The International Legal Technology Association’s annual conference is happening right now in Las Vegas. I’ve been keeping up on Twitter and reading Monica Bay’s posts on Legal Technology News. Not quite the same as being there, but a close second! I’m sure much of the Geek readership is attending and enjoying this amazing
Google: Use Gmail, Have No Expectation of Privacy
 |
| Image [cc] Bark |
Awhile back I posted on how I thought lawyers using Gmail (or any other free email service like that) constituted a waiving of privilege. My argument was that agreeing to share privileged client communications under “a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence” with a third party was on its face –
Elephant Post: How Would You Set Up Training For New Associates?
 |
| Image [cc] Venson Kuchipudi |
It’s Fall Associate time again. Newly minted law school graduates, fresh off their taking of the State Bar Exams, are moving into those empty windowed offices, given a computer, assigned one-fourth of a secretary, and told to start working toward hitting the benchmark of 635 billable hours for the rest of the
Dan and Jane Ep. 11: Going to Law School
 |
| Image [cc] Sharyn Morrow |
Jane: Dan, I’ve been going over some of the statistics from the Simkovic/McIntyre study, and have to say that most law students will be far better off by attending law school than they would by not obtaining the degree.
Dan: Jane, I see you’ve been playing music with your old
The Granny Bug – A Short Story from the 3 Geeks Fiction Archive
On Monday afternoon, sometime between 4 and 5 PM, I am giving a short talk about the Internet of Things at the ILTA Conference in Las Vegas (SPEC 5, Roman Ballroom II). This story bears almost no relation to the talk I’m giving, but as I researched the IoT I was inspired to
Elephant Post: Law Firms are Still Really Bad at These Basic Processes
 |
| Image [cc] vipezz 631 |
We asked… you answered. Law firms are not exactly known for being the epitome of efficiency, but there are still some basic operations and tasks that law firms simply do very poorly. Many of you chimed in with your own personal observations and gave some candid answers on what processes you
Elephant Post: What Basic Processes Do Law Firm Still Struggle With?
 |
| Image [cc] vipez |
From time to time I run across things within law firms that I find simply amazing… and not in a good way. Whether it is basic time entry or matter reporting or even expense reimbursements, it just seems that there are simple processes that are either overly complicated at a law firm,
Dan and Jane: Ep. 10 – The Bar Exam
 |
| Image [cc] sinisterbluebox |
Dan: One of our partner’s sons took the bar exam recently. Reminded me of my turn at that challenge. Jane, it also reminded me to shove in your face that I scored the highest on the bar exam that year. How well did you score?
Jane: As I recall the bar exam
Malamud's Public.Resource.org Sued for Posting Legal Codes
No matter what your opinion is of Carl Malamud, he definitely keeps things interesting when it comes to making public information public. Malamud has been the focus on this blog recently when he told Georgia “no thanks” when the state asked him to take down their official state code. This time around, it seems that a
Ohio County WV Law Library Turning Law Books Into Paper Towels
 |
| Image [cc] Windward CC Library |
Ohio County West Virginia has finally emptied out the county law library and has given away, or sold the old state Supreme Court regional collection in the Wheeling, WV branch. According to the Herald Star, some of the collection will be recycled into pulp and eventually turned into products like paper