Law School 2.0

Social Media for Attorneys

Interesting article on Lawline.com that describes reasons for attorneys to use social media (such as Facebook, Linkdin, Digg and YouTube) in their practices.  It touts the benefits of using social media for networking, brainstorming, learning and promotion. You will find part 2 of the article here, and part 1 here.

Law School 2.0 is Published!

Copies of Law School 2.0: Legal Education for a Digital Age left the printer just before Christmas.  The first mailing includes Deans, Clinical professors, and LRW professors.  The rest of the AALS law faculty list will receive comp copies by early March.  LexisNexis will also be distributing complimentary copies at the AALS Annual Meeting in San Deigo, January 6 - 10, 2009.  I will be in the LexisNexis Booth on Wednesday, January 7, from 12 - 12:30 p.m. for a "meet the author" session.  Drop by and pick up a copy - I would be glad to meet you.

Simultaneously with the publishing of the book, I have launched a companion website.  The LS2 website contains examples of technology described in the book, a hyperlinked references section, and more.  You can visit it through this link: www.lawschool2.com. 

Article in the Fall issue of The Law Teacher

My article about using Wikis in teaching Administrative law has just been published in the Fall issue of The Law Teacher.  In the article, I explain how students in that class used wikis for two purposes: to develop group research projects on 10 different federal agencies, and to develop a comprehensive outline for the class.  The work the students did on the research projects was fabulous, detailed, and very helpful to them and to the other students in the class.  The outline the students developed collaboratively in the wiki was an extraordinarily good one, and that and the textbook were the only things they took into the final exam.