure areas of their headquarters.”

Thankfully, I’m in Massachusetts, where lawyers just carry bar…