In case you didn’t know, Apple launched the iPad tablet today. Here’s the link.

As a law student, if my iPhone were to be stolen or misplaced and then hacked, the individual in possession of my phone would be privy to pictures of my dog sleeping, text messages telling my husband how long I’ll be in the library and a huge collection of studying music as well as the [...]

Most people have to deal with loud traffic, obnoxious co-workers, loud students, or even minor nearby conversations – whether you’re at your law school library, internship, or any other kind of office. For those of us who need a little help keeping our focus, but can’t listen to music to do it, there is the sound-distracting white noise. This post takes a look at different websites that stream white noise.

Counsel.Net claims to be the “first name in attorney-to-attorney connections online”. Counsel.Net has an attorney chatboard, a place for new attorneys & solo practitioners, attorney marketing, and several other attorney forums. This social network is basically a mixed bag of forums to posts legal questions, hypotheticals, job openings, and pretty much anything you want. Attorneys [...]

According to news reports, Facebook has called an “all hands” meeting today to discuss its privacy policies. That’s because they are facing a brewing revolt among Facebook users alarmed by the company’s cavalier attitude toward protecting your privacy. In recent months, Facebook has rolled out some very privacy-unfriendly practices, from the “privacy transition” that took [...]

Last week, Twitter announced that the Suggested Users List is now categorized for easier browsing. Instead of just a list of users, people are given a list of categories with suggested users in each category. However, the list of categories does not include “Legal” or “Law” or anything similar. It looks like lawyers and law [...]

How do you cite a Podcast in a legal document? First, I checked my PAPER copy of The Bluebook and “Podcast” was nowhere. I thought maybe an Internet citation, or some type of audio citation, would be a respectable work-around but that a Podcast should require some different citation rules. After asking several law students [...]