Lead Article
May 13th, 2010 |
By Rex Gradeless |
Category: Lead Article, Podcast, Web 2.0
How do you cite a Podcast in a legal document? First, I checked my PAPER copy of The Bluebook and “Podcast” was nowhere. I thought maybe an Internet citation, or some type of audio citation, would be a respectable work-around but that a Podcast should require some different citation rules. After asking several law students [...]
Posted in Lead Article, Podcast, Web 2.0 |
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May 1st, 2010 |
By Josh Camson |
Category: Featured, Lead Article, Practice Management
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 [...]
Tags: cloud computing, Ethics, North Carolina, SaaS
Posted in Featured, Lead Article, Practice Management |
2 comments
Mar 23rd, 2010 |
By Yana Siganur |
Category: 2010 Tech Guide, Featured, Lead Article
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.
Tags: anti-virus, budgeting, free software, photo editing
Posted in 2010 Tech Guide, Featured, Lead Article |
2 comments
Feb 9th, 2010 |
By Josh Camson |
Category: Featured, Lead Article, Podcast
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?

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Tags: apathy, branding, legal skills, sexting, statistics
Posted in Featured, Lead Article, Podcast |
4 comments
Jan 25th, 2010 |
By Josh Camson |
Category: Featured, Lead Article, Twitter
Last week, Twitter announced that the Suggested Users List is now categorized for easier browsing. Instead of just a list of users, people are given a list of categories with suggested users in each category. However, the list of categories does not include “Legal” or “Law” or anything similar. It looks like lawyers and law [...]
Tags: LexTweet, Suggested User Lists
Posted in Featured, Lead Article, Twitter |
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Jan 20th, 2010 |
By Rex Gradeless |
Category: Attorney Gadgets, Featured, Law Office Software, Lead Article, Practice Management
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.
Tags: apple, bumptop mac, mac
Posted in Attorney Gadgets, Featured, Law Office Software, Lead Article, Practice Management |
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Jan 10th, 2010 |
By Rex Gradeless |
Category: Featured, Lead Article, Practice Management, Social Media, Social Networking
Counsel.Net claims to be the “first name in attorney-to-attorney connections online”. Counsel.Net has an attorney chatboard, a place for new attorneys & solo practitioners, attorney marketing, and several other attorney forums. This social network is basically a mixed bag of forums to posts legal questions, hypotheticals, job openings, and pretty much anything you want. Attorneys [...]
Posted in Featured, Lead Article, Practice Management, Social Media, Social Networking |
2 comments
Jan 4th, 2010 |
By Katie Luper |
Category: Attorney Gadgets, Courtroom Technology, Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Privacy
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 [...]
Posted in Attorney Gadgets, Courtroom Technology, Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Privacy |
5 comments
Jan 1st, 2010 |
By Yana Siganur |
Category: 2010 Tech Guide, Blogging, Featured, First Year, Law School, Lead Article, Social Media
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 [...]
Posted in 2010 Tech Guide, Blogging, Featured, First Year, Law School, Lead Article, Social Media |
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Dec 31st, 2009 |
By Rex Gradeless |
Category: Blogging, Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Social Media, Web 2.0
From all of us at Social Media Law Student, have a safe and Happy New Year!
Posted in Blogging, Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Social Media, Web 2.0 |
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