I have received a number of e-mails and read several blog posts in response to my recent column in Law Technology News, Legal Blogs Are Dead! Long Live Legal Blogs! Some applauded me, some criticized me. Of those who criticized me, they fell into two camps. In one camp were those who were unhappy…
Pledge a Blog Post to Support Pro Bono
Kate Bladow has issued a challenge to the legal community: publish one blog post in support of pro bono. As she explains at her blog Technola, Bladow is asking lawyers to pledge to publish one blog post between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30 in honor of the 2010 National Pro Bono Celebration.
Why the…
New Site Celebrates Solos, Through Videos
If solos are the downtrodden and under-appreciated laboring masses of the legal profession, then Carolyn Elefant is their Spartacus. First through her blog, myShingle.com, then through her book, Solo by Choice, Carolyn has championed the cause of the sole practitioner. Now, Carolyn has teamed with another well-known solo, Lisa Solomon, to launch her latest…
Law School Offers Free Online Course in Health Reform Law
I am a bit late in posting this, given that the class started Aug. 26, but it is not too late to join in.
The University of Iowa College of Law is offering free online access this semester to a colloquium on the health care reform act. Starting Aug. 26 and ending Dec.…
A Legal Podcasting Milestone: Five Years and 250 Episodes
With today’s episode of the Lawyer2Lawyer podcast, we reach a milestone: our 250th episode and the end of our fifth year of weekly shows. This makes Lawyer2Lawyer the longest continually running legal podcast.
Our first show was on Aug. 31, 2005. Our guests for that first show were Michael S. Greco, then…
Legal Blogs Are Dead! Long Live Legal Blogs!
Law.com has my latest column posted today: Legal Blogs Are Dead! Long Live Legal Blogs!…