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

• Stanford


• UCBerkeley


• OSU


• UCLA


• UToledo

Student Resources

• Law School Confidential


• LSAC


• Kaplan's Practice LSAT


• US News & World Report


• Princeton Review


• Law School Discussion


• Find Law Student Resources

Law News

• Legal Times


• Law Fuel


• Find Law News


• Findlaw.com

Other

• Salary.com


• Blawg Tips


• American Lawyer


• Legal Term Glossry

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