The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today published a proposed rule that would broaden the use of technology in the state’s courtrooms and that would address the rights of bloggers and citizen journalists — as well as of traditional journalists — to use technology and video in the state’s courtrooms. The court is seeking public comment…

LegalTech New York, one of the top legal technology events of the year, is just around the corner.  Again this year, ALM, the company that presents the conference, is offering complimentary passes to legal bloggers. These are full-show passes, allowing access to all programs and exhibits.

LegalTech takes place Jan. 31 to…

[Update 11/28/10: In a tragic turn of events, the sheriff who was the subject of the story I wrote about below was found dead of an apparent suicide over the weekend. Read more from The Boston Globe.]

For those of you in Massachusetts, you can skip this post, because you probably know the…

This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we uncover the revealing facts about full-body scans and do a full pat-down of the legal issues surrounding the TSA’s controversial screening practices.

Joining us to discuss this issue are Patrick Smith, the airline pilot and author who writes the Salon.com column, Ask the Pilot and…

I launched this blog on Nov. 19, 2002.

That was 2,375 posts ago, or about 297 posts a year. Not a huge output compared to some. Still, during these years, I also wrote roughly 1,700 posts for Legal Blog Watch, 562 posts for my Media Law blog and roughly 90 monthly columns…

The Order in the Court 2.0 project will turn a Massachusetts courtroom into a test lab for how courts deal with social media, electronic journalism and digital technology. This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss this pioneering project with John Davidow, the WBUR.org executive editor who helped WBUR win a…

In a post two years ago at Legal Blog Watch, I reported the murder of Gabriel Lerner, a 27-year-old Georgetown University Law School graduate who worked in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a law clerk to a Superior Court judge. Lerner was murdered on his way to bible study by two hitchhikers he picked…

A family law judge in Ontario has launched an online video talk show to teach the public about family law issues. In the show, Family Matters, Judge Harvey Brownstone acts as host and interviews guests from various sectors of the legal community, including lawyers, mediators and social workers.

“This is a new…

The website that posts opinions of Massachusetts appellate courts was shut down this morning because no one renewed the site’s domain name. The domain name for the site, massreports.com, expired Nov. 8, reports The Boston Globe.

The site is jointly operated by the state and West legal publishing. It provides access to opinions of…

Legal media company ALM has rather quietly launched a new Web resource for litigators, Smart Litigator. The site is intended for litigators in New York state but will become the template for the eventual roll-out of similar sites in other states where ALM has offices.

ALM will formally unveil Smart Litigator in late…

ABA President Stephen N. Zack is our guest this week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Amid controversy among legal bloggers over the ABA’s recent issues paper on lawyers’ use of the Internet, I ask Zack for his perspective on the issue. Zack also discusses his initiative to enhance civics education in…

Arbitration in 1623? So says this historical marker at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, Mass.…