Episode 9: Pronouncing Legal Terms, Reading Just One More Case, and More!
Turns out there aren’t that many differences between Massachusetts and the Midwest when it comes to saying “usufructory,” but you won’t know for sure unless …

Episode 8: Fastcase, More on WestlawNext, Snapping Under Law School Stress and More!
Wherein Josh and Laura revisit the fact that law schools are big, dumb, slow bureaucracies. Also, what does it mean that Westlaw aims …

Laura had the chance to check out the new WestlawNext. It’s pretty sweet. Tangents about class rank, grades, and a debate about the purpose of lawyers rounds out the hour.

Legal Geekery Podcast Episode 7: “Intelligence doping,” Westlaw’s Project Cobalt, Fastcase, Apple Tablet and more!
As usual, this episode showcases Josh and Laura’s willingness to talk about stuff they know very little about, but it all …

Josh and Laura discuss law school finals: taking the tests, exam software, the pros and cons of hand-writing essays, and much more. Join us in our temporary formatless format — you know you want a break from studying.

Fair use, smartphones, and whether or not you can break the BigLaw hierarchy.

Introduction
- Yay, swine flu!! And how your law school is helping you prepare for the epidemic by making you bathe in hand sanitizer.
- I don’t know what to call this, but it’s awesome: http://adactio.com/journal/1623 (a.k.a …

Introduction
- Outlining course material? Or not. Laura prefers baking.
- The continuing saga of the Shepard Fairey case.
- Celebrate Pro Bono Week, Oct. 25-31
- Josh auditions for trial ad. Sadly, neither singing nor dancing is required.

You may have read the buzz earlier about how the Federal Trade Commission will be requiring disclosure from those who use social media (including blogging) for reviews or endorsements. As I’ve written elsewhere, I think …

Last week in antitrust class we covered United States v. Microsoft. Our analysis centered on “Microsoft III” and the Sherman Act Section 2 violations issues. (Section 2 of the Sherman Act makes monopolization a felony.) …

Apparently, IBM thinks we’d be better off having yet another remote on our collective coffee tables: this one that is web-enabled and automatically tells the world what you are watching on TV.

You might have heard that Google has been ordered to hand over the identity of an anonymous Blogger user so that person can face a civil law suit for posting disparraging comments about a fashion model. The blog …

A rising 1L I follow on Twitter recently posted, “Stocking up on packaged, processed food with preservatives galore.” She wasn’t joking, and the impending doom of the law student study-life (im)balance was driving her to …

The first year of law school is, in part, about jumping through hoops. Actually, it’s about showing the right people that you’re willing to jump through hoops, and then jumping through them. The toughest hoop …

The 25th annual Trek Fest in Riverside, Iowa, featured Vulcans, Klingons, beer, a rodeo and … storm troopers?

It’s tough out there. Law school enrollments are rising [pdf] and yet fewer graduates are getting law jobs.
So here’s a suggestion for beating the competition among your law student peers: become a geek. A computer …