Library Stuff

“Copyright laws apply to lawyers too. Yet sometimes they seem to forget this seemingly obvious fact.”

via Law.com

A must read for law librarians.

Social Media Law Student – “In a recent press release, the New Jersey Judiciary announced that new social media features would be used on their website to keep the community, including lawyers, informed.”

Micah Buchdahl – “Many lawyers like to be trendy and fashionable. In law firm marketing circles, you are not exactly Nostradamus when advising people with incredible predictions of “new” marketing ideas—blogs, podcasts, annual reports, CRM systems—among them. They were new and trendy many years ago, and most catch on just about the time advanced marketers are on to the next great thing.”

Stewart Levine – “A recent survey indicated that what lawyers are most interested in when it comes to technology is developing competence with all the new collaboration tools available. From a management perspective, the selection and implementation of the most useful technology is a critical part of collaborating with co-counsel and opposing.”