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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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    Digging for Social Media for Litigation

    by  • October 13, 2011 • Canada, Featured, Large Firm, Law Firm, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Excavator by taleisin at Morguefile.com

    You are a lawyer and you have a new case where there may be some online evidence.  Where do you start?  What social media sites – like Facebook, Twitter, etc. – do you focus on?  The presentation I gave the Manitoba Bar Association‘s Legal Research section looked at how to unearth information related to...

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    Changing Approach to Legal Research

    by  • September 23, 2011 • Case Law, Creation, Database, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Legal Research, Mid Size Firm, Publishers, Publishing, Small Law Firm, Solo • 0 Comments

    Leaves on stairs by MaryKBaird on Morguefile.com

    I will be talking to a board of directors of a non-profit this morning about their investment in legal information and trends in usage data.  One of the things that has been of interest to me over the past few years is the seeming disconnect between the approach that librarians teach law students and...

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    Find Ways to Say Yes

    by  • September 2, 2011 • Business, Financial, Large Firm, Law Firm, Law Library, Law School, Mid Size Firm, People, Resources, Small Law Firm, Technology, University • 0 Comments

    Red Barn Door by penywise at Morguefile.com

    The latest issue of CIO magazine focuses on rogue technology projects within an organization.  This is when business units decide to bypass the information technology team and develop their own internal team or external partnerships to accomplish business goals.  This is probably familiar to most workers, no matter what side of the equation you are...

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