beSpacific’s Review of What’s New on LLRX

beSpacific: New on LLRX.com for May 2007   I love the way  beSpacific lists these.

Linux for Law Firms

From law.com: Legal Technology - Is Ubuntu the Linux OS for Law Firms?
With software licenses costing an  arm and a leg and with Vista getting less than stellar reviews, you could see this one coming from a mile away.

Talking Flowcharts and the law

Ecolanguage, Symbolic Languages and Educating Lawyers Without Text | Teknoids
Having seen someone flowchart out a contracts course on one whiteboard, I think John Mayer is onto something here.

More bar exam tips

For those of you beginning your bar prep courses:
Lawsagna: More bar exam tips
My tip - treat the exam like it’s a job. Study 8 hours a day Mon-Fri. Relax in the evenings and on weekends. It’s important not to burn out.  Good luck!

Cool links from the Computers in Libraries Conference

From the Computers in Libraries Conference - a list of clickable Presentation Links. From the description: This page feature links to World Wide Web sites, PowerPoint slideshows (.PPS), and other electronic resources used in support of presentations at Computers in Libraries 2007. Links are provided at the discretion of presenters; more will be [...]

Google + Craigslist = MapsKrieg

Yet another Web 2.0 mash-up: Google + Craigslist = MapsKrieg. Combining two very poplular sites, Google Maps and Craigslist. This one could prove very handy.

The 7th Circuit has a wiki

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has launched a  Wiki. The first thing they have added is The Practitioner’s Handbook.  I wonder if any other court will follow suit? (hat tip to: beSpacific)

Any exam software glitches?

UB students - now that the first week of exams are almost over, I’m curious if you’ve encountered any problems using the exam software and also if there was a solution to the problem? I’d like to include those in next semester’s FAQ.

See how another law school uses Second Life

Fizzy’s Second Life is a series of screencasts by a property law course at Seattle University that looks at property concepts within Second Life. Very clever.