April 2010

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Social meejah – just for kids?

9 April 2010 in Social networking | 2 comments

Head on over to Stem where Jordan Furlong is penning a series of posts on Social Media for Lawyers.

He kicked off with Facebook for law firms.

And has followed that up with Twitter for law firms.

These look at how law firms can use social media effectively to promote the firm. No journalistic hype or platitudes here: Jordan brings a wealth of experience to bear.

A tale of two professions

8 April 2010 in Law publishing | 1 comment

Legal Research Plus comments on an article about John West [founder of West Publishing] and other non lawyers who have revolutionized legal research.

Apparently West called for neutral citations way back in 1908.

The author of the article, Prof Robert Jarvis, asks:

how a man who did not go to college, and was untrained in law, was able to devise methods that revolutionized legal research and, by extension, legal practice. Why was no judge or lawyer able to see what he saw? Perhaps the answer is that they were not looking, or perhaps it took an outsider to see what the cognoscenti could not.

I think the short answer is that lawyers are (we hope and expect) good at lawyering not at developing publishing systems.

The full 23-page article by prof Jarvis is availablein PDF.

Yes, we have no posts

8 April 2010 in Fun

Since I’ve failed dismally to engage my fanbase recently by posting anything at all, I’ve concocted a piece of fluff for your delectation.

I was intrigued that one of my fave blogs, Lords of the Blog, should post thus on 6 April:

New blog developments–no posts until 7 April

Sounds like an April Fools posted five days late.

When I clicked through from my reader to the post it was …

Not Found
Apologies, but we were unable to find what you were looking for. Perhaps searching will help.

So, it’s official: no posts is worth reporting, but … on second thoughts … not.

They’re now doing the Washing Up. Lord Tyler enthuses:

For those regular readers who want to see just how mad our world can be, I strongly recommend reading Hansard for the more than nine hours of washing-up we did in the Lords yesterday. Or you can watch the video – the relevant section is about 33 minutes in.

Sorry mate, I’ve better things to do, like last night’s dishes.

I’m wondering if it will be less fun when the Chamber is elected. I expect so.