Monday, March 06, 2006

Professional Ambitions

"To put it quite simply: I want to go to law school and become a law professor."



Technology in the Law Classroom:
  • Capital University in Columbus Ohio has wireless internet in every classroom

  • Students do research online through Westlaw and Lexis (online databases)

  • Professors email students updates

  • Professors maintain class websites to provide additional materials to students

  • Some professors provide instant messaging office hours

  • I'm glad technology is available to help them." -Capital Law Professor


Technology for General Lawyer Use:
  • "I can keep updated on important current events online... I can get emailed as soon as a big news story breaks." -Capital Law Professor

  • "Larger corporations always have the advantage of more and better technology, but there will always be smaller ones surviving along side them." -Robert Jackson

  • Some jurisdictions now file court cases online

  • Municipal Court- can look up cases online (but not yet Franklin County Common Please Court)


Resources:

Law School Websites


Student Resources


Law News


Other


Important Skills
  • Some websites knowledge, email list

  • How to search databases

  • Willingness to accept new technology

  • Focused on usability (be open to criticism and new ideas)

  • Understanding of intellectual property


What's to Come:
  • More courts adopting database systems for record look-up

  • More internet communication

  • "I can see courts accepting online filing." -Theo Kafantaris


Advice


"[Students] need to be alert and open minded. You never know what you're going to get and if you don't have an open mind it will be a struggle to adjust and take what life gives you." -Robert Jackson

"One of the most important things to teach future lawyers is what's currently going on. Laws are always changing and different cases are always being won." -Jack Smith

"Students should take everything into consideration." -Robert Jackson

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