You have got to read this hilarious blog, The Devil Wears Brooks Brothers, by Sarah E. Klem ("Philadelphia’s Favorite Legal Assistant"). This post had me laughing out LOUD! Of course, so did this one, & this one, & this one!
What is "Web 2.0" exactly? This article describes the key elements & possible law firm uses: "Grappling with Web 2.0 can be a bit daunting in that it has become an amalgamation of disparate trends and ideas. Equal parts buzzword, technology standard, aesthetic ideal, business model and social movement, Web 2.0 may become a phrase we come to mock as 'so 2006.' But this lack of...
Find several resources for writing better legal documents on this much-linked blog: "Legal language is used to record and explain the most important events in people's lives -- should it not be comprehensible? "Modernizing the archaic style you learned by rote is easy and with a little practice becomes habit. "Legal writing should be well organized (simple) and use everyday words...
We've discussed this topic before so it's quite surprising that so few employers have published policies on blogging! "Weblogs are booming, but the latest survey conducted by the Employment Law Alliance, a large network of employment and labor lawyers, is reporting that only about 15% of employers have specific policies addressing work-related blogging."It is estimated that as many as...
The further adventures of "Article III Groupie," the funny, gossipy legal blog writer, are described in this NY Times article: "It all began on a Sunday in November when The New Yorker magazine posted a "'Talk of the Town'" article on its Web site about David B. Lat, an assistant prosecutor for a little over two years, who -- unbeknown to nearly all his colleagues,...
Read all about it in The NY Observer: “'I’m pretty nervous,'” said Melissa Lafsky, a now formerly anonymous blogger who this week joins the ranks of those who have come out to become a public commodity. “'I’ve been planning this for months'”—she paused—“'not actually, but running through the scenario in my head: ‘What would happen if I put my name on this? Would anyone care?...
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...
And a good story goes with it: Spicy Blogger Leaves Attorney's Office: "The blogger initially claimed to be a young, female lawyer going by the pen name of Article Three Groupie, or A3G. Article III is the section of the Constitution dealing with the judiciary. "It wasn't until an interview for a November issue of The New Yorker magazine that Lat revealed his true identity." This...
Well, now, isn't this interesting! Blogging The Firm tells the story of "Opinionistas," an associate who anonymously publishes a blog detailing the inner workings of her life at large New York law firms: "...the internal struggles for power, the toll on personal lives, the obsession with billable hours." Gosh, sound familiar to anyone? One hopes her writing doesn't cause...
Hey, blogging involves researching, writing, & keeping an eye out for interesting information. Perhaps a new niche for paralegals whose firms publish blogs? Associates are already billing time for their blogging activity: "To generate more content across the board, the firm has turned to its associates. Each Sheppard Mullin associate can count up to 50 hours a year for writing articles...