Over the holidays I received a review copy of Nathaniel Burney’s The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law, an outgrowth from his popular LawComic.net. Having enjoyed seeing the progress of the comic over the past year online, I was eager to get the book in my hands. It is, in a word, excellent. Criminal law is a [...]
A review of a food book? On a blawg? Wait for the connection. The Food Traveler’s Handbook is a guide for people traveling to far-flung corners of the globe and understand that there are real people, living real lives in these other countries. There is more to be had than tourist hubs, hotels, and pre-packaged corporate [...]
First off: God I hope this book becomes popular. It’s not perfect, but an entire generation needs to hear its message. I recently received a review copy of Cal Newport’s “So Good They Can’t Ignore You.” Newport achieved a cult following in the past couple of years while finishing his computer science PhD at [...]
Roughly a month ago I received a review copy of Steven Stark’s Writing To Win. It’s taken this long for me to get the review up because A) I’ve been busy and B) I always fully read any book I receive and Writing To Win is long and dense – albiet in the all the best ways possible. [...]
A couple weeks ago, the Alabama Supreme Court adopted changes to the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Professional Conduct permitting “limited scope representation” (LSR) or “unbundled” legal services. There have also been a number of modifications to the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure new rules, but I wanted to break out [...]
I recently received a review copy of Quisitive, a new iOS app for screening name ideas and searching U.S. trademarks from Weblaws.org. Upon starting Quisitive, you are presented with the following screen: One simply has to enter in a name, owner, or registration/serial number, and Quisitive will query the United States Patent & Trademark Office [...]
It’s been a long case/matter. There were a number of false starts and wrong turns. Mountains of discovery documents. The client was difficult. The opposing counsel was worse. Long periods of research and late nights at the office drafting voluminous documents. After two years: the case is finally resolved, the shucks are out of your [...]
Earlier this month I was contacted by Carey Ransom, the CEO of Realpractice.com in regards to my report on my first month of blogging (available in the sidebar at the right). We spoke a bit about transparency, and the lack thereof, that is often found online and in the legal blogging area in particular. After [...]
Bronwyn Thompson, an occupational therapist and PhD candidate, recently wrote on her HealthSkills blog about the effects of intuition on the diagnosis of a patient. While the commentary she provides is in regards to a therapist and a patient, it can equally be applied to a lawyer and when new legal issue is presented for [...]
Keith writes and speaks on Professional Development, Law, Technology, and Net Culture. Alabama lawyer. Interests: running, food, martial arts, Classics.
