This post comes courtesy of the folks over at Online Universities Weblog (not to be confused with Online Universities.com or its blog). While their site doesn’t have information for online legal study (and neither does Online Universities), there is some information on paralegal programs, FWIW. In any case, they cared enough to compile a list [...]

Laura is a second-year law student at the University of Iowa College of Law.  As a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Laura obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with special honors and highest distinction from the University of Iowa.
As a law student with a vast web and media background, Laura holds true to the [...]

Laura Bergus, University of Iowa Law student, helps us with this webinar, recorded on July 10, 2009.Watch the video of this webinar to find out how Laura came up with this idea of a social media best practices for law schools, how the CALI Conference session on this topic went, where we are at with [...]

By the time we finish this webinar, you’ll be a dedicated Tweeter. We’ll do a basic intro to Twitter, talk about why and how it is used, as well as give some helpful tips and pointers on Tweeting. We’ll also talk about how one law school uses the tool to talk to students and alumni, [...]

If you have been following along on my journey of trying to get my law school to get real about advising students on social media, you may have seen earlier posts – Social Media Best Practices for Law Schools, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and “The Website“. Now I’m hoping you will take the [...]

Last week I attended the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)’s annual conference. It was inspiring and educational on many levels (not to mention the great food). Keynote John Palfrey from Harvard’s Berkman Center had great suggestions for law schools to collaborate rather than compete (for instance on library collections). (See liveblog archive of [...]

“The following is a seminar paper authored by Vincent Pascual on Twitter and potential Employment Law issues that employers and employees may face with regards to what users post online and how those posts may have consequences.  The paper was produced for a course entitled “Employment Law and Technology,” taught at the University of San [...]

The Trials of Law School uses YouTube to promote their film showing the various paths modern law students take through law school.  Here is a synopsis from their website and their YouTube videos:
Synopsis
The Trials of Law School provides a captivating and real, in depth look at eight students, with different backgrounds and expectations, through their [...]

David Thomson’s new book about the future of law school is an interesting read. The book is clearly written for his fellow professors, but that did not inhibit my experience at all. Overall it is a relatively quick read. It explores several interesting topics and offers a look at how Thomson has [...]

This is the first in a series of posts about my adventures in pushing my law school to get real about social media.
Like other law students, I was told not to blog about law school and to be careful what I posted on that evil place called Facebook.  About a month into law school I [...]