As a word, soople is said to derive from an early English dialect and mean to soften or make supple. As a Web site, Soople is Google for dummies. Google has a front page so Spartan that the casual user might never suspect that it is home to an array of search power…

Via TalkLeft comes news of new Web site for those who consider themselves politically progressive. Called Moving Ideas, its stated goal is “to improve collaboration and dialogue between policy and grassroots organizations, and to promote their work to journalists and legislators.” The site features research and reports from member organizations, legislative news and…

The Memory Hole has the uncensored version of the National Labor Relations Board’s 10(j) manual, used to guide its attorneys in seeking injunctive against unfair labor practices. This is said to be a “bootleg” of the manual that the NLRB has on its own site in a redacted version.…

Ernie posts today on IM as a corporate tool, asking, “So what does this IM stuff, which is clearly the province of young people, have to do with corporate culture?” My company, Jaffe Associates, operates “virtually” — our staff work out of home offices located throughout the world. All that connects us are…

The Leiter Reports offers a listing of the top 30 law schools with the most alumni on the federal bench. The top five: Harvard University (95), Yale University (49), University of Texas at Austin (35), University of Virginia (35) and University of Michigan (33).…

I’ve used a Palm for years, but never realized how underusing it I was until I read the new book, The Lawyer’s Guide to Palm Powered Handhelds, by Margaret Spencer Dixon, a consultant specializing in time management and stress management for lawyers. Published by the Law Practice Management Section of the American…

I am always interested in whether and how law firms employ their Web sites when big news occurs. Thus, with today’s news of the merger of Wilmer Cutler Pickering and Hale and Dorr, I am glad to see that both posted letters to clients on their sites about the merger, Wilmer’s

The 2004-2005 Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the only legal directory to rank law firms and individual lawyers, was released today on the Web. The guide, which is published by Chambers and Partners, the London-based publisher of Chambers Global and Chambers UK Leading Lawyers, investigates the top firms and lawyers for…

Paul L. Caron, Charles Hartsock professor of law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a nationally recognized tax-law scholar, today launched TaxProf Blog. It offers resources, news and information of interest to law school tax professors in their scholarship and teaching, including regularly updated permanent resources along with daily…

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services today launched the Pro Se/Unbundling Resource Center. According to the official announcement, the site is intended to help state policymakers better understand the growing practice of unbundling of legal services, in which lawyers partner with a client to accomplish discrete…

Here is my list of 60 Sites in 60 Minutes. These were the sites I prepared for the 2004 ABA TechShow panel 60 Sites in 60 Minutes. Not all these sites were shown during the presentation. See also the 60 Sites in 60 Minutes Hall of Fame and the collection of…

An article that I wrote on where to find free legal briefs on the Web brought so much response that I decided to expand and update the links. I have now posted my collection of links to finding free legal briefs on the Web.…