With Monday’s launch of WestlawNext, Thomson Reuters’s new legal research platform, and recent announcements from Fastcase and LexisNexis about new products, it’s time to step back and see what really is changing. The New York Times and the latest ABA Journal both preview some of the changes, which we also summarize below. While competition for …
Chewing on Our Legal News
We asked, you answered. Each Wednesday, the MSBA sends out its Legal News Digest (LND), which collects and highlights legal news from the past week, including Minnesota and national news as well as news about the legal profession. More recently, we added select blog posts from local and national legal bloggers. After launching the new …
Survey Says
I wanted to get Richard Dawson to kick off this post with his trademark “Survey Says…” but I could not get in touch with him. So, you’ll have to settle for me. Back in December we asked you to fill out a survey regarding practicelaw. Some respondents wanted to know what we heard. Survey Said: …
Off the Map
Greg Luce has taken the Off the Clock series to heart. He is seriously Off the Clock, Off the Job, and Out of the Country for the month of January. Yes, it’s true, he is taking a couple weeks of vacation and chaperoning a group of St. Olaf students on a J-term trip to Florence, …
Top 10 Top 10s
I found myself fascinated with all the year-end reviews and predictions of the past few weeks. Here are my favorites. Although not all ten and not all numbered, I hope it helps you reflect on the old year, prepare for the new year, or at least provide a few good laughs. 1. New York Times …