TechnoLawyer Blog has posted Joe Hartley’s controversial piece, A Contrarian View of Legal Blogs, in which he warns firms not to jump to quickly on the blog bandwagon. Synopsis from TechnoLawyer: Legal blogs have become …
Month: June 2005
Maximize Your Google Search with Advanced Operators
These days, everyone’s favorite search engine seems to be Google – and for good reason. Hey, it’s my favorite, too. But I wonder if many people know how to maximize their search results. Do you? …
TIME Lists Coolest Blogs
TIME magazine recently published their list of the 50 Coolest Web Sites for 2005 and this year the list includes blogs. It includes blogs on legal humor, technology, parenting, entrepreneurs, cars, sports, and more. Other …
Study of Law Students' Online Research Habits
The Stanford Law Library has recently published some very interesting results of their three year survey of law student’s online research habits. The study is entitled, Book Lovers Beware: A Survey of Online Research Habits …
Grokker – A Graphical Search Engine
If you’ve never tried a graphical search engine, give Grokker a try. It’s a very different search experience. Rather than the usual textual listing, search results are displayed in a map containing nested circles and …
Comments on the Court's Use of Google
Today I received an email from Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Daniel Anderson who commented on yesterday’s post: Court Notes that Google Search Might Have Turned Up Missing Defendant. He reminded me of a CNET …
LA Times Suspends Wiki Editorials
MSNBC reports that the Los Angeles Times was forced to suspend their “Wikitorial” experiment after only three days. It seems that inviting users to edit the paper’s editorials resulted in a flood of foul language …
Wisconsin Briefs Database Updated
The Wisconsin Briefs database from the UW Law Library has recently been updated. It now contains all Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published cases and all unpublished Court of Appeals cases from 173 …
Court Notes that Google Search Might Have Turned Up Missing Defendant
In Munster v. Groce, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently upheld a ruling that the plaintiff had not exercised due diligence in locating the missing defendant. The court noted that a simple Google search might …
TechnoLawyer Announces Awards
The 2005 TechnoLawyer Awards have been announced. The awards are based on votes received by TechnoLawyer members for their favorite blogs, products, services, and Web sites in a variety of categories. Award winners and finalist …