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“Hey, publisher, I have an idea for a book. It’s called ‘Law Practice Technology.’” Not my most creative pitch, I will confess. It took more than that but I will admit to a certain amount of
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Purpose Before Product
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I am a policy skeptic. Which I think is a bit funny because I am (mostly) a rule follower. This can lead to unintended consequences when rules lead me to playing silly buggers but if you
The Two Speeds of Law Practice Technology
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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
A Smile And A Handshake
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We are getting some work done, a bit of gardening. It’s landscaping, which is mostly a word that I use when it’s “more gardening than I want to do myself” because, while I love gardening, I’m
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
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I have been thinking a lot about the resilience of this website. Over time, I have stopped linking to live copies of resources because they disappear. I have been blogging for over 20 years and there
My Kingdom For An Index
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I am coming towards the end of my book project. I am proofing the pages — which is kind of fun, a bit like seeing a movie trailer before it comes out, the words finally constrained
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.