The Life After Law School Podcast

Sorry, but no original content from me today.  Instead I'm bringing you something another podcast that my listeners will recognize.  My friend, Thomas Gideon, produces The Command Line Podcast which discusses the intersection of society and technology.  At Balticon 43 over this past Memorial Day weekend, he set up, moderated, and recorded a panel of content creators to discuss how technology is changing the way content is delivered and consumed.  This was an incredibly interesting panel to attend and I want you to absorb the discussion and then apply those same questions about content delivery to the legal industry.

I've made no edits as the file is almost an hour long as it is.

Enjoy!

The Command Line - TCLP 2009-05-27 Balticon 43: Peer Media v. Broadcast Media

This is a feature cast.

In the intro a heart felt thank you to my good friend, Chris Miller, for his support and advice without which my recent experience at Balticon would not have been anywhere near as phenomenal.

There is no listener feedback this week.  There is also no hacker word of the week due to the length of the feature.

The feature this week is the recording of the Peer Media vs. Broadcast Media panel at Balticon 43.  I was joined by Earl Newton, Dave Slusher and Patrick McLean all of whom I owe a debt of gratitude for this great discussion.  For clarification, the book Patrick mentions is “Against Intellectual Monopoly” by Michele Boldrin and David Levine.  Patrick also sent me a link to an interview with Boldrin which led me to the web site, Against Monopoly, which furthers the discussion with contributions from several other scholars.

The Command Line Podcast - http://thecommandline.net

You can email Cmdln at feedback [at] thecommandline [dot] net.


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The Life After Law School Podcast

Welcome back!  Streaming along the RSS pathways from Washington, DC; this is the Life After Law School Podcast.  I’m Kevin and I’ll be your host seeking out survival tips to navigate the intersection between legal education, the legal profession and the business of law.  This podcast aims to think about and discuss the legal industry from a different point of view.

I've been away from the microphone for a little while, but for good reason.  I have a new job!!  I'm trying to catch up on what's happening in the legal world today with a little commentary thrown in.

Promos:
The Adventures of Indiana Jim - http://podcast.indianajim.net/
Nina Kimberly the Merciless - http://www.ninakimberly.com/
Balticon 43 - http://www.balticon.org/

Suggested Links:

Above the Law - http://www.abovethelaw.com/
Law Shucks - http://lawshucks.com/
Wall Street Journal's Law Blog - http://blogs.wsj.com/law/
Legal Talk Network - http://legaltalknetwork.com/
Solo Practice University - http://solopracticeuniversity.com/
Can't Stop The Serenity - http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/

Pierce Law Alumni Event

Stories:

"Should Associates Get Paid While On The Deferral Stipend" - http://tinyurl.com/ccndzw

"Deferrals Could Create Pile-Up of Available Associates" - http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202430617666

"Massachusetts Superior Court Rescinds Clerkship Offers" - http://abovethelaw.com/2009/05/massachusetts_superior_court_r.php

"The Myth of Big Salaries (It's All Marketing)" - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/the-myth-of-big-salaries-its-all-marketing.html

"Aren't Students Doing Cost-Benefit Analysis of Law School?" - http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/03/arent-students-doing-cost-benefit-analyses-of-law-school.html

"From Law School to Solo: Is It Criminal?" - http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2009/03/from-law-school-to-solo-is-it-criminal.html

"Law School Admission Consultant - Interview" - http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/law-school-admission-consultant.html

"Law School Creates Monopolies" - http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/05/law_school_created_monopolies.html

"Change for the U.S. Supreme Court" - http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/lawyer-2-lawyer/2009/05/change-for-the-us-supreme-court/


Come find me at Balticon 43 this Memorial Day weekend in Hunt Valley, Maryland!!

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Coming from the guys at Stranger Things, hurry up send an email if you want to be part of the next episode of Stranger Things.

And yeah, I'm still around.  Stay tuned.

Want to be in the next episode of Stranger Things?  Send an email to: PutMeInTheShow@StrangerThings.tv

Get your email in soon!  The Singularity approaches!

The Singularity will happen live at Balticon 43.

April 1st is a sad day as it marks the passing of Joe Murphy.  While I am a much more recent addition to podcasting, I still feel the loss.  No one else could put into words than the people who knew him best and I give hearty thanks to Tee Morris who updated this tribute to Joe.

My name is Kevin and I remember Joe.

From Tee -

No matter how crazy the time or the schedules in life get, we make time to remember; and on April 1st, Jack and I are asking that you remember our fallen friend, Joe Murphy.

For those of you new to podcasting, you might have missed the audio wit and always-clever banter of my friend, Joe Murphy. He was (and still is) an amazing guy, his voice now part of the history of such podcasts, as Wingin' It, Slice of SciFi, The Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas, and the award-winning The Case of the Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery. He was taken from us too soon, and on April 1 we remember him.

Please, syndicate this podcast through your feeds, blog about Joe, tell a friend today about Joe Murphy, show your support in an avatar change, and let your subscribers know that you also remember Joe.


For more information, please check out "Give Us A Minute" at http://www.joemurphymemorialfund.org/ .

Thank you.

Back in December 2008, I was honored to interview Kimberly Alderman who is a freelance attorney working from wherever her keyboard is.  When I recorded this interview she was in Alaska and since then she has traveled to the American Southwest, up and down the Northeast corridor and back to the Southwest.  All the while, she kept up with her practice because it's not tied to any one place.  How's that for work-life balance?!?

She was also able to have a transcript made of the interview (How cool is that?!?) and she asked if I would like to place a copy in the feed here.  Of course I said yes!

The transcript is a PDF file and you can find its home on her blog, Lawyer On! The Contract Attorney's Blog at http://contractattorneys.wordpress.com/ .

You can also find her on her website, http://lawyerbird.com/ or you can follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nomadtoes .

Coming straight from the mind of J.C. Hutchinssssss...  For more information, check out http://jchutchins.net/site/personal-effects/

Personal Effects: Dark Art is fiction like you've never experienced -- and it deserves an equally innovative book trailer video. This ain't your father's book trailer. It's an ambitious mashup: part trailer, part author blurb. It was assembled on a shoestring budget, though I insist you'd never know.

Co-producer/editor Michael Bekemeyer and I spent months crafting this video for you. It's the first in a series; expect more "vlurb" installments in the weeks ahead, each featuring testimonials from icons in the horror storytelling industry. We're rewriting the rules of book promotion. We want you along for the ride.

Click play. Kick it into full-screen mode. Crank it up, and enjoy. And ... if you're feeling generous ... evangelize.

 

Please spread the word about this groundbreaking video promotion by embding the video on your blog. Email this page to friends. Tweet it. Facebook it. If you think this video is worthy of sharing, please do what you can to spread the word.

More videos are coming. Personal Effects: Dark Art. In bookstores everywhere this June.

Be afraid of The Dark.

--J.C.

UPDATE: Now available in the ubiquitous YouTube player. (Lower overall quality, but easier to share!)

The Life After Law School Podcast

This episode will be a Library Segment.  The concept was stolen from the "B" Show found at Dragon Page: Cover to Cover and was originally going to be a minor segment in each episode here.  It turned out that doing a review for each podcast was going to be a bit complicated, so I going to bring it in as a recurring segment on the show.

The books I talk about in this show are:

"Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student" by Martha Kimes and published by Atria Books, party of Simon and Schuster.
The author's site is www.marthakimes.com
Amazon paperback - http://tinyurl.com/b5yz5q
Amazon Kindle version - http://tinyurl.com/d56ek8

"Legal Research in a Nutshell" by Morris L. Cohen and Kent C. Olsen, published in its 9th Edition by Thomson West.
West's site - http://tinyurl.com/ckewxk
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/bxkzvz

"Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little Brown.
Author's site is http://www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/bw48ha

"Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us" by Seth Godin and published by Penguin.
Author's site is www.sethgodin.com
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/cxo4oz

"Solo By Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be" by Carolyn Elefant and published by Decision Books of Niche Press.
Author's site - www.myshingle.com
Amazon - http://tinyurl.com/cy8kqf

Promos in this Episode:

FETIDUS (4:50) by James Durham at www.fetidus.org

Commit Yourself to The Brink (18:01) Personal Effects: Dark Arts by J.C. Hutchins at http://jchutchins.net/site/the-brink/

News:

Lots of lay-off news in the legal world - Check out Above The Law and Law Shucks for in-depth coverage at http://www.abovethelaw.com/ and http://lawshucks.com/ .

"The Disappearing Associate" by Jordon Furlong on Law 21 Blog - http://tinyurl.com/dek8yk

"This is Not a Drill" by Jordon Furlong on Law 21 Blog - http://tinyurl.com/aefqop

"Lawyers As a Public Good" by Jordon Furlong on Law 21 Blog - http://tinyurl.com/cggmy9

"The Credit Crisis & Law School Loans, Take Two: Financing Bar Prep" by Dan Slater on Wall Street Journal Law Blog - http://tinyurl.com/cjjpv2

"A Law Blog Farewell" by Dan Slater on Wall Street Journal Law Blog - http://tinyurl.com/dgyjya

"Oh BigLaw: Why Pay $60k for Lawyers to Do Non-Profit Work When You Could Pay Them to Build a Lucrative Practice?" by Carolyn Elefant on My Shingle - http://tinyurl.com/cnvlar

"How to Use the Bars Revisited: A Practical Guide" by Carolyn Elefant on My Shingle - http://tinyurl.com/c8fzbs

"The Fire This Time: Thoughts on The Coming Law Firm Hiring Crisis" by Aric Press on The American Lawyer - http://tinyurl.com/bt6v8t

"A Coffee Parable" by Jay Shepherd on The Client Revolution - http://tinyurl.com/9tuglv

"The Zen of Stigma in the Legal World" by Kimberly Alderman on Lawyer On! The Contract Attorney's Blog - http://tinyurl.com/dl4ftq

Shout outs:
Kat Klaybourne - http://twitter.com/klaybourne
Congressman Jason Chaffetz - http://chaffetz.house.gov/
Gabe Acevedo - http://gabesguide.com/ (ahh-say-VAY-though) - Sorry!!


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The Life After Law School Podcast

The bar exam is the one great hurdle that every student dreads.  As 3L's begin to seriously contemplate the summer odyssey that is about to begin, I take the opportunity to offer what tips and tricks I have to help you successfully survive the experience.  My tips come directly from my own Misfit experience of taking and passing the bar.  I also want to wish the February takers that Luck might be a Lady.

News Bits:

Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist - "Don't Try to Dodge The Recession with Grad School" - http://tinyurl.com/cuvnw4

The Posse List Blog - "LegalTech: Trends Affecting Contract Attorneys...  And Oh Yeah, India (again)" - http://tinyurl.com/adsdz2

Debra Cassens Weiss - ABAJournal - "Law Deans Hate Rankings, but Help Perpetuate Them, Article Says" - http://tinyurl.com/dc64an

American Sociological Association - Press Release on "U.S. News & World Report Rankings Both Discipline and Punish Law Schools" - http://www.asanet.org/cs/press/view_news?pressrelease.id=521

Kimberly Alderman - Guest Post on Build A Solo Practice, LLC - "You Say You Want a (Solo) Revolution" - http://tinyurl.com/dmaz7e

Kimberly Alderman - Lawyer On! The Contract Attorney's Blog - "Why I Never Applied for a Firm Job" - http://tinyurl.com/depf45

Gabe Acevedo - Gabe's Guide to the E-Discovery Universe - "Talented, Smart Attorneys to starve rather than Temp, which is why they are so Talented and Smart in the first place" - http://gabesguide.com/?p=2280

Scott Greenfield - Simple Justice - "Science and Law Don't Mix" - http://tinyurl.com/cm3fdb

New Hampshire Public Defender - http://www.nhpd.org/

Jordan Furlong - Law 21 - "CLE's Steep Learning Curve" - http://tinyurl.com/aq3pso

Promo - Codename: Starkeeper (3:47) - http://tinyurl.com/c955fu

National Conference of Bar Examiners - http://www.ncbex.org/

BarBri Bar Review- http://www.barbri.com

Micromash Bar Review - http://www.micromashbar.com

Pierce Law's Office of Academic Success - http://www.piercelaw.edu/academicsuccess/

For more information, a Wikipedia page on Bar Admission - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States

Promo - Balticon 43 (21:07) - http://www.balticon.org/

Cory Doctorow - Boing Boing - "Flashbake: Free version-control for writers using git" - http://tinyurl.com/dz7fad

Kimberly Alderman - www.lawyerbird.com


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For your amazement and informational purposes, I am including the most current flyer in PDF form for Balticon 43 which will be held over the Memorial Day weekend, May 22 - 25, 2009 at the Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn just outside Baltimore, Maryland.

I will be attending Balticon this year and its an awesome convention to go to with an excellent podcasting track.

If you're going to be there, please look me up!!

-Kevin

The Life After Law School Podcast

This is a newscast catching up on the bits and bytes of news that have been raining down upon us like manna from heaven.

Congratulations to our new President, Barak Obama.  I'm just looking for feedback from my recording of his Inaugural Address.  Also, keep an eye on www.whitehouse.gov for their new blog.

Kimberly Alderman has a new post on her Lawyer On! Blog http://tinyurl.com/dc8nko

Thanks to everyone who showed their support for Scott Sigler for his final stop on his tour promoting "Contagious" in Washington, DC http://tinyurl.com/boxrhl

Congratulations to Scott Sigler, J.C. Hutchins, Mur Lafferty and Evo Terra for their story in Time.com http://tinyurl.com/dcg75f

Promo - Truthseekers Podcast (3:50) - http://audioaddict.libsyn.com/

TaxProf Blog - "Is the Law Professor Gravy Train Over?" - http://tinyurl.com/7yprq2

The Ivey Files - "We Should Be Ashamed of Ourselves" - http://tinyurl.com/bws386

Forbes - Kathy Kristof - "The Great College Hoax" - http://tinyurl.com/a7vw35

Forbes Sidebar - David Whelan - "Docs in Hock" - http://tinyurl.com/b27qhp

ABA Journal - Debra Cassens Weiss - "Divorcing Law Grads, Stressed Over $190K in Debt, Victims of 'Education Hoax'" - http://tinyurl.com/cpxp7j

ABA Journal - Debra Cassens Weiss - "Law Dean Says Schools 'Exploiting' Students Who Don't Succeed" - http://tinyurl.com/akzkos

ABA Journal - Molly McDonough - "Are You the Victim of an Education Hoax?" - http://tinyurl.com/73h3py

Wall Street Journal Blogs - Dawn Jordan - "Nowadays, an M.B.A. Doesn't Equal Job Security" - http://tinyurl.com/bykrsy

Promo - The Adventures of Indiana Jim (7:45) - http://podcast.indianajim.net/

National Law Journal - Julie Kay - "Contract Lawyers: Cheaper by the Hour" - http://tinyurl.com/892hem

Legal Research & Writing Pro - Lisa Solomon - "A Contract Lawyer by any Other Name" - http://tinyurl.com/cqyo2n

My Shingle - Carolyn Elefant - "The Contract Lawyer Conundrum" - http://tinyurl.com/6vh6tf

Promo - The Signal: Season Five (11:45) - http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/

Working some interviews to come your way!!

Some final items to check on the way out:
Copynight - www.copynight.org
Balticon 43 - www.balticon.org
Farpoint 2009 - www.farpointcon.com
My Twitter: @Baelen

Send your thoughts to Carolyn Elefant at www.myshingle.com

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