Robert Ambrogi

FindLaw’s core is showing its age. Started in 1994 as an index of legal resources on the Internet, FindLaw used that index as the foundation on which to build a range of resources for legal professionals, businesses and consumers. But in recent years, FindLaw has let its index go to seed, failing to weed…

Yesterday’s jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller for refusing to disclose her sources heightens national attention on reporters’ shield laws. For anyone wanting to learn more about reporters, subpoenas and shield laws, there is no better resource on the Web than The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Its special section,…

Time magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites includes one lawyer’s blog — even if he is Anonymous.

[Thanks to Jim Calloway for the pointer.]…

beSpacific points to this round-up of Web sites for legal job seekers compiled by CareerJournal.com. If you are on the prowl for a job, the article is worth a look.

But there is a glaring omission: lawjobs.com. I say this not because I am a Law.com affiliate blogger, but…

From yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch comes this report of a unique Missouri Bar program to encourage pro bono work by corporate lawyers. Called the Corporate Pro Bono Project, its aims are to encourage company lawyers to donate their time and make it easier for them to find projects and insurance coverage. The association…

As the question of the day becomes who will succeed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, here are three useful sites to turn to for background:…

The first woman Supreme Court justice says she will step down as soon as her successor is named.…

I missed this article when it appeared last month in Lawyers Weekly USA, but just came across this republication of it in the Arizona Capitol Times. The reporter spoke to several blawgers. Best quote in the article comes from J. Craig Williams, who says of blogging: “It’s like being able to extend a…

Micah Buchdahl, a/k/a The Internet Marketing Attorney, sends word that he is beginning to compile his 2006-07 IMA reviews and awards and is accepting nominations through September for exceptional small and midsized firm Web sites.

Since 2002, Buchdahl has periodically reviewed and rated the Web sites of the 250 largest U.S. law firms. In…

Bruce MacEwen has an early look at the complete AmLaw 100 for 2005, the list of last year’s top-grossing firms. Five posted revenue in excess of $1 billion, the largest number ever.

I find it interesting that top-ranked Skadden earned $212 million more than number two Baker & McKenzie even though it has…

The article by Joe Hartley that I mentioned earlier today is now available online via TechnoLawyer . It is also now up at his site.…

Patently Odd is my June Web Watch column for Law Technology News (free registration required). It is a guide to sites that compile offbeat patents. Here is the first graf:

“Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention. Sometimes, however, invention appears to come first. How else do you explain U.S. patent