The Internet Newsletter for Lawyers & Law 2.0 covers how the internet presents the law,
how it widens access to the law, how it is affecting society and the world we live in, how it is affecting legal practice,
getting the best from your website and legal aspects of e-commerce.
The Internet Newsletter for Lawyers & Law 2.0 has become a community of lawyers, and those working with lawyers, who are
interested in the legal internet from all its "angles" - how it presents the law, how it widens access to the
law, how it is affecting society and the world we live in, legal aspects of e-commerce and websites, how
lawyers themselves use it for communicating and for improving service to their clients, how it is changing
legal practice for both solicitors and barristers, how they use the internet to market themselves and to sell
legal services on the web and IT issues relating to all these topics.
It is typically taken by lawyers interested in how to develop their website and how to make the best use
of resources online (particularly free ones), lawyers looking to develop the services they can offer their
clients, marketing people within firms and chambers working on raising their
profile and getting new work, IT staff responsible for applications related to the internet,
and librarians and information-related staff, who circulate the newsletter to those with a special interest in one or
more topics.
(Printed copies of the most recent THREE issues will be provided free to new subscribers
as well as ALL of them available online).
In the March/April 2010 issue, we look at the new EU directive about cookies, and what sort of consent a website needs to set up a
cookie on a browser’s computer. Continuing our series on marketing and referral companies, we review TakeLegalAdvice,
a well established service with around 400 firms as members. We look at Perren Buildings, a group of criminal solicitor
advocates working together in a new type of structure. We consider the concept of “local search” which should enable
someone looking for a solicitor in your own area to find YOU. We look at how solicitors at Lawrence Graham now use their
Blackberry to record, and then transmit, their dictation, using an application from Bighand. We hear how Addleshaw Goddard
are using social media to share information on legal topics, client areas and know-how generally. And we provide shorter articles
on how public sector data is now becoming widely available on a Creative Commons type of licence, how Google is now offering
legal opinions on Google Scholar (mainly USA based so far) and the latest developments in the Google Book Settlement.
In the January/February 2010 issue, Richard Susskind describes the innovations in IT which support the
new Supreme Court. We pick out highlights from 2009 in copyright
and digital media law and provide a snapshot of where we are now. The series on referral companies
continues with a look at LawNet. Can the provision of pro bono legal advice be improved using the
facilities of the internet? We hear how LawWorks, the Solicitors
Pro Bono Group, is going about this. We look at how Blacklaws Davis works –
part “conventional” law firm and part virtual law firm. Cloud computing is set to be one of the key topics
of 2010 and we hear what is involved. We suggest 20 ways in which firms could simplify their life,
cut out unnecessary processes, and thereby make – or save –
more money and we describe a new way of using RSS which enables firms to provide legal news for
their clients’ web sites.
In the November/December 2009 issue, we look at The Google Book settlement, which, if approved, will allow Google to
put the books of the world online but not everyone thinks this is a good idea. We look at the topic of website
accessibility which has gone very quiet recently. Why is this? We explain what is going on in this field.
We continue our series on referral sites – which are successful and which are worth buying into; this time
we look at Contact Law. We look at the different methods of assessing client satisfaction, and online methods
in particular. It is now possible to “mix” elements of web sites, blogs, wikis and even twitter – we hear
how this can be done, getting the benefit of all these technologies. We suggest how you can “engage” casual
visitors to your site so that they become clients with a description of the devices, facilities and tools
you can use for each stage. Not all virtual firms want to be described as "virtual" – we hear why.
We provide a short tutorial on the Europa site and describe some of the best legal resources online
(free ones) provided by chambers.
In the September/October 2009 issue, we look at the virtual firms which have featured in previous issues of the newsletter
and find out how they are getting on now and we also summarise the key technology features which have made virtual firms possible.
We start a new series on referral companies – which ones are worth the money? This time we cover Quality Solicitors.
We look at the latest developments from Justis and get up to date on the nature and reliability of electronic evidence,
disclosure and admissibility. We look at the way that outsourcing is developing. We cover the major features of
Search Engine Optimisation with an indication of which areas are worth real effort and which are not.
We look at ways in which Web 2.0 can be used within the organisation to make life simpler as well as more efficient.
In the July/August 2009 issue, we look at the development of the Statute Law Database, how it works,
the extent to which it can now be relied on and how it is now being integrated with OPSI legislation.
We look at the Human Rights database provided by One Crown Office Row and the Current Awareness blog
from the Inner Temple Library. We find out why reputation monitoring is important and how you can
counteract any bad coverage. We cover another virtual firm and the online tools needed, and we
receive a primer on current social networking tools and how they can be used to good effect. We
also cover the best 20 online legal resources currently provided by firms of solicitors which are
“beyond marketing”.
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