Following in the footsteps of bloggers like Ernie the Attorney, Adriana Linares and of course, Grant Griffiths (I’m sure that there are many others, feel free to out yourselves in the comments), I finally broke down and succumbed to the appeal of the Mac. But as I describe in this guest post at Home
Web & Tech
No malpractice insurance for blogging firms?
File this under the category of “gross misunderstanding of blogs and technology:” – a malpractice insurer’s recent decision to deny coverage to a law firm because of its weblogs. Apparently, the insurer believed that the blogs could potentially expose the firm to liability, either through an implication that the blog offered legal advice or…
Quick Tech Tips for Solos
For those planning a technology “spring cleaning,” consult this article, Ten Must Have Web Sites for Solo Practitioners (law.com, 3/12/07) by Rick Georges, of Future Lawyer and Solo Lawyer. Georges identifies ten nifty applications, some of which like Zillow, Wikipedia, Google Maps and e-fax I’d consider myself a power user, while others…
Don’t Forget to Self Google
Over here at my beat at Legal Blogwatch, I posted an article that shows the importance of regularly running Google searches on yourself, not for the sake of vanity, but necessity. Through searches, you may find that you’re the subject of defamatory comments in various chat rooms. Though there may not be much that…
Technolawyer Ad: A Tip for Solo Law Firms, But Is This Fair Advertising
Via Denise Howell comes word of this well done ad by Neil Squillante of Technolawyer. The ad, entitled "When Google Fails You," is set up with a new solo is looking for reviews on case management, but has no luck on Google, so he follows a lead to the Technolawyer archives. However, as Denise…
A Handbook on the Risks of e-Lawyering
Over at my beat at Legal Blogwatch, I posted a link to a free online handbook created by Chubb Insurance on the Risks of e-Lawyering. The handbook, available here offers lots of tips to avoid running afoul of ethics rules in the age of technology, such as how to guard against inadvertently creating an…
Share Your PowerPoint Online: A Cool New Tool
A decade ago, back in the dark ages of the Internet, I’d often put presentations that I delivered at conferences into HTML so that I could readily display them on my website (check out this old chestnut on using the Internet for legal research, circa 1997 – it predated Google!). Posting a PowerPoint presentation…
Take 4 Minutes for Web 2.0
My good friend Lisa Solomon posted a link on one of my listserves to this amazing video that explains the history of Web 2.0. Take 4 minutes and to get inspired by 2 – Web 2.0, that is:
The ROI of Blogging
Over at my Legal Blogwatch beat, I posted about measuring the ROI of blogging. Specifically, should lawyers attempt to quantify the value of blogging in dollars and cents, or evaluate the benefits of blogging in the same way that we evaluate the benefits of other marketing techniques like dining with clients or networking. Let…
Running A Law Firm on Web 2.0
In this article, Tools of the Trade: Web 2.0 Top Ten List (1/29/07), attorney Lee Rosen shares his top ten list of internet tools that can “make the practice of law easier, faster and more convenient for attorneys and our clients.” For those unfamiliar with the term Web 2.0, Rosen describes it this way:
Web…