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]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 [...]

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]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 [...]

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 [...]

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.”

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]