Real Lawyers Have Blogs : Law Blogs, Social Media, Twitter

Toronto, Canada's Allan Revich's Work it Out blog discussing conflict management and negotiation with an emphasis on workplace issues.

And that merits a press release from a law firm?

TSA's disclosure that it would not be posting submissions that 'include profane language' or are deemed to be 'political rants' should keep the blog manageably small.

At least one senior Air Force official calls the squeeze so 'utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream.

Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy anticipates Brett's decision this week and guesses he will come back.

Digg like site for law bloggers. Has a long ways to go.

I'm in agreement that no longer think the microblogging platform Twitter - which enables users to publish 140-character-long messages via the web and mobile phones - is silly.

Blogging lawyers are assured there will be plenty of places to which their content may be syndicated.

Tutorial from Evan Carmichael.

Free exchange of legal documents may be effective way to market lawyers and law firms.

From the Real Estate Industry practice group at Lang Michener, Law of the Land -- Canadian Commercial Real Estate Law Blog discussing condominiums, financing, leasing, title insurance, environmental issues, and more.

Plans to introduce a service called Buzz that relies on users to help it compile the most popular articles from around the Web.

Five part tutorial on keyword research from CopyBlogger.

Brief video covers being active, consistent, adding value, and letting others sell you.

Linking to other reporting on the web to enhance, complement, source, or add more context to a journalist's original reporting

Jim Calloway and Sharon Nelson interview TechShow Chair, Tom Mighell.

10 steps from Darren Rowse.

The anonymous 'Troll Tracker' blogger unmasked himself this weekend.

For those of you who can't wait to take LinkedIn with you on your mobile devices, here's how you access LinkedIn on your iPhone or other WAP enabled devices.

Though not clear what the government can do to ensure that Internet providers offer equal service to everyone.

Martindale charges you for you to display a Peer Review Ratings icon on your website. Follows $50 charge to have your rating displayed at Martindale.com.

Reasons for blogging continue to increase.

Advertisers looking to reach groups of consumers beyond the main portal properties such as Yahoo or MSN.

Already, the credit-markets malaise that has cut the pace of private-equity, real-estate and structured-finance deals is giving some lawyers more time to spend with their families.

A Blaawg Review list of Internet memes from Brett Trout.

Boat load of articles aimed at helping individual lawyers get more clients.

2 minutes to get best picture and best actor up, including fixing some vandalism.

Al-Farhan considered the 'Dean of Saudi Bloggers' for blogging under his real name and tackling social issues in the Kingdom, condeming terrorism and calling for 'open' and 'real' dialogue within the Kingdom.

American Association of Law Libraries will highlight bills that the AALL is tracking in Congress, Action Alerts, news, resources, events, and address topics such as access to government information, digital authentication, copyright, and open government.

Online legal directory is looking for a talented individual to take a leadership role on our marketing team.

Say what you want about Super Lawyers, but traditional law firms are buying into the concept.

The 2008 season of the Blawgers Baseball Fantasy Baseball League is about to start.

Here's a short list.

Laurence Eastham, Editor of Computers & Law, reviews the blogs that might help you keep informed, sharpen your opinions or just fill the slack working days which so many IT lawyers complain about.

Cover story on the ABA Journal excludes many insightful blawgs authored by non attorneys.

35 most trafficked by page views and visitors.

Plenty of ways for women to get their voices heard on an increasingly diverse number of political, personal, and increasingly bizarre topics.

Corporate recruitrs surf blogs to unearth job candidates, expanding their talent pool and gaining insights they say they can't get from resumes and interviews.

Mala Joshi, a life sciences lawyer at Blaney McMurtry in Toronto discusses Canadian patent and trademark law, biotechnology law, patented medicines, and food and drug law at Life Science Law in Canada.

Started blog 'mostly to pass the time, hone my writing skills, resurrect my voice a little, and keep his mind sharp following brain tumor surgery but gets fired for some, uh, 'opinionated' blog posts' circulating around the internet.

San Diego immigration attorney Jacob Sapochnick's Visa Lawyer Blog.

Blog posters are openly discussing their knowledge of both accused and victim, and events surrounding the death.

Attorney and a biochemist Kevin Buckley's BioCommercialization Blog.

Law related questions offer lawyers opportunity to showcase intellectual capital.

'I taught law at the University of Chicago for 10 years. One of the biggest scams is law professors write their own textbooks and then assign it to their students, and they make a mint.'

Australian law student Jonathan Kleiman's Legal Intellects.

Rush Nigut inspired by RAGBRAI - Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa of course.

LexBlog client Sam Conforti's Software Licensing and Master Service Agreements Blog he is reporting on the current developments in the software industry and discussing software licensing and the consulting contracts necessary for the software's implementation.

Free resource from FastCase brings together all the available online caselaw, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions from the federal and state governments.

Dave Swanner endorses Justia, eJustice, Einstein Law for trial lawyer websites.

Though employing more than ever, it's the latest sign of the newspaper industry's ongoing struggle to stem losses in advertising sales and circulation.

LexBlog client Sheppard Mullin's adbriefs, otherwise known as 'covering your ads,' covering legal issues affecting interactive, sports and entertainment marketing and promotions.

Lame and exactly what blogs are not when it comes to how blogs are being used by professionals such as lawyers.

Though he says he's a pretty good lawyer, he wonders if they're rating his profile picture, too

LexBlog client Porter Wright Morris & Arthur's Employer Law Report with several members of the firm's Labor and Employment Group reporting on recent legal developments and trends affecting employers.

Town sues Google over a note placed on Google Earth suggesting that town was built on the ruins of a Palestinian town, whose residents were forced out.

From Jordan Furlong, Editor-In-Chief of National Magazine at the Canadian Bar Association, Law21. It's beginning of Mighell's highlighting Canadian blogs, and specifically those mentioned in Steve Matthews' Canadian Law Blogs List.

Per Law.com, 'Hardly Skadden Gone Wild -- most of the photos of the eight contestants were relatively innocuous head shots. The winner, a blond litigator, drew 400 votes.'

Some of the biggest new places where consumers are flocking on the Web -- social networking and video-sharing sites -- are yielding advertising revenue slower than some Internet companies had hoped.

Most law reviews are so desperate that law professor could publish his grocery list.

Still the only one in town.

John Heckman's 'Does It Compute?' presenting his take on practice and document management, and other legal technology.

From Boise Idaho IP lawyer and veteran blogger, Stephen Nipper.

Micro blogging is picking up steam.

New law blog from California lawyer-mediator Nancy Hudgins.

Says he 'embarked' (i.e. took a leap of wild faith with little sense of direction and even less of control) on the Legal Practice Course.

Envoronmental and energy lawyers should be engaging in conversation with this one.

Amother case of selling free aggregated legal news.

That's RSS, black gold as far as blogs.

From Citizen Media Law Project.

They're trying, darn it. And they're probably nice to their aunt.

8 years ago we wondered if Apple could survive. Brining back Jobs evidence that founder's dreams are important.

While in other countries, courts have been much more willing to reveal anonymous online writers when someone feels someone dislikes the content, US courts have been a lot more willing to protect online anonymity.

Have asked reddit for ability to test for current developments in the law.

Microsoft, Google, VeriSign and IBM support idea of a universal ID, an open-source standard that seeks to enable consumers to use a single identity and password to log in to any web site on the Internet.

Capital Times will enhance its Internet site and reduce print frequency from six days to two days per week to address changing habits of afternoon newspaper readers.

Are they in this photo?

LexBlog client Quarles & Brady's E-Discovery Bytes billed as 'a practical resource for issues in e-discovery' and published by multiple authors from the nationwide firm.

Why are business development skills more important then ever for women lawyers? Because in Allison Wolf's opinion as female professionals we have reached an impasse.

'If only I could have a link to all the important patent law blogs in one place,' says Iowa Patent Attorney Brett Trout.

LexBlog client Peter Mahler's New York Business Divorce providing information on dissolution and other disputes among owners of New York corporations, LLCs and partnerships.

It's no stretch of the imagination to identify parallels in other areas of law, such as real estate, financial transactions, and crime.

Extended to this Friday, February 8, so that you can take advantage of up to $300 in savings over the regular registration price.

Eugene Lee's California Labor and Employment Law providing legal news and tips for employees.

'No fun in law advertisng' Florida Bar getting sued again.

Super Bowl Review from Dan Hull at What About Clients?

LexBlog Client Rock Fusco's Illinois Civil Rights Defense Law Blog providing information for cities, municipalities, and individuals who are being sued in civil rights cases.

LexBlog client John Marshall's New Jersey Criminal Defense and DWI Blog providing criminal and DWI law news and updates for those in New Jersey.

Firms on average have one marketer per 27 attorneys -- a ratio that exists for firms of all sizes.

Dozens of answers to what Twitter makes us do. For those of you scratching your head about what the big deal is over Twitter, the answers may be helpful.

Knight Foundation and Knight Citizen News Network provide training to citizen journalists on the legal rights and responsibilities that go along with newsgathering and online publication.

Ala Google, by expanding users there is more data to determine relevnce of a news story and/or blog post. May be too late with growth of Google Reader.

Editors of Matthew Bender and Mealey's Insurance pick blog for inclusion in the 'Top Blogs' section of LexisNexis' Insurance Law Center.

12 year old ABA listserv offers 3,100 solo and small-firm lawyers a chance to share professional advice and interact with each other.

Jordan Furlong's Blog is Law21.ca. Where's Ed Adams, Editor of the ABA Law Journal?

As a PC user Ambrogi was never happier than when he discovered FeedDemon. As a Mac user it was love at first sight for me and NetNewswire. THey're both free from NewsGator now.

Joe Hodnicki highlights recent blog posts on legal scholarship and blogs.

Presentations by blogging lawyers at local bar associations are turning other lawyers onto the benefits of blogs.

If you're looking for a thorough, but readable, guide to Facebook, you need to read this book. Gives you the keys to making the most of this powerful social network.

Sponsored by Albany Law School, and edited by Professor Mary Lynch, Best Practices for Legal Education. 1) Creates source of information on current reforms in legal education arising from the publication of Roy Stuckey's Best Practices for Legal Education and the Carnegie Foundation's Educating Lawyers. 2) Place for free exchange ideas, concerns, and opinions.

Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center will discuss the issue of privacy on the Internet, and the implications for the practice of law. EPIC focuses on emerging civil liberties, the protection of privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

LexBlog client Diaz, Reus, Rolff and Targ's ChinaLat Law features business and legal issues affecting China, Latin America and the United States.

Niki Black's Women Lawyers—Back on Track for women attorneys seeking success and happiness in the legal profession, Colorado criminal defense lawyer Todd Taylor's Common Law , and another from an anonymous prosecutor.

Communications, solicitations and advertisements are areas that may be covered by state ethics regulations regarding lawyer's online networking.