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I was out with a group of our staff and we had t-shirts on with our public law library’s name on it. We were amongst a larger crowd and some of the folks we were with
Post-Mortem on a Law Library
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I’ve just gotten back from an invigorating experience discussing possible law library futures. Perhaps my senses were a bit heightened, then, as I read about the rootlessness of the Jackson County (MO) law library in Kansas
The Productivity Spiral
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At the turn of the century, I worked at the American Bar Association. We had successfully evaded the Y2K turmoil, dot-com was ascendant, and legal technology was having a bit of a boom. There seemed to
Leadership Pieces
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The local county bar association is doing a leadership academy. It is a 6 month, one-day-per-month program (different from AALL’s more concentrated approach). In past years, the bar association held it in their own space
Ditch the Jetpack
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One of the things that first drew me to WordPress back in 2012 was that it was a lot of small pieces. Once you installed the core content management system, you could extend and enhance it
Where To Start Professional Information Gathering
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I was talking with a group recently and someone asked what media I read to get information. I always find that question hard to answer because “everything” is not helpful but I tend not to read
Chances Are…You’re our Next Law Dawg!
Next up in our queue of graduating Law Dawgs is Chance. His people are 3Ls Maggie Carr and Megan Cherry. This handsome and active boy likes kayaking, swimming, running, tearing up stuffed animals, eating ice, playing with his roommates and
What If It Seems Pointless?
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I updated our governance board last month on our last awareness campaign. We have been placing marketing ads on public transit across the county. The idea was that we needed to bolster awareness post-lockdown. I struggle
Role of Web Search in Legal Research
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In the before times, we were wary of guiding people to legal research with web search engines. Over time, Google and other generic, commercial web search engines have become commonly used tools in legal research. All
April Showers Bring…Another Fabulous Roxy!
Throughout April and May, we’ll be celebrating our graduating Law Dawgs!
First up is Sydney Parish’s Roxy, an English bulldog who loves watching the Dawgs, chasing her ball around the house, and meeting new people! Roxy was born in October