Very helpful pointers, news, & web links come from The Virtual Chase, a legal research business & website: "The Virtual Chase has assisted legal professionals conducting research on the Internet since Summer 1996. Originally a hobby, the site began as a means by which to disseminate articles and teaching aids to law librarians and other instructors of Internet research. Now owned by...
Need to know the best Internet-based sources for legal research, state & local governments, & other helpful information in your state? Check out the State Resource Centers collected by lexisONE in its Legal Web Site Directory. The Miscellaneous category for New York really impressed me! New York Center for Technology in Government New York Information on Internet Law Library New York...
Investor's Business Daily just published an article describing how documents -- like those created in Word & Acrobat -- may reveal more information than the authors intended: "'Dirty documents'" have become another surprise glitch of the computer age. "A dirty document is, in fact, most items written in two of the most popular formats there are: Microsoft's Word and Adobe...
Very good article from Law.com's Small Firm Business newsletter offers advice for paralegals & others in the legal world helping to manage law firm websites: "...a recent survey of the Web sites of the Am Law 200 -- by marketing consultants Greenfield/Belser and The Brand Research Co. -- found that many sites fail to effectively market their law firm or differentiate themselves from...
...is automated now, of course. Aside from the biggie general job search companies, however, two specialized search sites for legal-related positions are worth a look. My fave is lawcrossing.com, which boasts about having "the largest collection of active legal jobs in the world." Another good legal job search site is corporatelawyerjobs.com which claims it is "the most...
If so, you might be interested to learn that the recommended number of information technology (IT) staff to legal staff is "one IT support person for every 37 users." Sure shows how much the use technology has necessarily impacted the practice of law....
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