Archive for August, 2008

Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Mini-Documentary

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Students and instructors talk about what it's like to participate in the Supreme Court litigation clinic. The yearlong clinic allows students to work on actual Supreme Court cases under the supervision of law faculty and practicing attorneys.

Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Mini-Documentary (Video)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Students and instructors talk about what it's like to participate in the Supreme Court litigation clinic. The yearlong clinic allows students to work on actual Supreme Court cases under the supervision of law faculty and practicing attorneys.

MBTA v. Anderson

Friday, August 29th, 2008

It all started when three MIT students put together a presentation for their Network Security Class at MIT about their findings regarding the security vulnerabilities of Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Charlie Card and Charlie Ticket. After FBI involvement and a temporary gag order placed on the students, ...

Twitter Status Report - Hey, This is a Conversation, Not a Monologue

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

This is day 2 of my Twitter experiment and I must say it's not really what I expected. I thought I'd be throwing isolated tweets out into Twitter-space, similar to blogging. Blogging is generally a solitary endeavor. You write a blog entry and publish it. If ...

Trying to Twitter - Communicating Value in 140 Characters or Less?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

I've always considered myself a practical person, especially when it comes to technology. I didn't warm to computers right away, until I started to see real benefits. I don't really "play" with technology. So, that brings me to Twitter. I've been struggling with the idea of ...

Recruiting at Law Firms: A Recruiter and a Law Student’s Perspective

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

It’s about that time of year again when the law students are heading back to school and thinking ahead to what they want in a law firm once they graduate. Law.com blogger and co-host, J. Craig Williams turns to both a recruiter and two law students to get two ...

Trying to Twitter - Communicate Value in 140 Characters or Less?

Monday, August 25th, 2008

I've always considered myself a practical person, especially when it comes to technology. I didn't warm to computers right away, until I started to see real benefits. I don't really "play" with technology. So, that brings me to Twitter. I've been struggling with the idea of ...

Legendary Trial Attorney: Gerry Spence

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Attorney Gerry Spence has practiced law for over fifty years, has never lost a criminal case and is the author of sixteen books. On Lawyer2 Lawyer, Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi talk to Attorney Spence about his most prominent cases, life as a trial attorney, ...

Summer Associates

Friday, August 8th, 2008

How do summer associates programs at major law firms work? Hear the perspectives from current associates who were summers and a leader in the recruitment strategy at a large firm on this edition of Lawyer2Lawyer with co-hosts J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi, both attorneys and Law.com legal bloggers. We ...

Getting Attorneys into the Classroom - Why Would You Want Them There?

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I'm just back from TRIPLL where we spent some quality time talking about ways to deliver point of need training to attorneys and staff using such tools as webinars, remote desktop sharing, videos, etc., in addition to finding ways to make ourselves more visible and available by walking the floors ...