Law Students

Out with the Old, In with the New

By Erik Schmidt

If you’ve followed Mac Law Students for any length of time, you know that I’ve struggled to figure out what to do with the site since I graduated from law school waaay back in 2008. I’m happy to report that after a mere two years of screwing around, I’ve finally come up with a way to keep the site going and infuse it with a new sense of purpose.

The fact that I decided not to take the bar exam after obtaining my J.D. should be evidence enough that anyone who is serious about becoming a lawyer should not be spending their few spare hours each week managing an online resource for Mac-using law students. But I also feel strongly that the person who runs the site should be someone involved in the law school experience, someone who is close to the subject matter.

Enter Dennis Bishop. From the early days of MLS, Dennis has been an excellent source of information, and a leader in getting the word out about the benefits of Macs in law school. Even better, Dennis has a day job that keeps him in touch with law school technology; he’s the the Director of Information & Technology at the University of Oregon School of Law.

After several discussions, Dennis and I agreed that he would be the right person to take over MLS. This is a personal project for him, and Mac Law Students still remains unaffiliated with any law school or other entity, legal, illegal, past, present, or future. Dennis will be running MLS for fun. He even refused to take the six-figure salary I offered him.

I will continue to own the domain and pay for the hosting of MLS, and Dennis will run the rest of the show. I’m excited to see what he does with the site, and I hope you will give him your support as he takes the ball and runs with it.

Full post as published by Mac Law Students on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).