Opperman in 2011
Dwight Opperman, the former CEO of West Publishing Co., died yesterday. Opperman became an editor at West shortly after his graduation from law school in 1951 and eventually rose to the top position. He was instrumental in the development and launch of Westlaw and in setting the company on a…
In a recent post here, I reviewed Attorney Timekeeper, a cloud-based timekeeping application designed specifically for attorneys. Although I liked a lot about it, the one downside I saw was its price, a monthly subscription of $49.95.
My post elicited a…
Take a look at this picture. Click on it anywhere and watch how it refocuses. Now doubleclick anywhere and you’ll zoom in and refocus again. Doubleclick again to zoom back out.
This picture is made possible by a unique little device called the Lytro camera. As its website explains it, the…
Wednesday, June 12, will mark the first meeting of the newly formed Boston Legal Innovation Meetup. The group plans to meet once a month to discuss the future of legal services, legal education and legal technology. Anyone who shares an interest in these topics is welcome to attend.
The meeting…
Whitey Bulger
The federal racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger kicks off today in U.S. District Court in Boston. The trial, which is expected to last through August, will not be televised, but for anyone interested in following it, there are plenty of print…
To what extent do federal courts use social media to communicate with the public or for other purposes? Not much, concluded a recent survey of federal court clerks. The survey found that out of the 135 courts that responded, just 21 (15.6%) used social media. Seventeen others said that they planned to start using social…
You probably are familiar with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School, a pioneering publisher of U.S. legal materials online. But did you know that there is an international network of some 22 legal institutes and similar organizations, all devoted to…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been getting swamped lately with offers from complete strangers to contribute guest posts to my blog. All these kind kind and selfless correspondents ask is a discreet link back to whatever it is they are trying to promote. Whoever dreamed this up as a marketing technique must have…
In the early days of the Web, before law firms discovered blogs, they would sweeten the allure of their websites by filling them with content intended to show off their knowledge and expertise. Law firm websites often included FAQs about specific areas of law and some of the more ambitious firms had what amounted to…
Joe Hodnicki
Way back in 2004, I wrote here about the launch of the Law Professor Blogs network by Paul Caron, editor of TaxProf Blog, and Joseph A. Hodnicki, co-editor of
I will be part of a panel this week, Social Media for the Novice, presented by the Social Law Library in Boston. The program will provide an introduction to social media, with a focus on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
The other panelists are Heidi S. Alexander,…
Last year, I wrote here about LawZam, a website (and, later, an iPhone app) that aims to connect consumers with attorneys by facilitating free, face-t0-face consultations via live videoconferencing. Now there is another site that does something similar, only this one uses…
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