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Social Media for Solo Practitioners (CLE)

Posted on October 25, 2010
My co-author Carolyn Elefant and I recently recorded a Lawline CLE entitled "Social Media for Solo Practitioners." The CLE course is described as follows: In this timely and exciting program, Nicole Black and Carolyn Elefant, attorneys and co-authors of the new book, Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier, discuss how solo practitioners can use social media to their advantage...

Cloud computing: Not your typical outsourcing relationship

Posted on October 19, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Cloud computing: Not your typical outsourcing relationship." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Cloud computing: Not your typical outsourcing relationship As I mentioned in a previous article, the American Bar Association established the Commission on Ethics 20/20 in 2009...

NY Ethics Committees Tackle Social Media Mining

Posted on October 06, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "NY Ethics Committees Tackle Social Media Mining." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** NY Ethics Committees Tackle Social Media Mining The ethics of attorneys using of social media is a hot topic lately...

Mark Your Calendars--Thursday October 21st

Posted on October 05, 2010
On Thursday, October 21st, I'll be speaking in Washington D.C. with my co-author, Carolyn Elefant at the MyLegal.com conference "The Case for Social Media." Our presentation will cover the following: From Facebook to Twitter, from LinkedIn to Avvo, from Justia to JDSupra, social media can be a tremendously effective tool for building your legal practice...

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Ethics and Lawyers Online

Posted on September 28, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Ethics and Lawyers Online." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Ethics and Lawyers Online In 2009, the American Bar Association established the Com- mission on Ethics 20/20 (online at www...

Large firms: Take next social media steps

Posted on September 21, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Large firms: Take next social media steps." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Large firms: Take next social media steps A few weeks ago I discussed the ways in which large law firms can use social media to create an effective firm-wide online presence by establishing firm profiles on the top three most traveled social media sites: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter...

The Internet and the Courtroom

Posted on September 14, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "The Internet and the Courtroom." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** The Internet and the Courtroom The Internet is a force to be reckoned with...

Lawyers: Gain Competitive Intelligence Using Social Media

Posted on August 31, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Gain Competitive Intelligence Using Social Media." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Gain Competitive Intelligence Using Social Media This article is a continuation of the series in which I discuss how lawyers can use social media to accomplish different goals in support of their law practice...

Social Media for Large Law Firms

Posted on August 24, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Social Media for Large Law Firms." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. *****Social Media for Large Law Firms I?ve been giving a lot of thought to how Big Law can effectively use social media ever since I spoke at King & Spalding?s Atlanta office in mid-August...

The Social Media Crush--aka Dazed and Confused

Posted on August 18, 2010
Image by Cheo70 via Flickr Last week, Chris Brogan wrote a thought provoking blog post in which he suggested a looming social media crash, resulting from a deluge of online connections and the subsequent contacts that we receive as a result of our online connections...

Use Social Media to Network, Build Relationships

Posted on August 17, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Use Social Media to Network, Build Relationships." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. *****Use Social Media to Network, Build Relationships As I mentioned previously, over the next few weeks I?m going to address the different goals lawyers can achieve using social media...

Blogging for lawyers has changed

Posted on August 10, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Blogging for lawyers has changed." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Blogging for Lawyers Has Changed When I first wrote about blogging for lawyers in 2006, the benefits were clear-cut...

What Social Media Isn't

Posted on July 26, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "What Social Media Isn't." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** What Social Media Isn't Over the next few weeks I plan to write about different goals that lawyers can achieve through social media...

Lawyers: Make Social Media Happen for You

Posted on July 20, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Lawyers: Make Social Media Happen for You" A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Lawyers: Make Social Media Happen for You Social media is the latest and greatest thing...

Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my!

Posted on July 13, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my!" A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. *****Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my! In June I wrote about People v...

Prosecution of Innocents

Posted on June 30, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Prosecution of Innocents." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Prosecution of Innocents I came across an interesting case last week, People v...

Feedly: My Favorite Online Tool

Posted on June 22, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Feedly: My Favorite Online Tool." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Feedly: My Favorite Online Tool A few weeks ago I explained how using an RSS feed reader can simplify your life and bring information relevant to your areas of practice and interests directly to you...

Silence is no longer golden

Posted on June 15, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Silence is no longer golden." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Silence is no longer golden Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Berghuis v...

Why You Need an RSS Feed Reader

Posted on June 10, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Why You Need an RSS Feed Reader." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Why You Need an RSS Feed Reader Whenever my colleagues approach me for advice about setting up a blog, the first thing I do is ask them which RSS feed readers they use...

Scott Greenfield--a New York Criminal Defense Lawyer of Note

Posted on June 07, 2010
Image via Wikipedia I first met Scott Greenfield in about March 2007, when he began to comment on this blog. This post contains, I believe, one of his first comments. At the time, I remember thinking, this guy needs a blog. And, sure enough, shortly thereafter he started his now well known blog, Simple Justice...

Answering machine hell

Posted on May 27, 2010
Image by Kichigai Mentat via FlickrThe following is one of the funnier stories from my tenure as an assistant Public Defender. I was assigned to represent a guy with a long misdemeanor record on some sort of small charge--a petit larceny, if I recall correctly...

I'm tired of spam comments. Here are some offenders.

Posted on May 25, 2010
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I'm so tired of spam comments. A good number sneak past my spam filters all the time. I had to enable comment moderation in order to prevent them from benefiting from my blog's Google juice. I'm going to out some recent offenders in this post...

Cloud computing, time tracking, voice command apps, digital dictation, online collaboration and more.

Posted on May 19, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Also, you may know that I recently began guest blogging at the Firmex Online Document and Collaboration blog. My posts appear every Tuesday. If you're interested in cloud computing and other technology issues for lawyers you may enjoy these posts...

Looking forward to trying out Westlaw Next

Posted on May 18, 2010
Image via Wikipedia A few weeks ago I lamented that it appeared that I would not have access to Westlaw Next this summer as I researched cases for the annual update of the Thomson West treatise that I co-author, Criminal Law in New York. I'm happy to report that my editor contacted me last week and advised me that I'll have access to Westlaw Next within the next few weeks...

A Call to Legal Cloud Computing Providers (please RT)

Posted on May 18, 2010
Image by factoryjoe via Flickr I'm writing a book about cloud computing for lawyers that will be published by the American Bar Association in early 2011. A section of the book will profile the legal cloud computing products that are currently available to attorneys for use in their practice...

Episode #9: Keep track of your time using Chrometa, which offers time tracking software for lawyers

Posted on May 17, 2010
Image by kylemac via Flickr I've just released a new lawtechTalk episode that you can watch for FREE. Episode #9 (Part 1 & Part 2) features, and is sponsored by Chrometa, which offers time tracking software for attorneys. Part 1, the introduction, is approximately 7 minutes long and Part 2, the demo and interview portion, is approximately 10 minutes long...

Minimize Cloud Computing Risks

Posted on May 17, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Minimize Cloud Computing Risks." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Mainstream adoption of cloud computing is a relatively new phenomenon, as is the introduction of cloud computing products into the legal marketplace...

Dear Judge Kaye

Posted on May 13, 2010
This week's Daily Record column is entitled "Dear Judge Kaye." A pdf of the article can be found here and my past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ***** Dear Judge Kaye In early May you sat on a panel sponsored by the American Bar Association held during the Women in Law Leadership Academy in Philadelphia...

Gee Mister, you sure look nice in those bike shorts.

Posted on May 13, 2010
Image by richardmasoner via FlickrHere's another tale from my years as an Assistant Public Defender. During my first year as an Asst. PD, I was assigned to represent a guy who was charged with exposing himself--a misdemeanor. The accusatory alleged that he pulled down his pants while in his mother's back yard and told a man who was riding by on his bike that he "sure looked nice in those bike pants...

My first jury trial

Posted on May 09, 2010
Image by aprilzosia via Flickr I've decided to write about my experiences as an assistant public defender in Monroe County. Today--my first jury, in 1996, I think it was. This was, all things considered, the least interesting of all my jury trials, but it's as good a starting point as any...

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