Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "How to Electronically Annotate Cases You Find Online."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . ."Scott Turow's Five Essentials of Cross-Examination."

MILESTONE . . . Today it's time for  Blawg Review #200, written by the anonymous Editor of the Blawg Review.

It's also time to congratulate the Editor for keeping the project going for so long. So: congratulations!

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Telephone Depositions: Yes or No?"

WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS WEBLOG'S ARCHIVES . . . Here are some of the items that once appeared at the top of this weblog, but which now appear only in its archives:

A simple formula for escaping the law by writing a legal thriller;

An annotated federal-court decision in which a law clerk hid names of Talking Heads songs;

My complete four-part examination of the importance of a lawyer's briefcase;

A prayer for trial lawyers;

A letter from a lawyer on the run;

Lots of podcasts;

A set of instructions for finding a modest lawyer, if such a thing exists;

A blow-by-blow account of my trip with another lawyer to Prague in the Czech Republic;

An explanation of the importance to every lawyer of "a circle of advisors";

A description of lawyers who advertise on TV;

Lots about tort "reform";

More about tort "reform";

The Legal Underground Official Tort-Reform Glossary;

The best way to learn the skill of issue-spotting on law-school exams;

A short story about law-firm partnership;

An answer to the question, "Why do I have a weblog?"

A little more advice about law and literature;

An anecdote about the time I stayed out all night drinking with Christopher Hitchens;

A post about the way that riverboat gambling shook up the monotony of my BigLaw lawyer's life in the early 1990s; 

My advice to a senior law partner who was having trouble connecting with the younger generation;and

A short note about Richard Nixon and why I became a lawyer.

That's just a few of the things you'll find among this weblogs 2,629 posts (which also feature 6,230 comments). If you don't want to stop there (though I won't blame you if you do), you can also find old posts by looking at the categories and greatest hits pages. The monthly archives are also listed by date in the lower right-hand corner of every page.

Still confused? You can also view the weblog's help page and read the post titled "How to Read This Weblog."

Until tomorrow . . . happy reading!

STILL TWITTERING . . . . It's been said that Twitter microblogs are to regular weblogs what regular weblogs once were to newspapers. But that's way too complicated.  It's true, though, that Twitter moves faster than weblogs and seems a better place to post quick links.

Here's a link to my own Twitter microblog. And here's an example of the sorts of things I post and link to there--

--RT @ebarrera: Surgeons send 'tweets' from operating room http://tinyurl.com/dksynn

--I recommend Evernote as an organizer; works with iPhone. RT @evernote: 7 Use Cases for Highly Effective Evernote Users: http://twurl.nl/1za0mv

--New post at Trial Practice Tips: "15 Ways to Ruin a Deposition (Part 3 of 3)" http://tinyurl.com/alvjl6

--At his blog, Terry Teachout writes about making final revisions to his forthcoming biography of Louis Armstrong. http://tinyurl.com/cvux9q

--Mexico City, kissing capital of the world: "Representante de Guinness valida récord de besos." http://tinyurl.com/dgtm3p

--For my drive home: the NY Times Book Review Podcast, featuring an interview with novelist TC Boyle. http://tinyurl.com/b8d5u9

--At the New Yorker: "Our President's New Blackberry" ("Press to divert incoming Bill calls to Hillary’s number") http://tinyurl.com/dmguz9

--Presidents' Day gift: Lincoln's law practice on DVD-ROM, 5,600 cases, 100k documents. $500. http://tinyurl.com/ckwajf.

--Not for use as forms! The NY Times reports on Mexican multibillionaire Carlos Slim, who now owns 6.4% of ... the NY Times. http://tinyurl.com/dkt725

--Megabeso follow-up: They broke the record in Mexico City. ("los capitalinos rompieron el Récord") http://tinyurl.com/avb9fx (spanish)

--Ordered a Kindle sample of a new thriller, Beat the Reaper, based on this enthusiastic review by Norm Pattis: http://tinyurl.com/cm23gl

--Find newly-digitized, rare primary documents in "Lincoln the Lawyer" at the Library of Congress. http://tinyurl.com/bx6wyq (via beSpacific)

--At the Atlantic: Guitar Hero and the future of rock 'n' roll. http://tinyurl.com/b4jp4d. (Here's hoping the future allows for real guitars.)

If you're already using Twitter, add me to your follow list; if you're not, consider trying it out. It's like having the ability to choose a group of people who will create a customized RSS feed for you.

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "15 Ways to Ruin a Deposition (Part 3 of 3)."

The Weekly Law School Roundup #160

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Love How are you celebrating Valentine's Day? [Sua Sponte]

Twitter Don't let the old guys leave you behind. [The Lovin Spoonful]

McDreamy An open letter to a professor. [Virgin In The Volcano]

Continuity Why law-student weblogs struggle in the long term. [Law is Cool]

Busted A professor is disappointed but not surprised. [No. 634]

Tips Thoughts on the 1L year. [Teasingly Diverse]

Buried Working you to death. [laughing: with or at you]

Pump Law school and lactation. [Starting to Melt]

Kindle Electronic casebooks: Why not? [Fight the Hypo]

Congrats Another adventure begins. [Crazy Sibe Mom]

Midterms A definition. [Red Shoe Ramblings]

Refusal Throwing a wrench into the Socratic method. [Reasonable?]

Roundup Moms-in-Legal-Practice #84. [A New Duck]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "From Blonde Justice: Preparing for Trial in Four Steps."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Learn from a Trial Transcript."