Law School Chat Live on Your Laptop: A Webcast With LexisNexis

On March 13, at 3 pm, Law School Chat is teaming up with LexisNexis, The Student Appeal, and The Undeniable Ruth to show law students how we use social media to our advantage. 

The panel includes:

Ruth Carter: author of The Undeniable Ruth

Jason M. Tenenbaum: co-founder of Law School Chat

Sarah Eli Mattern: founder of The Student Appeal 

After, join us all for an "after-party" on the LexisNexis Facebook page. 

You can register for the webcase here. 

Using Social Media to Network

For all you New York readers, I will be speaking tomorrow at the NYC Bar Association on a panel called "The Art of Shmoozing." The panel will focus on getting over the fear of networking, and some tips on what to do and what not to do. In light of that, I wanted to re-post an article I wrote about Using Twitter to Network. Here is the first paragraph, but you can follow the source link to read the rest.

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Law School Chat Makes the List of Great Legal Tweeters

By: Jason Tenenbaum

OnlineCollege.org just released their list of 80 Great Twitter Feeds for Law Students, and Law School Chat made the list at #64. We want to thank Onlinecollege.org for the mention, and also congratulate all of the other tweeters that made the list. 

Participating in Moot Court is Not a Moot Point

Barring a winter class, you are probably on break, doing whatever you can to avoid thinking about law school, and that is what you should be doing. But if your break is anything like mine, the days are flying by, and before you know it, spring semester is going to start.

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Three Lessons Learned from Robert D. Brownstone's Career

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking with Robert D. Brownstone of Fenwick & West LLP, headquartered in Silicon Valley. He is currently Technology & eDiscovery Counsel and Co-Chair of the firm's Electronic Information Management Group. During our conversation about the evolution of his career from practitioner to professor and back, there were a few key lessons that I learned:

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