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 [...]

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. [...]

Mike Dahn, Vice President of WestlawNext Product Development, was kind enough to answer some of our questions directly: Do you know when WestlawNext will be available for use at law schools? Mike Dahn: We have not finalized a law school rollout plan.  Law school students will not have access to WestlawNext at launch.  However, we [...]

Update 1/28/10: Mike Dahn, Vice President of WestlawNext Product Development, was kind enough to answer some questions about availability and pricing, and we’ve posted some screenshots. Next week at Legal Tech NY, and at a number of preview breakfasts, Thomson Reuters will publicly showcase its new legal research product, WestlawNext. The basis of the new [...]

BumpTop Mac is a brand new way to look at your Mac desktop. BumpTop is a full 3D experience with smooth, realistic physics, making your Mac’s desktop act more like the real desktop it’s sitting on. Learn more here.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION If you are a United States resident who purchased Skype Credit that, on at least one occasion prior to December 31, 2009, expired after 180 days of inactivity, a proposed class action settlement may affect your rights. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. Plaintiffs Holly Barker and Brian Carness [...]

OnlineDegreePrograms.org has created “The Ultimate Google Wave Guide for Students: 100 Tips, Tools, and Tricks” which provides students with tip for using Google Wave. As a college student, we know you’re always on the hunt for tools that save you time and trouble, especially on homework. That’s why we’ve generated this list of tips and [...]

The legal research game has just taken a light-year shift, thanks to Google. Last night, Google quietly non-announced that Scholar search now includes U.S. federal and state case law and legal journals. Recently, the debate on open access to legal information has been raging, with some folks sticking up for the Westlaw/Lexis walled-garden approach that [...]