I don’t understand why lawyers think denigrating themselves and the profession is an effective marketing tool. Like the Nilan Johnson video I wrote about before, here is an attempt at humor that fails miserably. Lawyer as shakedown bully? Is that really the…

A new mobile app introduced this week by the New York State Bar Association lets lawyers search and access ethics opinions from their mobile phones. The NYSBA Mobile Ethics App includes the state bar’s catalog of more than 900 legal ethics opinions, dating back to 1964.

The app allows users to search for an opinion…

I am very proud to report that I have been nominated for election as vice president of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the state’s premiere legal charity devoted to ensuring equal access to the legal system and to improving the administration of justice.  The election for 2012 officers will take place…

Just last week, someone asked me for a list of my favorite iPhone apps. I get this question a lot, so I thought I’d talk about about a few of my favorite apps.

No Angry Birds here. I will restrict myself to apps that have some application in the practice of law. That…

Members of the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs practice at the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP today launched Politics, Law and Policy Blog, a blog devoted to providing bipartisan policy insights and political intelligence.

Howard Dean

It is the rare blog that can be judged by its first day, but this one certainly…

A new website called Tabulaw hopes to simplify the task of legal research and writing. As of this writing, the site is still in a private beta, which means you’ll have to fill out a request to obtain an invitation to try it out.

The site’s premise is that legal research tools are expensive,…

The 2011 CLawBies — the Canadian Law Blog Awards — have been announced.

Meanwhile, south of the border (the Canadian border), Scott Greenfield doles out honors for Best Criminal Law Blawg Post, 2011.

Great work all around. Congratulations to all!…

As anyone who made it through law school knows, a split of opinion among the federal circuit courts is a strong indicator that the issue will make its way to the Supreme Court. A new blog, CircuitSplits.com, is dedicated to providing timely reporting and analysis of circuit splits. It is written by Nicholas J.…

I have a post on this at the ABA Techshow blog: 2012: The Year of the 7 Inch Tablet?…

“If a paralegal is having trouble in the electronic case files system, they can click and have a chat with a representative who will answer their question,” explains Norman Meyer, clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for New Mexico. “You don’t need someone assigned specifically to the chat live. We already have a staff member…

Thomson Reuters – the company that owns Westlaw – has been beefing up its coverage of legal affairs in recent years, with reporting and commentary available through the Thomson Reuters News & Insight website. As part of this push into enhanced legal coverage, the company recently launched a new offshoot devoted to covering the…

The arrival of 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University, a true trailblazer in enabling open access to legal materials through the Web. To help mark the occasion, the LII is hosting a Law Via the Internet Conference Oct. 7-9 at Cornell Law School…