When I was studying prelaw at U.C. Davis, I minored in Rhetoric because it was so important to me that I practice the persuasive verbal skills that would be needed to sway a jury in favor of my [future] client. While learning verbal skills is not exactly a waste of time, nowadays attorneys need to focus a lot of their energies on technology to get points across to juries...

As discussed in the recent article Fancy gadgets replace oratory in courtrooms, Adam Lynn of The News Tribune confirms that todays lawyers must use everything from PowerPoint presentations to interactive whiteboards. The article gives some great examples of how certain attorneys have used technology it's a must read for lawyers in the 21st century.

Debra

Via Golden Practices, an excellent post by Aviva Directory on 12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know, for those of us mired in the complex legal issues around blogs and blogging.

The post provides excellent, in-depth content on a variety of issues, such paid posts, deep linking, comments, privacy, spam, copyright issues and others, with legal overviews, examples and recommendations for how to stay out of trouble. A detailed list of related references and resources for further study are included. Check it out.

Here is an intersting article about how wiki's are being used by different legal orgs. Legal Wikis.