Robert Ambrogi

Last April, Mark O’Mara, the lawyer defending George Zimmerman against charges of second-degree murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, did something unusual for a criminal defense lawyer — he launched a social media campaign for his client. He created a website and blog, a

Lawyers’ use of web-based software and services has grown only slightly in recent years, a new survey indicates. Growth in use of the cloud is greatest among solos and small firms and lawyers in these firms are more likely than their larger-firm counterparts to use cloud-based applications.

These are among the findings of the recently…

In 1926, the editor of the Harvard Law Review, Erwin Griswold, produced a pamphlet covering proper forms of legal citation. Originally published with a brown cover, the cover was changed to blue for the sixth edition in 1939 as a patriotic gesture to get away from a color associated with Nazi Germany. Now in its…

Earlier today, I published a post about the recently released ABA Legal Technology Survey’s findings on blogs and social media. A separate part of that survey looked at lawyers’ use of web-based software, more commonly referred to these days as “the cloud.” Interestingly,…

News flash: More lawyers are using social media!

OK, we all knew that. But it’s always nice to see some numbers that give us a sense of where we are. The recently published 2012 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report on web and communication technology does that.

The survey is based on invitations to participate…

Law.com has posted my latest column for Law Technology News, 10 Tips to Keep Social Networking in Line with ABA Ethics. With ethics and social media front and center at the ABA annual meeting this month, I offer 10 rules for staying out of trouble when using social media.…

On Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. ET, I will be moderating a free, live webcast, The Expert’s Guide to Change Management at Law Firms, presented by the North Carolina Bar Association and LexisNexis. The program will focus on how to successfully effect change…

Robert Half Legal just came out with a new report, Future Law Office: Technology’s Transformation of the Legal Field. The report  examines how technological innovations have impacted — and continue to impact — the practice of law, law firm management, and the…

Coming up Monday and Tuesday is the 2012 Strategic Solutions for Solo & Small Firms Conference, presented in Duluth by Minnesota CLE. This looks to be a great program, featuring speakers such as Mark Britton, 

Imagine packing up your law degree and taking it to a tropical island paradise to start anew there. It’s not hard for me to imagine, because I actually did it many years ago, when I moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands and hung out a shingle there. I’m no longer there, but lawyer Russell Lorfing…

Lexis today is formally announcing the next-iteration of its next-generation legal research platform, Lexis Advance. As I wrote here last December, Lexis Advance is to Lexis.com what WestlawNext was to Westlaw — a streamlined,…

Earlier this month, Thomson Reuters debuted the WestlawNext Android App, providing mobile access to WestlawNext from both Android tablets and smartphones. I was given a limited-time log-in to WestlawNext to try out the app. I tested it on an Android tablet and here is what I found.

Overall, I like it. I have two complaints,…