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Robert Ambrogi
Is a Massachusetts lawyer, writer and media consultant. He also writes the blog Media Law and cohosts the legal affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer
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Another Site for Lawyers to Share Legal Forms
I’ve written at least a couple times before about websites created in order to allow lawyers to share legal forms and documents. Now there is another one.
First, a recap. I wrote last June about Standardforms.org, a legal wiki intended to serve…
‘DocketLaw’ App Calculates Court Deadlines
If fear of missed deadlines keeps you awake at night, you might want to try DocketLaw , a new app for iPhone and iPad that lets you calculate court deadlines based on jurisdiction-specific rules. The app can perform calculations based on the rules of more than 300 federal and state courts.
The two main…
New Service Helps You Vet Expert Witnesses
Whether you are about to retain an expert witness or about to cross-examine one, you want to learn everything you can about the expert’s experience and background. A new service, Expert Witness Profiler, helps you do exactly that. It provides you with a dossier that covers everything from the expert’s…
Panel This Week on Cameras in the Courts
The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts is among 14 federal courts participating in a pilot project allowing cameras in the courtroom. I am moderating a panel this week that will look at this pilot project, and also contrast it with the experimental OpenCourt digital-access project under way in Quincy District Court. Also on…
A First Look at the Newest Casemaker
Almost a year ago, I wrote here about the major upgrade in the works for the Casemaker legal research service. At the time, I was given a demonstration that previewed the new interface but I was not then able to…
SJC Issues New Rule on Electronic Access to Courts
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today announced approval of a new SJC Rule 1:19 governing Electronic Access to the Courts. The new rule replaces the former rule, which governed cameras in the courts, and extends it to recognize changes in technology and journalism since the original rule was promulgated. Notably, the rule is designed to…
For Legal Professionals, the Internet Has Come a Long Way, But Still Has a Long Way to Go
[Note: Since March 1995, I have written a syndicated column, legal.online, that has run in various legal and bar periodicals. After 17 years, I’m calling it quits. Below is my final column, which I sent to editors last month. Many of the columns are archived here. I will continue to write my bimonthly…
Exclusive: America’s Most Productive Federal Courts
Judge William G. Young
At the recent annual meeting of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, U.S. District Judge William G. Young, in accepting the Great Friend of Justice Award, delivered a thoughtful and impassioned speech decrying the decrease in jury trials in the federal courts. Trial by…
No Joke: Law Firm Hires Comedian to Teach Speaking Skills
International law firm Duane Morris had a problem. Some of its key staff were not very good at presenting, either internally or to clients. One was told that her speaking “needed to be more fluid and less analytical.” Another experienced “extreme anxiety at the thought of presenting her ideas to the…
Join Me for a ‘Taste of Techshow’ Dinner
If you are attending ABA Techshow this year, I invite you to join Jeff Lantz of Esquire Interactive and me for a Taste of Techshow dinner Friday evening, March 30. Our venue will be Rhapsody, where the menu is “inspired by fresh Italian flavors and local, seasonal ingredients,”…