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LWI 2010 Conference
 Marco Island, Florida
A New and Urgent Role
 for the Legal Writing
     Professorate:
The Impact of Technology on the Law
      and the Legal Profession
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
Program

•   David Thomson (Denver) Moderator
•   Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search
•   Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice
•   Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom
•   Your Questions
David Thomson
 LP Professor and Director
 Lawyering Process Program
    University of Denver
Can we stop focusing
 on the small stuff?
      Word vs. WordPerfect
         Laptops or no
    PowerPoint is/or is not evil
Wrote a book!
  I wanted to get us off the
small stuff, so I wrote a book.
Thesis of Law School 2.0
•   Legal Education has not changed (enough)
    for 100 years. There has to be a reason.
•   The Cost/Change Conundrum:
    •   We know what needs to change, it just
        costs too much
•   Technology is finally maturing - it can help
•   The Practice of law is using tech in new ways
•   For our students, technology is like Air
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
The iPad - for textbooks
Ian Gallacher
  SEARCH
Ian Gallacher
  Associate Professor of Law
Syracuse University Law School
Director, Legal Communication
         and Research
Technology is anything that was
  invented after you were born.
            Allen Kay
Technology is stuff that doesn’t work yet.
                 Bran Ferren
Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born
  is just normal;


 Anything that gets invented between then and before you
  turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any
  luck you can make a career out of it;


 Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against
  the natural order of things and the beginning of the end
  of civilization as we know it until it’s been around for
  about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright
  really.

      
 Apply this list to movies, rock music, word processors
        and mobile phones to work out how old you are.

                Douglas Adams
Predicting the future is a mug’s game.
             Douglas Adams
The best way to predict the future
          is to invent it.
              Allen Kay
Ellie Margolis
  PRACTICE
Ellie Margolis
Associate Professor of Law
Legal Research and Writing
    Temple University
  Beasley School of Law
1998   2008   Total Cases

 1st      1      16       140
 3d       2      33       236
 5th      4      10       106
 7th      0      84       392
 9th      2      85       604
S. Ct.    1      29       166
Legal Authority   Non-Legal


  Majority         20              83

Concurrence         4              69

  Dissent          19             111

  Other                            51
FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR:
*319 JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.


 The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted
  the motion of petitioner Celotex Corporation for summary judgment
  against respondent Catrett because the latter was unable to produce
  evidence in support of her allegation in her wrongful-death complaint
  that the decedent had been exposed to petitioner's asbestos
  products. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of
  Columbia Circuit reversed, however, holding that petitioner's failure to
  support its motion with evidence tending to negate such exposure
  precluded the entry of summary judgment in its favor. Catrett v.
  Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 244 U. S. App. D. C. 160, 756 F. 2d 181
  (1985). This view conflicted with that of the Third Circuit in In re
  Japanese Electronic Products, 723 F. 2d 238(1983), rev'd on
  other grounds sub nom. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v.
  Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U. S. 574 (1986).[1] We granted certiorari
  to resolve the conflict, 474 U. S. 944 (1985), and now reverse the
  decision of the District of Columbia Circuit.
FROM WESTLAW

   *319 Justice REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.


 The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted
  the motion of petitioner Celotex Corporation for summary judgment
  against respondent Catrett because the latter was unable to produce
  evidence in support of her allegation in her wrongful-death complaint
  that the decedent had been exposed to petitioner’s asbestos products.
  A divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  Circuit reversed, however, holding that petitioner’s failure to support its
  motion with evidence tending to negate such exposure precluded the
  entry of summary judgment in its favor. Catrett v. Johns-Manville
  Sales Corp., 244 U.S.App.D.C. 160, 756 F.2d 181 (1985). This view
  conflicted with that of the Third Circuit in In re Japanese **2551
  Electronic Products, 723 F.2d 238 (1983), rev’d on other grounds
  sub nom. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio
  Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 106 S.Ct. 1348, 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986).1 We
  granted certiorari to resolve the conflict, 474 U.S. 944, 106 S.Ct. 342,
  88 L.Ed.2d 285 (1985), and now reverse the decision of the District of
  Columbia Circuit.
STATISTICAL REPORT FROM DOJ
      CITED BY SUPREME COURT

 Our review determined that the Immigration and
  Naturalization Service (INS) detained 762 aliens as a result
  of the PENTTBOM investigation. Of these 762 aliens, 24
  were in INS custody on immigration violations prior to the
  September 11 attacks. The remaining 738 aliens were
  arrested between September 11, 2001, and August 6, 2002,
  as a direct result of the FBI’s PENTTBOM investigation. All
  762 detainees were placed on what became known as an
  “INS Custody List” because of the FBI’s assessment that they
  may have had a connection to the September 11 attacks or
  terrorism in general, or because the FBI was unable, at least
  initially, to determine whether they were connected to
  terrorism.
Where do we go from
       here?
Kristen Murray
  CLASSROOM
Kristen Murray
 Associate Professor of Law
 Legal Research and Writing
     Temple University
   Beasley School of Law
Survey Participants

• Second-semester 1Ls at Temple University,
  Beasley School of Law and George Washington
  University Law School
• 177 respondents
• 175 own a laptop
Did you bring your laptop to class during
       your undergraduate studies?


• Sample responses:
  – “everyone else does”
  – “a 2L told me to do it”                  Yes
                                             No
  – Need to organize,
    search notes
  – Need to access other,
    class-related material
    online during class
Why are we losing them?
City of Ontario v.
 Quon, No. 08-1332
Maybe--maybe everyone else knows this,
but what is the difference between a pager
and e-mail? 29:18-20
What happens, just out of curiosity, [if he
is] on the pager and sending a message and
they’re trying to reach him for, you know, a
SWAT team crisis? [Does the one] kind of
trump the other, or do they get a busy
signal? 44:1-5
Your Questions...
A New and Urgent Role
 for the Legal Writing
     Professorate:
The Impact of Technology on the Law
      and the Legal Profession


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LWI 2010 presentation

  • 1. LWI 2010 Conference Marco Island, Florida
  • 2. A New and Urgent Role for the Legal Writing Professorate: The Impact of Technology on the Law and the Legal Profession
  • 3. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 4. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 5. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 6. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 7. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 8. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 9. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 10. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 11. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 12. Program • David Thomson (Denver) Moderator • Ian Gallacher (Syracuse) Search • Ellie Margolis (Temple) Practice • Kristen Murray (Temple) Classroom • Your Questions
  • 13. David Thomson LP Professor and Director Lawyering Process Program University of Denver
  • 14. Can we stop focusing on the small stuff? Word vs. WordPerfect Laptops or no PowerPoint is/or is not evil
  • 15. Wrote a book! I wanted to get us off the small stuff, so I wrote a book.
  • 16. Thesis of Law School 2.0 • Legal Education has not changed (enough) for 100 years. There has to be a reason. • The Cost/Change Conundrum: • We know what needs to change, it just costs too much • Technology is finally maturing - it can help • The Practice of law is using tech in new ways • For our students, technology is like Air
  • 17. OMG!
  • 18. OMG!
  • 19. OMG!
  • 20. OMG!
  • 21. OMG!
  • 22. OMG!
  • 23. OMG!
  • 24. OMG!
  • 25. OMG!
  • 26. OMG!
  • 27. OMG!
  • 28. The iPad - for textbooks
  • 29. Ian Gallacher SEARCH
  • 30. Ian Gallacher Associate Professor of Law Syracuse University Law School Director, Legal Communication and Research
  • 31. Technology is anything that was invented after you were born. Allen Kay
  • 32. Technology is stuff that doesn’t work yet. Bran Ferren
  • 33. Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it; Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really. Apply this list to movies, rock music, word processors and mobile phones to work out how old you are. Douglas Adams
  • 34. Predicting the future is a mug’s game. Douglas Adams
  • 35. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Allen Kay
  • 36. Ellie Margolis PRACTICE
  • 37. Ellie Margolis Associate Professor of Law Legal Research and Writing Temple University Beasley School of Law
  • 38. 1998 2008 Total Cases 1st 1 16 140 3d 2 33 236 5th 4 10 106 7th 0 84 392 9th 2 85 604 S. Ct. 1 29 166
  • 39. Legal Authority Non-Legal Majority 20 83 Concurrence 4 69 Dissent 19 111 Other 51
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42. FROM GOOGLE SCHOLAR: *319 JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the motion of petitioner Celotex Corporation for summary judgment against respondent Catrett because the latter was unable to produce evidence in support of her allegation in her wrongful-death complaint that the decedent had been exposed to petitioner's asbestos products. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed, however, holding that petitioner's failure to support its motion with evidence tending to negate such exposure precluded the entry of summary judgment in its favor. Catrett v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 244 U. S. App. D. C. 160, 756 F. 2d 181 (1985). This view conflicted with that of the Third Circuit in In re Japanese Electronic Products, 723 F. 2d 238(1983), rev'd on other grounds sub nom. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U. S. 574 (1986).[1] We granted certiorari to resolve the conflict, 474 U. S. 944 (1985), and now reverse the decision of the District of Columbia Circuit.
  • 43. FROM WESTLAW *319 Justice REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the motion of petitioner Celotex Corporation for summary judgment against respondent Catrett because the latter was unable to produce evidence in support of her allegation in her wrongful-death complaint that the decedent had been exposed to petitioner’s asbestos products. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed, however, holding that petitioner’s failure to support its motion with evidence tending to negate such exposure precluded the entry of summary judgment in its favor. Catrett v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 244 U.S.App.D.C. 160, 756 F.2d 181 (1985). This view conflicted with that of the Third Circuit in In re Japanese **2551 Electronic Products, 723 F.2d 238 (1983), rev’d on other grounds sub nom. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 106 S.Ct. 1348, 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986).1 We granted certiorari to resolve the conflict, 474 U.S. 944, 106 S.Ct. 342, 88 L.Ed.2d 285 (1985), and now reverse the decision of the District of Columbia Circuit.
  • 44. STATISTICAL REPORT FROM DOJ CITED BY SUPREME COURT Our review determined that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) detained 762 aliens as a result of the PENTTBOM investigation. Of these 762 aliens, 24 were in INS custody on immigration violations prior to the September 11 attacks. The remaining 738 aliens were arrested between September 11, 2001, and August 6, 2002, as a direct result of the FBI’s PENTTBOM investigation. All 762 detainees were placed on what became known as an “INS Custody List” because of the FBI’s assessment that they may have had a connection to the September 11 attacks or terrorism in general, or because the FBI was unable, at least initially, to determine whether they were connected to terrorism.
  • 45. Where do we go from here?
  • 46. Kristen Murray CLASSROOM
  • 47. Kristen Murray Associate Professor of Law Legal Research and Writing Temple University Beasley School of Law
  • 48. Survey Participants • Second-semester 1Ls at Temple University, Beasley School of Law and George Washington University Law School • 177 respondents • 175 own a laptop
  • 49. Did you bring your laptop to class during your undergraduate studies? • Sample responses: – “everyone else does” – “a 2L told me to do it” Yes No – Need to organize, search notes – Need to access other, class-related material online during class
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  • 52. Why are we losing them?
  • 53. City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332 Maybe--maybe everyone else knows this, but what is the difference between a pager and e-mail? 29:18-20 What happens, just out of curiosity, [if he is] on the pager and sending a message and they’re trying to reach him for, you know, a SWAT team crisis? [Does the one] kind of trump the other, or do they get a busy signal? 44:1-5
  • 55. A New and Urgent Role for the Legal Writing Professorate: The Impact of Technology on the Law and the Legal Profession http://www.slideshare.net/dicthomson

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