It was announced on Aug. 11 that Google Ventures dropped $18.5 million into Rocket Lawyer, an online company that provides legal forms. So this raises the question: Will we be seeing Google Law in the near future? Google and the law Google has set itself up as a leader in information gathering and dissemination, including in the legal arena. Google …
Student with designs on fashion law gets crash course (and a handbag) at summer institute in NYC
On Memorial Day, I piled out of a taxi in Brooklyn. It was the quintessential “20-something girl from the Midwest heads off to New York” opening scene to a movie — I dragged my huge suitcase up the front steps and struggled to figure out how to unlock the apartment doors with the set of keys my sister’s best friend …
CALI for iPad and iPhone? Yes, please!
For those who aren’t familiar with CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction), it is a computer-based, interactive tutorial that is free for KU Law students, faculty and staff. You login to the website and choose a lesson by topic, author or, even cooler, casebook. Once you choose a topic, CALI will provide you with a brief description of a legal …
1L Diaries: Final exam lost in cyberspace increases risk of heart failure
Editor’s note: KU Law student Natalie Hull wrote this journal entry during the 2009-10 school year as part of the 1L Diaries project. The diaries appear in the Spring 2011 edition of the KU Law Magazine. Read the full version of the 1L Diaries. June 30, 2009 — I almost had a heart attack today. The essay portion of my …
U.S. Supreme Court finds California’s video game ban unconstitutional
As a librarian whose job is connected closely with the sharing of information, I find myself drawn to First Amendment cases. As a geek, I find myself drawn to video game cases. Well, as luck would have it, the United States Supreme Court handed down its first ruling in a case involving video games in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, …
Executive talks about features of WestlawNext
Interview with Mark Schiff, vice president of product marketing at Thomson Reuters regarding the launch of WestlawNext. Taken from the CRIV Sheet: The Newsletter of the Committee on Relations with Information Vendors Mark Schiff, in an interview with Caren J. Biberman, gives us the low-down on WestlawNext. Schiff says Thomson Reuter Legal (TRL), in making its decision to develop a …