Social Media Law Student blog presents:  All Things ABA TECHSHOW 2009!  Over the next three days, we will live blog all things tech show and post them here.  From pictures, video clips, and guest posts we will chronicle the 2009 ABA TECHSHOW as it happens and update our posts within the hour.  Below is an “About the ABA TECHSHOW” to get us started:

About ABA TECHSHOW®

ABA TECHSHOW is the world’s premier legal technology CLE conference & expo. The three-day CLE conference is attended by more than 1,500 professionals each year and produces more than 50 legal technology CLE programs and training sessions in fifteen topical tracks.

ABA TECHSHOW also features a two-day expo. Learn about the latest products and services in the Expo Hall, featuring more than 100 companies providing the latest hardware, software, and technology services to attorneys and law firms.

Mark your calendars for ABA TECHSHOW 2009 presented by the ABA Law Practice Management Section (LMP), April 2-4, 2009, once again at the Hilton Chicago, in the magnificent Windy City! Take advantage of the world’s premier legal technology CLE conference and expo at a substantial discount by registering before the February 28, early-bird deadline.

This year’s featured keynote is Richard Susskind, who has 25 years of legal technology experience, and serves as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information and has been IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England.

Network with attendees during ABA TECHSHOW After Dark for entertainment, food and drinks, and exciting door prizes. Participate in the Taste of ABA TECHSHOW and dine with speakers and other attendees at one of several Chicago restaurants.

Day 1 Schedule for Social Media Law Student:

ABA TECHSHOW All aTwitter: What’s the Buzz about Microblogging?

Dominic Jaar, Tom Mighell,
Catherine Sanders Reach

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. • Continental C

Do you Twitter? Live Blog? Yammer? What are all of these technologies and how can I learn to use them to leverage my experience at ABA TECHSHOW and beyond? Come chat with our experts, learn from fellow Tweeters and offer your own words of wisdom and best practices on these new communication tools. Tweet your experience and feed the Buzz at www.techshow.com/buzz, which aggregates the news, events, and conversations about ABA TECHSHOW  2009. And don’t forget to use hashtag #techshow— or come to learn what that means!

Social Media Law Student Feedback: The panel was highly knowledgeable about the topic almost to a fault.  Only about 50% in the room had a Twitter account.  Some panelists may have moved too fast for those new to Twitter.

Electronic Briefs: A How-To Guide

David Masters, Tom O’Connor
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. • Northwest 2
From hyperlinks to embedded audio and video, PDF files are the way to go for electronic briefs—even simple ones. With little more than a tabbed table of contents your electronic brief becomes easier to read and, therefore, more persuasive. Come learn how to take advantage of all the features of Adobe Acrobat to make your e-brief so convenient that judges will naturally work from your brief, rather than your opponent’s, when it’s time to draft the final opinion.

Social Media Law Student Feedback: Two minutes of talking about which jurisdictions had electronic filing then ideas on brief writing.

Keynote Address: The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services

Professor Richard Susskind, OBE
IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Continental A/B

Professor Susskind’s address will identify significant emerging pressures on the legal marketplace and great change in the world of lawyers. He will claim that the legal profession is set to be driven by two main forces—by a market pull towards the commoditization of legal services, and by the pervasive development and uptake of new and disruptive legal technologies. Come learn about the main challenges facing all practicing lawyers in the 21st century.

Social Media Law Student Feedback: Professor Susskind says “future of legal communication = instant messaging, blogging, mass collaboration, social networking, & Twitter! These are not just fad.”  Need I say more?

All Things ABA TECHSHOW 2009 (Day 2)

All Things ABA TECHSHOW 2009 (Day 3)

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