If you live in Massachusetts and want to keep up with the latest news from Beacon Hill, then add a bookmark for MassInsider, a site devoted to tracking the latest news and opinion concerning policy, lawmaking and politics in the Bay State. The site is still in beta and has not been formally opened…
[offtopic] Blog software used to publish electronic newspaper
This is way off topic, but the bloggers among you will want to check out Points South. An online newspaper covering St. Petersburg, Fla., it offers an example of a blogging tool — Movable Type — being used for a non-blogging purpose. It is published and reported by summer fellows at the Poynter…
RSS feed for Amazon.com law books
LockerGnome has set up RSS feeds to track new products at Amazon.com. Feeds range from baby gear to videogames, but for the single-minded among us, there is one for law books.…
Kmart’s ‘always-on’ litigation extranet
Law.com today features The ‘Always-On’ System, a story I wrote for Corporate Counsel magazine about Kmart’s highly regarded litigation extranet, developed by T-Lex Inc., a Brookline, Mass., legal extranet company.…
Blawg takes clients’ view of legal ethics
On May 31, the day David Giacalone launched his Web log, ethicalEsq?, I was beginning a week in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I reviewed snorkeling sites, banana daiquiris and fresh grouper that week, but not a single Web site or blog.
This was to my advantage, it turned out, because when I finally took…
Trademark group redesigns Web site
The International Trademark Association unveiled a redesigned Web site this week. Enhancements to the site include an easier-to-read navigation bar, a search engine, a section on the homepage that alerts visitors about new information on the site, more practical online content, a frequently-asked-questions section, and a glossary.
Interested in seeing how INTA’s Web page…
Directory of law-related RSS feeds
Genie Tyburski’s Virtual Chase now offers a new section of the Legal Research Guide entitled RSS Feeds for Law. [via net.law.blog]…
I’ve added a search tool
I’ve made my site searchable, using the free site-search available from Atomz Corp. You’ll see the button on the left of the page. (It’s just below the PayPal button, which you should also feel free to try out.)…
Strategic legal technology is focus of new blog
Ron Friedmann, a lawyer and founder of Prism Legal Consulting, recently launched a new blog, Strategic Legal Technology, where he will offer his musings on the intersection of law and technology. Friedmann started Prism last year, where he advises law firms, corporate legal departments and legal vendors on technology, knowledge management and marketing.…
Phone directory Switchboard.com links to Martindale’s Lawyers.com
Lawyers’ listings on the telephone-directory site Switchboard.com will now include pointers to Martindale-Hubbell’s Lawyers.com under a deal between the two companies.
If an attorney found on Switchboard.com — or on one of the Switchboard-powered yellow pages directories in the Switchboard network — has a lawyer or law firm profile on lawyers.com, a…
American Lawyer Media unveils redesigned lawjobs.com
American Lawyer Media today introduced its redesigned lawjobs.com Web site for jobseekers, employers and recruiters. The redesign adds new tools for identifying, tracking and managing resumes, job opportunities and responses.
Here is an excerpt from the announcement:
“Lawjobs.com features thousands of employment listings exclusively for legal professionals each day, as well as news, analysis…
Court offers RSS feed of current opinions
I do not know how long it has been doing this, but I see that the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia offers RSS newsfeeds of recent opinions. The court has four feeds: recent opinions, civil topics, criminal topics and family topics. More information is available on the court’s…