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It is funny how you can be aware of something but, until you explain it to someone else, it doesn’t really take form. So far this semester, we have been looking at law practice technology from
David Whelan
David Whelan is associated with a platform that publishes detailed blog posts primarily focused on legal education, law librarianship, and academic law teaching methodologies. The content often explores practical aspects of legal research instruction, law school pedagogy, and the use of technology in legal education. Posts also discuss broader issues such as academic scholarship dissemination, legal information management, and the challenges of digital platforms for legal professionals. The blog serves as a resource for law educators, librarians, and legal academics interested in improving teaching practices and understanding the evolving landscape of legal information and scholarship.
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A Smile And A Handshake
A Wander Among Web Browsers
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I have been watching some online colleagues in Denmark engage in a massive withdrawal from US-based technology. #DanmarkSkifter It has encouraged me to continue along this path myself. Years ago I started to spread my…
Save It For Later
My Kingdom For An Index
Teaching Tech
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I am about one-third of the way through the first run of my law practice technology course. It has been very useful as I am writing the teaching manual for my coursebook (coming out in…
The Back Side of Leadership
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The chairman of the American law firm, Paul Weiss &c, resigned after his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became known. It’s hardly surprising that the first law firm to put its business model before…
A Path to Librarianship
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One of our kids earned a library graduate degree and hit the job market. Just over a year after graduating—and about 10 months actively searching—they have accepted an offer as a cataloger at an academic library.…
Through the Shoals of PowerAutomate
Zero Sum Legal Publishing
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Another year, another change in legal information. The AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors (CRIV) did a nice write up of American Lawyer Media’s strategic changes. It is not the first legal publisher to…



