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.

The ABA Section of Science & Technology Law is pleased to announce the topic for its 2010 Law Student Writing Contest.  The contest is designed to encourage law students to write articles on subjects related to science and technology law and encourage a cutting-edge or innovative take on the topic. THIS YEAR’S FOCUS: EMERGING LEGAL [...]

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. [...]

A throw down between the traditional casebook and the e-book on portability and usability.

As a law student, if my iPhone were to be stolen or misplaced and then hacked, the individual in possession of my phone would be privy to pictures of my dog sleeping, text messages telling my husband how long I’ll be in the library and a huge collection of studying music as well as the [...]

Welcome to Social Media Law Student’s 2010 Guide to Technology. These posts will shine some light on various tips and tricks that you can use to become more efficient in your everyday life. The complete guide can be found here. Once you’ve picked a good RSS reader, and have added and organized your feeds, you’re [...]

From all of us at Social Media Law Student, have a safe and Happy New Year!

Martindale-Hubbell Connected will be hosting a live webinar on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009. Word on the street says they have over 700 registered participants! They are expecting a record number of people to attend. Who will be there? Lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, legal professionals, non-legal professionals, people interested in social media, and even people not interested in social media. [...]

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 [...]