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Legal research is often a solitary pursuit, with lawyers hunched over their computers or law books in absolute silence, sometimes with looks of panic or confusion on their faces. But in an age of infinite connectivity, why can’t it be more collaborative, even for lawyers who are on their own as…

Here are three new legal blogs I’m now following:

IT Law Today. Robert D. Brownstone, c0-chair of the Electronic Information Management practice at the law firm of Fenwick & West, is the author of this blog, where he provides news…

The lights are out now at Blawg Review. From 2005 to 2012, this “blog carnival” offered up more-or-less weekly round-ups of the best and most interesting legal blog posts. But even as Blawg Review was fading away, another source came along to provide regular highlights of what is worth reading among…

I’m hoping you’ll help me with some unscientific research into how bar associations are either effective or ineffective at communicating and connecting with members. I am speaking later this month at a meeting of bar communications professionals and would appreciate your input. In particular, I am curious about:…

I noted last week that legal publisher ALM — parent to Law.com, The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Law Technology News, and other national and regional publications — had announced that it would begin offering free digital memberships, effective Aug. 23. The free memberships would provide “bundled benefits”…

Every trial lawyer hopes to have the perfect witness. Now, a new website offers to help prepare your witnesses to become just that, through a 60-minute training video.

Called (of course) The Perfect Witness, the site aims to make witness training a “simple, effective, and efficient” process. Lawyers pay $119 for…

Lots of lawyers are using Dropbox to store files online and access them from multiple devices. According to the 2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, it is not only the most popular cloud storage platform among lawyers, but also the most popular cloud-based application of any kind among lawyers. Even so, many…

Legal professionals have lots of options for fee-based legal research services these days, but the most popular among them all is WestlawNext, according to the latest ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. Of all lawyers who use fee-based online legal research services, 28 percent say the one they use most often is WestlawNext.

And as if…

As the lifespan of a legal blog, 10 years is a long time. Thus, it was both notable and regrettable to read yesterday’s announcement by Pamela Jones that she would be discontinuing Groklaw, the legal news blog she has run since May 16, 2003. More disturbing than her decision to shut it…

A few days off the grid and I return to several notable announcements from companies that cater to lawyers:

A business development platform launched. Yesterday, Thomson Reuters Elite announced the release of Business Development Premier, a platform for customer relationship management and business…

The number of lawyers who describe their practice as a “virtual” law practice declined this year to 5 percent, from 7 percent the year before, according to the 2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. The number of virtual law practices is higher among solos, where 7 percent describe themselves as virtual, and among firms of…

A coalition of legal groups concerned about protecting courts from the influences of money and partisan politics launched a website yesterday, Fair Courts Litigation, that is intended to track litigation that could impact the fairness and impartiality of court systems. The site will serve as a…