NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Most practicing lawyers are immersed in legal technology, without following the news about legal technology. I understand that: I use Microsoft Office everyday; but, I don’t follow the news about Microsoft’s larger machinations. Of course, legal technology is a smaller subset of technology; and, many states have now added Comment 8 to Rule 1.1 of their lawyers’ rules of professional conduct, which suggest s that a lawyer’s general competency is tied to her competency respecting the use of law fi

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

T he other day as I was doing my Librarian thing, I happened to stop and talk with a student here at the law school. Seems she was freezing. I mean, it was 47 degrees outside and what with her sitting about 20 feet from a door that opened from time to time, who could blame her for being chilled? Except that laying right next to her was a jacket. A warm jacket.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The name itself spells trouble. " The Better Sister." Alafair Burke's newest novel covers 'the good, the bad and the deadly.' If you have sisters (raise your hand), you know that a certain amount of sibling rivalry is unavoidable. Not that it doesn't happen with brothers, it's just I don't have brothers so I can only speak for myself. Whether there is a "better" sister or not, in our heads, we can't help but feel that Mom and Dad favored you over me.

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