Eric Heels, Rich Klau of Today- August 30, 2003 StudentLawTech forum is the name of the email discussion list for law students on the topic of law and technology. Rich Klau and Eric Heels founded the discussion in 1994 while they were law students at the Universities of Richmond and Maine. Eric and Rich were famous in the fledgling online community of lawyers back then for the mega FAQ on legal resources on the internet that they published. The Eric and Rich's of today are into blogging in a big way. We have started a page on...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106225701532309081 eLawyer Blog: Legal Information vs. Legal Advice- August 12, 2003 eLawyer Blog: Legal Information vs. Legal Advice has lots of good leads for lawyers who want to make the most of their public servicemarketing program by effectively communicating with the public. Seems to this observor that the provision of high quality, plain-English information to the public coincident with a lawyer's area of practice is a winwin proposition for both the public and the lawyer who puts his or her mind and energy to the task. The boosters of the eLawyering project and...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106069636697293768 JD2B.com for law school applicants, students & grads- August 11, 2003 A law student, Marshall Camp, now recent grad's, JD2B.com weblog is still going strong with coverage of the law school and legal scene of interest to lawyers and law students alike. Billed as a community for law school applicants, students & grads, the site features a list of other law student weblogs, school-specific discussion groups (about which I am going to find out more) and many other links of interest to law and pre-law students. I also plan to explore other law student weblogs with.http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106061404105357852 Two Blogs Under Development- August 9, 2003 Are blogs a good investment Draw what lessons you will from my experience: After having had one in operations since January 1, I've found enough value to start two more: Fedlawyerguy.org will deal with substantive law and practical concerns of interest to lawyers working for federal agencies. eLawyerblog.org will raise awareness of how lawyers can use technology, especially the Internet, to better provide legal services to Americans of moderate to low income. It will expand on some of the...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106037365638575806 JuraWiki collaboration platform and Google's translation tool- August 5, 2003 John DeBruyn reports on his recent visit to JuraWiki. JuraWiki is a truly innovative collaboration platform for lawyers written in the German language about legal matters and law practice. Using the Google translation tool John was able to read a rough German to English translation of all that is underway at JuraWiki. The lawyers in Germany, especially those at JuraWiki, are moving ahead of their counterparts in the United States in making the most of the read, create and edit page...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_archive.html#105959593234567752 netLs follows German lead- August 5, 2003 Sprechen Sie Deutsch No, but there is an accommodation using the Google translation tool that was recently impliement at the German language Handakte WebLAWg of Rainer Langenhan and at another popular German legal site, JuraWiki with the co-operation of Jura's founder, Ralf Zosel. We have now done the same here going the other direction, English to German, with the link featuring a little map of Germany and the words Deutsche Version via Google bersetzung on the NetLs weblog page. An...http://netls.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106000061555543377 |