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Typography for Lawyers: some initial reviews

November 22, 2010

By Jason Wilson Although I have been completely overwhelmed with our forthcoming title {WARNING: shameless plug ahead}, O’Connor’s California Civil Pretrial Handbook, I wanted to take a moment and mention some fine people who have taken some of their time to mention our latest title, Typography for Lawyers. Mark Bennett‘s Defending People post Book Review: Typography [...]

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The death of embarrassment: when did we abandon editorial standards?

November 11, 2010

By Jason Wilson A couple of weeks ago, we received Michael R. Overly‘s Electronic Evidence in California (2010-11).  I believe we paid full retail of $198.00 for the print copy. It’s a fairly nice product. Perfect bound, with a scored binding to help it lie flat, with roughly 280 pages of commentary and 300 pages [...]

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What to look for in a law book.

November 6, 2010

By Jason Wilson From Miles Oscar Price and Harry Bitner, I give you an excerpt from Effective Legal Research: A Practice Manual of Law Books and Their Use (Little, Brown & Co. 1953): D. Law Book Characteristics. Because primary authority is usually published in chronological rather than in classified order, and because the latest statute [...]

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The print digest is dead, and soon, headnotes.

November 4, 2010

By Jason Wilson I have a guest post on the Law Librarian Blog this morning on the demise of print digests and the inevitable end of the venerable headnote (as we’ve come to know it so far). If you disagree, I would encourage you to comment. [Image (CC) by Helico]

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Don’t go to law school.

October 21, 2010

By Jason Wilson Ever since the story broke about the kid at Best Buy who was getting fired over making the now famous iPhone 4 v. HTC Evo video, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the xtra normal videos. So when I saw the title on this one below, I hoped it would be good. And it was. Enjoy. [...]

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Workspace & creativity.

October 13, 2010

By Jason Wilson This is a terrific video about the workspaces of creatives. The end raises some interesting questions about mobile workspace. One disappointing aspect was the fact that digital workspaces on the desk weren’t really covered. The Desk is one thing, the Computer another, both are essential. [Image (CC) by niznoz]

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New post on Slaw.ca: More design please.

October 8, 2010

By Jason Wilson My new post, Upgrading to Elegant, is up on Slaw. Related to that post, I would like to point out a couple of others who have recently called attention to the the death of “the publisher.” Richard Leiter, Two Observations About the State of Modern Law Book Publishing (Oct. 6, 2010). Sean [...]

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