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    The Ethics of Social Media for Lawyers

    by  • January 24, 2012 • Canada, Featured, Large Firm, Metadata, Mid Size Firm, RSS, Small Law Firm, Solo, Technology, Writing • 0 Comments

    Great Blue Heron by clconroy at Morguefile.com

    Phil Brown, my fellow Law Society employee and practice management specialist, and I presented a three hour workshop on social media and the ethical issues lawyers might face in using it.  The workshop was part of the 18th Annual Advertising and Marketing Law conference put on by The Canadian Institute.  We focused on practical...

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    Common Sense is a Humbug

    by  • December 11, 2011 • Business, Knowledge, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Management, Mid Size Firm, Research, Resources, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Compass on a Sundial by Jeltovski at Morguefile.com

    I don’t profess to be smarter than the average person but there are times when conventional wisdom or utterances of, that’s just common sense strike me as, well, dumb.  It was interesting to read Duncan Watt’s Everything is Obvious … Once You Know the Answer and get some insights on decision making and judgment based on research....

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    Confidentiality in a Wired World

    by  • December 9, 2011 • Android, BlackBerry, Business, Canada, E-mail, Featured, iPhone, Macintosh, Mid Size Firm, Practice Management, Security, Small Law Firm, Solo, Storage, Technology, U.S., United Kingdom, Windows, Wireless • 0 Comments

    Slide Deck Cover for Confidentiality in a Wired World

    Lawyers struggle with technology and managing their clients’s confidential information in a professional manner.  Meeting the standards set by ethics bodies in North America – which tend to require both competent representation and reasonable safeguards to protect information – doesn’t stop the regular occurrence of inadvertent disclosure.  This presentation was prepared for a one-hour...

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    Useful (Mostly) Sites for Solo Law Librarians

    by  • October 19, 2011 • Australia, Books, Business, Canada, Case Law, ebook Readers, ebooks, Featured, Financial, Law Library, Legal Research, Odds & Ends, Presentation, Solo, Technology, U.S., Windows • 0 Comments

    Blurred Train by iainharper at Morguefile.com

    The Ontario Courthouse Librarians’ Association (OCLA) met today in Toronto and asked me to give a presentation following the sites/minutes pattern.  We’ll see if they do THAT again!  They are peers and friends of mine from across the province, 48 libraries strong ranging from solo part-time librarians to multi-staff libraries with libarians who are...

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