Practice Technology

Blog Comments Can Tank Job Prospects

Blogging may help law students blow off some steam or connect with others, but it could harm their job search, warns a law firm recruiting manager. Writing in the Am Law Daily, Lynne Traverse of Bryan Cave gives an example. A student interviewing for a summer associate position listed her…

Oct 29, 2008 12:22 PM CDT

25% of Surveyed UK Law Firms Misplaced PDAs with Confidential Data

Nearly a quarter of British law firms responding to a survey reported misplacing at least one mobile device containing confidential information. Credant Technology is using the survey of 100 law firms to point out the danger of disclosing sensitive data, even on devices that are password-protected, Legal Blog Watch reports.…

Oct 29, 2008 11:23 AM CDT

Philadelphia Courts Take up Twittering

Philadelphia courts are putting news and announcements on Twitter, an online service that allows users to communicate in brief updates. As of last week, only 18 people were following court news from the 1st Judicial District on Twitter, the Legal Intelligencer reports. Users can obtain Twitter updates through text messages…

Oct 23, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

Excel Error by a Cleary Gottlieb Associate Alters Lehman Asset Deal

A first-year associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton made an Excel reformatting error that mistakenly added 179 contracts to an agreement to buy Lehman Brothers assets, according to a motion filed with a New York bankruptcy court on Friday. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represents Barclays Capital Inc. in…

Oct 16, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

As Worlds Collide

ABA groups ponder “real” law rules and applications in virtual environments

Oct 1, 2008 1:05 PM CDT

Another Lawyer Identified Who Walks and Works Simultaneously

Lawyers do a lot of sedentary work, but a new exercise device—a treadmill work station—offers a solution. A couple news stories say lawyers are picking up on the trend. The latest is an article in the New York Times that found Minneapolis lawyer Terri Krivosha walks three miles a day…

Sep 19, 2008 1:28 PM CDT

Contract Lawyers, Search Terms Blamed for Late-Disclosed McAfee E-Mails

A Howrey lawyer who headed an internal investigation of backdating at McAfee partly pinned the blame on contract lawyers when he told a judge yesterday why five corporate e-mails weren’t disclosed sooner. The e-mail had been turned over on the eve of trial for the company’s former general counsel, Kent…

Sep 19, 2008 11:08 AM CDT

35% of Professionals Would Choose BlackBerry Over Spouse; Take Our Poll

Professionals have a love-hate relationship with their BlackBerrys, and in some cases it’s interfering with their marriages. Thirty-five percent of 6,500 professionals surveyed said they would pick their personal digital assistants over their spouses, if they had to choose, and 87 percent said they take their PDAs into their bedrooms,…

Sep 17, 2008 2:58 PM CDT

After Ike, Houston Lawyer Works Out of his Luxury Car

Houston solo Tom Kirkendall, a complex business litigator, is keeping up his legal practice after Hurricane Ike, thanks to advance planning and his Infiniti Q45. Kirkendall downloaded his active case files to his laptop in advance of the storm and routed office phone calls to his cell phone, Texas Lawyer…

Sep 16, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

Law Blogger’s Twittering Lawyer List is Rapidly Expanding

Law blogger Adrian Lurssen seems to have started something by posting a list of lawyers and legal professionals he likes to follow on Twitter. His list of 145, posted on Tuesday on JD Scoop, has already expanded to 180. It includes both Edward A. Adams, editor and publisher of the…

Sep 11, 2008 4:01 PM CDT

Lawyers ‘in Love With MoFo’ Among those at Big Firms on Facebook

Big law firms may be Facebook Luddites, but their lawyers are using the social networking site. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle was in the news last month for using Facebook as a recruiting tool. It’s believed to be the first big firm to do so, but it’s not the only…

Sep 4, 2008 11:24 AM CDT

Law Firm Websites Lag: Spend More, But Think First, Experts Say

Although law firms are far more focused on the Internet than they were a few years ago, experts say many still have a lot to learn about marketing themselves online, and that their websites could use improvement. Some law firms, for instance, feature streaming video, podcasts, RSS feeds and law…

Sep 2, 2008 9:30 PM CDT

Nonprofit Legal Group’s Updated Website Targets Donors

A Michigan organization that finds volunteers to work on behalf of children removed from their homes because of neglect or abuse has given its website a makeover. CASA Washtenaw’s new site has YouTube videos about youths’ experiences in foster care and how court-appointed special advocates have helped. It also has…

Sep 2, 2008 5:22 PM CDT

Who’s Putting a Price on Free Legal Aid?

Search engines can cost poor clients, lawyer advertisers

Sep 1, 2008 1:15 PM CDT

The Way of the Dinosaurs?

Warnings of need for change fill legal services hearing

Sep 1, 2008 1:10 PM CDT