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 [...]

The North Carolina Bar Association published Proposed 2010 Formal Ethics Opinion 7, which concludes that: …a law firm may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the risks that confidential client information may be disclosed or lost are effectively minimized. This opinion is a welcome tool for attorneys trying to implement a [...]

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold allegedly made anonymous comments online about her pending cases, using the clever moniker, “Lawmiss.” Judge Saffold then refused to recuse herself on a motion from defense counsel.

Learn how to properly send a link to a Google hosted case, without revealing what terms you used to find the case.

Today software is as expensive as ever. However, more and more free alternatives pop up all the time. Today’s post looks at free alternatives for your commercial anti-virus, budgeting, and photo editing software.

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.

 

 Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: New Jury Rules, Legal Comedy Website, and Schools Spying on Students [16:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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.

Fastcase is a low-cost but wide-coverage online legal research tool with a modern, intuitive interface. Fastcase is a relatively new player on the legal research scene, but has some features that rival the bigger research alternatives, especially if your practice isn’t too dependent on deep secondary sources and you’re comfortable with, you know, a modern [...]

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?

 

 Podcast Ipsa Loquitur Episode 5 [35:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

OnlineUniversiteis.com recently published a list of “100 Niche Search Engines Every College Student Needs“. In this list of 100, they included the following for law students: Search through all kinds of legal history and information using these tools. Everybody’s Legal Glossary: This searchable resources puts legal terms into plain English so that you can understand them. [...]