The ABA Law Practice Division will publish The Legal Side of Blogging for Lawyers in February. Pre-order your copy today with a 15% pre-publication discount! Anyone with a blog should understand the legal implications of publishing their thoughts on the Internet. Written by a blogger for bloggers, The Legal Side of Blogging for Lawyers addresses the full scope of legal …
Read More »Relevance: Social Media Evidence
Sometimes, I really wonder about attorneys and judges. Not wonder in the sense of awe, but wonder why they often make their lives more confusing and more difficult than necessary. In no area is my wonderment greater than in the arena of e-discovery and, more importantly, the issues relating to the discovery of social media. Various mentors of mine, in …
Read More »Getting Attention for Your Legal Blog (An Excerpt from “Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers”
Adapted and excepted from Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers by Ernie Svenson, now available from LPM Publishing. Once you’ve created a blog, you want to drive traffic to it. But getting traffic isn’t enough; you also need to know how much traffic you get and where it comes from. Write Well The best way to get attention is to write great posts about …
Read More »New Look and New Tips from Law Practice Matters
Law Practice Matters has a new look, and a couple helpful new posts about legal technology to go with it: Should Lawyers Use Encrypted Email? With the amount of sensitive information lawyers send through e-mail, should we be using encrypted e-mail? Avoiding Lost USB Drives Losing a thumb drive can be damaging, but what about finding a thumb drive? Law Practice Matters …
Read More »Introducing Legal Technology Observer
Legal technology can be a daunting subject for the average lawyer or legal professional, particularly when you get past the lighter subjects like online marketing and into the more complicated territory including e-Discovery and data security. Over at the Legal IT Professionals blog, Burke & Company is providing a concentrated six-week blog — dubbed Legal Technology Observer — focused on unpacking practical technology …
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