Legal Research

Check out LexTweet , a Twitter feed which allows you to follow members of the legal community who use Twitter to discuss the law.  The Tweeters there post a variety of interesting links, whatever catches their interest in their legal field.   When I visited, one, from the ABA Journal, was about the median starting pay for law firm associates; another, from  Law.Com, was about the RIAA victory in the Tenenbaum copyright infringement trial.  There was also a link to a story in Equal Justice Works  about a University of Miami student who clerked at the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance in Los Angeles, California over the summer.  The rising 2L was named a Summer Corps Standout award winner by Equal Justice Works.  And a link to TaxGirl's blog warned that the IRS is aggressively pursuing those (including a tax preparer in Florida who falsified a client's tax form) who fraudulently claim they are entitled to the first-time home buyer's tax credit.   

Following this Twitter stream, and contributing when they have something to add, seems like an excellent way for students to use the social networking tool to immerse themselves in the legal culture before they graduate - kind of like hanging out in a virtual law firm.