The National Association of Women Lawyers® and The NAWL Foundation Report of Sixth Annual Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms, October 11 “This sixth year of the Survey presents a sobering picture of the prospects for women in Biglaw. Not only do women represent a decreasing percentage of lawyers in big… Continue Reading
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Think with Google – digital media and marketing
About Think with Google: “In this world gone digital, the marketing industry is moving faster than ever before. At Think with Google, we bring together like-minded marketers to keep up with whats new and whats next in digital media and marketing. Here you will find a selection of the research, insights and ideas from… Continue Reading
Paper shares some information addressing questions of judges' personal use of social networks
Judicial Ethics and Social Networking Sites: “Michael Crowell UNC School of Government, September 2011 (Revised) “One of the significant developments in communication in the last few years is the astounding growth of social networking websites. Increasing numbers of people join Facebook or LinkedIn or Twitter or other on-line social networks as a means to notify… Continue Reading
Resource for tracking law firm mergers, acquisitions and related commentary
“Altman Weil MergerLine tracking law firm mergers and acquisitions as they are reported by the press. MergerLine compiles news of mergers and acquisitions of all sizes. Our focus is U.S. firms, but we will report on significant combinations wherever they occur. Lawyer headcounts are derived from published league tables, directories and law firm websites.” Continue Reading
Networks, Hiring, and Inter-Organizational Mobility: Evidence from Law Firm Dissolutions
Networks, Hiring, and Inter-Organizational Mobility: Evidence from Law Firm Dissolutions, Christopher I. Rider, Emory University – Goizueta Business School. Posted July 8, 2011 “Social networks are widely believed to facilitate the matching of individual job candidates and employing organizations. Causal effects of various network contacts on hiring and attainment are unclear, though, because networks probably… Continue Reading
Representatives Barton, Markey Urge FTC To Investigate Use Of Supercookies
News release: “Representatives Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to investigate so-called supercookies, files that can be installed on computers without a user’s knowledge. Supercookies allow websites to collect detailed personal data about users,… Continue Reading
UK Guardian – The death of books has been greatly exaggerated
Radical change is certainly producing some alarming symptoms: “According to Nielsen BookScan, the publishing industry standard for book sales data, book sales are pretty healthy, with one significant proviso which I’ll come to. Ten years ago in 2001, 162m books were sold in Britain. Ten years later a decade in which the internet bloomed,… Continue Reading
LexisNexis® Launches Open Alliance Program for HPCC Systems, Enterprise-Proven, Open Source Alternative to Hadoop
News release: “LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today unveiled the HPCC Systems Alliance Program, which is a collaboration of partners to stimulate innovation and accelerate market adoption of the newly open sourced HPCC Systems, an enterprise-proven, open source solution to help large organizations process Big Data. Built on a high performing computer cluster technology, HPCC Systems is… Continue Reading
AmLaw – The Associates Survey Satisfaction within the midlevel ranks has fallen to its lowest level since 2004
“Midlevel associates put their noses to the grindstone in 2010, and they didnt like it. While demand for legal services rose, staffing at the biggest firms still lagged behind prerecession levels. As a result, third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates had their most demanding year since the downturn began, averaging 2,037 billable hours in 2010, compared… Continue Reading
The 1000 most-visited sites on the web – according to Google
Google Doubleclick Ad Planner – “You can see a list of the largest 1000 sites worldwide, based on Unique Visitors (users), as measured by Ad Planner. This list is updated monthly as new Ad Planner datasets are released. The list defines sites as top-level domains. For each site on the list, you’ll be able to… Continue Reading
"Educating Tomorrows Lawyers" Will Change How Law Students Are Trained
News release: “The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) at the University of Denver today launches a unique, national initiative to change the way law schools educate students. Educating Tomorrows Lawyers provides a platform to encourage law schools in the U.S. to showcase innovative teaching to produce more practice-ready lawyers who… Continue Reading
Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference
Update, November 30, 2011: Seeking Synchronicity Webinar Recording Now Available OCLC – “A new membership report from OCLC Research, in partnership with Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Seeking Synchronicity distills more than five years of virtual reference (VR) research into a readable summary that features memorable quotes that vividly illustrate very specific and… Continue Reading
