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Click on the link for this post, or in this sentence to visit http://www.typographyforlawyers.com/. Many thanks to Meg Martin, who posted to RIPS-SIS blog about this fascinating website. The blog is maintained by a civil litigation attorney in Los Angeles, Matthew Butterick, who also has an art degree. He noticed that many legal documents suffer from poor “typography,” or the visual component the written word. (Butterick thoughtfully defines it for his readers and offers some illustrations that take us beyond mere fonts). The site is set up as a series of increasingly sophisticated lessons in typography for users of Word and WordPerfect, designed for lawyers. Yay! Read the rest of this entry »

On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen sits down with famed Boston trial attorney, Leo V. Boyle, from the firm Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C., to give you an inside look at his role as a trial attorney. Leo will talk about his love for the courtroom, the organization, Trial Lawyers Care, which provides free legal services to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the importance of integrating storytelling into every aspect of the trial.

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On this edition of the Kennedy-Mighell Report, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss the current state of legal blogging on the Internet and share with you what is new in the blawgosphere. In the “Stuff We’ve Been Talking About Ourselves” segment, Dennis & Tom will look at the “mobile platform” and how to make your site more mobile-friendly. In Parting Shots, Dennis and Tom leave you with lasting tips and observations. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

It seems as if everyday, there is a new update about the Cash for Clunkers program. So, instead of reporting every single tiny detail, I figured I would give you guys the juicy stuff.
Well, after the controversy of being on, off, and back on again, the Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at boosting auto sales, [...]

Here are Statements referred to in previous post and explanations about Price Index, etc., for folks who might not already know about these things.

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Recently the world of sports has been plagued by scandal-from a controversial polyurethane swimsuit used in swimming to steroids putting a cloud over major league baseball. Co-hosts and attorneys Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams welcome Professor Matt Mitten, the Director of the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School and Attorney John P. Collins from the firm Collins & Collins, to take a look at the impact of these controversies and regulations in sports today.

Ken Strutin identifies core sources to learn about new technologies that apply to legal research and law practice. In addition, he has identified specific tools that will contribute to managing research, communication and information-based tasks.

If you went to AALL, did you notice that Thomson-West was not listed as a sponsor at all? Did you also hear the rumor that it was because the AALL leadership finally faced West down about supplying price information for the Price Index? Click on the title for this post to visit the Law Librarian Blog (part of the Law Prof Blogs Network) to read the post by Joe Hodnicki about this story, dated August 5. As a long time griper about this problem, I want to publicly applaud AALL’s board and outgoing (out-gone?) President James Duggan for their courage in confronting Thomson-West, and (I suppose) refusing their money. Bravo! That is heroism, and the kind of leadership we need, and that our patrons need from us! Read the rest of this entry »

The USMC has banned Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and other similar social networking sites citing a potential security risk. The ban is effective on these sites while Marines are at work, using the Corp’s equipment. It does not effect Marine’s private use on personal computers outside of jobs.
“These internet sites in general are a proven haven [...]