Two days ago, the blog Blue Mass. Group published an interview with Katherine Pringle, a former Alito clerk and now a progressive New York Democrat who says she is please with Alito’s nomination. The blog quotes her describing Alito as “very thoughtful, very careful, very respectful of Supreme Court precedent. He has a…

Our weekly legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week considers the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Joining J. Craig Williams and me to discuss the nominee and his likely impact on the court are:…

Where does your law school rank in faculty, students and job placement? A new Web site offers answers. Called Leiter’s Law School Rankings, it is produced by Brian Leiter, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, in association with the prolific folks at Law Professor…

Several weeks ago, Dennis Kennedy introduced me to Eric Korb, managing partner of LawyerLinks. Dennis had toured the new research service and was sufficiently impressed to suggest I do the same. Like Dennis, I came away impressed with what I saw.

LawyerLinks is a new corporate-law research service that so effectively…

Our weekly legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week takes aim at the law signed yesterday by President Bush that shields gunmakers from crime victim lawsuits — the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Joining J. Craig Williams and me in a lively debate over the law are:…

All this week, the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution is sponsoring the eighth annual Cyberweek, an entirely free and completely online event with real time and asynchronous discussions, presentations and simulations concerning online dispute resolution. Complete information about the program and registration is available here.…

I note on my Media Law blog that a bill was filed in Massachusetts today to shield reporters from disclosing their sources. (Disclaimer: I was on the committee that drafted the bill.) Worthy of note is that the bill, as drafted, would protect many bloggers. It defines coverage to include any person who…

The recently redesigned Web site of the Defense Research Institute offers a lesson in how portlets – small, customizable content panes – can be used to dramatically enhance a site’s navigability. I’ll have a more in-depth review of this site in my Web Watch column in the November Law Technology News, but I…

Starting sometime tomorrow, FindLaw will have a new front page — or, more accurately, two front pages. Rather than a single page with sections for lawyers, consumers, small businesses, students and corporate counsel, as it has now, the new design will have dual front pages, one for consumers and one for legal professionals. A…

Two good reasons to visit Chicago in November:

Reason 1: First Annual Peer-to-Peer Litigation Summit, Nov. 3. Reason 2: BlawgThink 2005, Nov. 11 and 12.

Unfortunately, my schedule will not allow me to attend either one. But I will be appropriately envious of those who do.

Need a third reason? Well, there’s always…

Our weekly legal news podcast Coast to Coast this week looks at the new bankruptcy law and its impact on consumers, creditors, lawyers and the courts. Joining J. Craig Williams and me to discuss the law are:…

One day after a Kentucky newspaper reported about the former blog of a lawyer named to head a new government office, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher scrapped plans for the office.

Fletcher had named lawyer C. Dodd Harris IV to direct a new Office of Merit System Referrals, which would look for political bias in merit…