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Dear Citizen, You do have the power to create jobs.

August 19, 2011

By Jason Wilson This is a quick note to all of the readers of this blog. Regardless of your politics, I think it is fair to say that we (or most of we) are concerned with the state of jobs in this country. I just wanted to take a second to mention the fact that [...]

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The Minority Report Challenge: Imagining a future legal research interface.

August 19, 2011

By Jason Wilson Over the last year, I’ve spent a good deal of my free time thinking, journaling, and sketching about the future of legal research user interfaces and experience. The inspiration for this concentration seems to have started from many sources, including some of the following (in no particular order): Dabney, The Universe of [...]

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The Document Life: Why “lawyer” is moving from a profession to a metaphor.

August 14, 2011

By Jason Wilson [It is isn't often I come across truly compelling pieces hidden away in the nooks and crannies of the Tubes, but I did a few days ago when by happenstance I plugged Marshall McLuhan's name in with "lawyers" on Google and came across Ross Reeves and his wonderful 2008 article, Marshall McLuhan [...]

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Highlighter has now been enabled.

July 28, 2011

By Jason Wilson Not sure why I hadn’t done this sooner, but Highlighter has now been enabled on this blog. I recommend you head on over there and set up an account. It’s a fantastic feature, and one that blogs should be utilizing. So now you can highlight something you read here, and share it [...]

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AALL 2011 is in the bag.

July 28, 2011

By Jason Wilson Next week, when I finally get done travelling, I will be posting my thoughts on the AALL annual convention in Philly this year, including the top three hot topics members spoke to me about. In the meantime, I recommend you catch up on Connie Crosby’s fantastic posts recapping many of the sessions [...]

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AALL in Philly. Oh yes, I’ll be there.

July 19, 2011

By Jason Wilson Once again, I’ll be attending the AALL annual with the trusty crew from Jones McClure, and you know we can party. I’ve also committed to participating in this year’s Battledecks, which is program C-3 and will be on Sunday July 24th at 4:15-5:15 in Room PCC 201C. And yes, I will keep my [...]

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The Silence of the Lawbrarians

June 17, 2011

By Jason Wilson My latest post, “PUNY LAWYERS. PUNY LIBRARIANS. HULK SMASH! A Brief Comment on Fighting Words and Legal Publishers, is up on Slaw, so go check it out and get all indignent about it. (If you do that last part, make sure you leave a comment about how steamed you are.) [Image (CC) [...]

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