Huma and Josh discuss new proposed jury instructions. Are they re-inventing the wheel, or making something actually useful? Find out what new comedy website for lawyers has everyone laughing. Our dynamic duo also discusses what one southeast Pennsylvania school district is doing to keep an eye on their students, literally.

 

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Josh and Huma discuss the importance of building your personal brand. Can it overcome quality legal skills? Are people less into Twitter these days? What is a new law in Pennsylvania doing about sexting and teenagers?

 

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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 students [...]

In the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court used the term ‘blog’ on page 49 of the slip opinion.
Soon, however, it may be that Internet sources, such as blogs and social networking Web sites, will provide citizens with significant information about political candidates and issues. Yet, §441b would [...]

The re-tweet is an enormous part of the Twitter experience. Even before official support for the feature from Twitter, people were constantly re-tweeting status updates, links, photos, etc. This allowed Twitter users to see content recommended to them by people they followed, which they may not have originally found. Further, it allowed the person sharing [...]

Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee responded to a few questions from one Florida judge about the use of social networking sites. The Committee found that judges cannot accept friend requests from litigants in their court. They take special care to note:
This opinion should not be interpreted to mean that the inquiring judge is prohibited from [...]

The EFF brought filed a complaint in federal court alleging that federal agencies failed to respond to a FOIA request for documents concerning the government’s policies about social media investigation techniques.

Josh and Huma discuss oral arguments, the Bluebook online, and final exams. What happens when you also throw a little religion and a Featured Legal Tweeter into the mix? Click to find out!

The federal judiciary recently posted a revised version of the Federal Rules of Evidence to solicit comments on the proposed changes. The revisions, overall, are a tremendous improvement over the current rules. They make the rules easier to read and understand. However, while the goal of these re-styled rules is to avoid any changes in meaning, I think some of the proposed changes will result in a change in meaning.

New Federal Rules of Evidence
Is Josh the only one that got excited about the proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Evidence?
-Probably.
Who is to blame for law school tuition hikes?>
-Is there really a gap between the cost of public and private law school?
Facebook Status Update as an Alibi
-Huma can’t believe this worked. She doesn’t trust [...]