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…
Site promises low-cost, online bar review course
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
This year’s ’60 sites’ now on Techshow site
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…
Chip implanted in Mexico judicial workers
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…
Special issue marks Law Practice Magazine’s 30th year
Now available online is the 30th anniversary issue of Law Practice, the magazine of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association. It includes an outstanding assortment of writers and articles, including a compelling feature by editor Merrilyn Astin Tarlton, “Lawyer Dreams,” profiling seven lawyers who have made their…
Fight spam and win
The headline for this post, “Fight spam and win,” is the motto of InBoxer, a spam filter for Outlook. After using it for five months, I’m a believer. InBoxer is amazingly accurate in blocking spam while not interfering with legitimate e-mail. Unlike some spam filters that block specific domains or addresses, InBoxer is a…
Intriguing alternatives to the lawyer headshot
On the listserv of the Legal Marketing Association, someone posted this query:
“I’m wondering if anyone can provide me with examples of websites that contain interesting and/or unique attorney headshots.”
The replies offer an intriguing survey of the diverse and unique ways law firms present their attorneys’ images on their Web sites. Among the…
Sales of Internet book surpass all records
This is a fact: Sales of the second edition of my book, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, have surpassed all previous records for sales of the second edition of my book. Better get one before they run out.…
FCC chair launches blog
Speaking of Sabrina, she reports that FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell has launched a blog hosted by the AlwaysOn Network.…
AALL program on blogging
If time were my friend — which it is not — it would allow me to get over Tuesday to hear Sabrina Pacifici and Glenn Reynolds preach the gospel of blogging at the AALL annual meeting.…
Security hole found in Mozilla browser
So no browser is perfect. Read: What Mozilla users should know about the shell: protocol security issue. Then install the patch or download the latest version.…
Newly launched site tracks law school news
U.S. Law Schools News Brief is a new Web site devoted to publishing the latest news releases from U.S. law schools nationwide. It includes an RSS feed. The site is a service of St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, the same folks who bring you DiplomacyMonitor.com, which I wrote about in…