Podcast Ipsa Loquitur

Josh Camson

Josh CamsonOriginally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Josh is a third year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law pursuing a certificate in Civil Litigation in addition to the J.D. Josh hopes to become a trial prosecutor after graduation. After his 1L year summer he worked at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in their Capital Crimes Unit. Josh worked part-time at the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office in their Child Abuse and Post Conviction units during his 2L year as part of a practicum offered by the law school. This past summer Josh worked at the Chester County District Attorney’s Office where he conducted over forty preliminary hearings in front of Magisterial District Justices. In addition to prosecution, Josh is also very interested in legal ethics. He serves as the co-chair of the Young Lawyers’ Subcommittee for the ABA Committee on Ethics & Professionalism. In that magical time before law school, Josh graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh. During college, Josh was an active member of the undergraduate mock trial team. That experience confirmed his desire to be in the courtroom as a litigator. In addition to his legal interests, Josh is a huge nerd. He enjoys movies, comics, books and video games. That means on any given night I could be found wading through a pool of caselaw, enjoying a graphic novel, or getting killed on Xbox Live. For more about Josh's professional and educational background, check out his resumé. View Josh Camson's profile on Twitter View Josh Camson's profile on LinkedIn

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Examining the Proposed Changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence

Nov 19th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Practice Management

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.



Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Who to Blame for Tuition Hikes, the Facebook alibi, and Six Cardinal Rules for Social Media

Nov 16th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Podcast

[podcast]http://socialmedialawstudent.com/wp-content/uploads/PodcastIpsaLoquitorEpisode3.mp3[/podcast] 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 [...]



Google Offers Free Airport Wi-Fi for the Holidays

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Web 2.0

This holiday season, Google is sponsoring free wi-fi at 47 airports and on every Virgin America flight. The free wi-fi will likely be supported by soft ads, like encouraging you to try Chrome, or use Google for your default search engine. So, if you don’t mind that, you can probably save yourself a few dollars [...]



Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Featured Legal Tweeter, Halloween Costumes, Social Media Use Gone Awry

Nov 2nd, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Podcast

[podcast]http://socialmedialawstudent.com/wp-content/uploads/episode2.mp3[/podcast] Legal Tweeter of the Week -Dennis Jansen is our Legal Tweeter of the Week this week. It’s because he is pretty bad ass and got shot his 1L year. We also enjoy some of the cases he tweets about. Halloween -Huma doesn’t dress up for Halloween? That’s interesting. On the other hand, Josh is [...]



Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Ethical Attorneys, Hugh Laurie, Cleavage in Court

Oct 26th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Podcast

 
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New Site Mixes Trial Advocacy and Online Education

Oct 22nd, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Courtroom Technology, Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Social Media, Web 2.0

New website Beforeclass.com offers six videos to help law students and attorneys fine-tune their trial advocacy skills. Currently, the site offers videos about Opening Statements, Closing Statements, Direct Examination (including exhibit procedures), Child Witnesses, Expert Witnesses, and Courtroom Spacing. The videos are a nice primer before taking trial advocacy, or a brush-up for attorneys. However, they [...]



Arrested for Tweeting Police Activity

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Privacy, Twitter

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazettereports that self-described anarchist Elliot Madison and Elena Madison were arrested for “using Twitter to inform protesters in Pittsburgh about the movements of local officers.”



Courts Cracking Down on Jurors

Sep 17th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Web 2.0

The San Francisco Superior Court proposed a rule to warn jurors that they cannot conduct internet research on cases, Law.com reports. The proposed rule would mandate a cover sheet attached to initial juror questionnaires. The cover sheet would include the internet research warning: You may not do research about any issues involved in the case. [...]



Preparing for OCI Part III: Land that Dream Job

Aug 26th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Facebook, Featured, LinkedIn

Now that you have sorted out your reputation and your résumé, it’s time to use your online prowess to increase your chances of landing the job of your dreams. There are a plethora of ways you can utilize the internet to increase your chances of getting the job once you have applied. Thorough Research Undoubtedly [...]



Preparing for OCI Part II: Use Your Resume Effectively

Aug 10th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Law School, Lead Article

No doubt by now you have a résumé. In fact, you have hopefully had it looked over by your career services office, and hopefully a few other people. Get as many people to review your résumé as you can before you begin using it. Make sure to have people that don’t go to law school [...]