Law School Chat Diary

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

2012-03-07T16:16:48Z

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

2012-02-22T00:21:15Z

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.

Law School Chat Makes the List of Great Legal Tweeters

2012-01-13T20:50:21Z

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

2011-12-28T16:19:11Z

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.

Three Lessons Learned from Robert D. Brownstone's Career

2011-11-29T16:15:43Z

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:

LexisNexis: Using Social Media to Aid Your Job Search Wrap Up

2011-11-15T17:09:19Z

On November 9th, LexisNexis, one of the top online legal research providers, ran a webcast for law students on using social media to aid in searching for a job. Unfortunately, I missed it the first time around because of class. Luckily, however, there is a recording of the webcast that you can watch here, and a wrap up here. The webcast is about an hour, and is well worth listening to. However, if you're short on time and just want the highlights, here they are:

Lessons From Orientation

2011-10-28T17:20:49Z

By Adam Johnson

So much has changed and this is only the beginning. 1^st Day of Law School Orientation!

I am typically not the type that gets nervous, but law school orientation did bring on some anxiety before the first day. I was fortunate enough to make friends with many of my classmates via social network sites (facebook/twitter) prior to the start of orientation. The weekend before orientation many of us met in person and “hung out” and got to know one another. This really made it easier on that first day.

The orientation process at my law school was a week long process including two nightly receptions and daily speakers on school policies, IT support, and time with professors to discuss an assigned required reading. It was all very informative, but also very long. The 1L class was fairly large and we were divided up into sections. My section contains about 50 students and by the end of the week we all started to become very close and supportive of each other. The last day of orientation we received our first week assignments and our syllabi were posted online for us to review. All weekend long I received updates via email from my professors adding readings and making changes to assignments due the following week! The first weekend after orientation involved a lot of reading and preparing to actually “be” a law student.

A couple of words of advice on orientation:

Be yourself and get to know everyone.
Try you best to present an outward appearance of calm and collected, even if you feel like your falling apart inside (smile and shake as many hands as possible).
Pay really close attention to the information packet you receive prior to orientation (most questions you have can typically be answered within it).
If you attend social events prior to orientation (or during) remain professional! I unfortunately witnessed some people have too much to drink or act in a way that really wasn’t appropriate for law school and sadly they now have “that” reputation. As a law student we not only represent our law school, but also the whole legal community (something to always remember).

More to come as I continue this journey; this journey called law school.

Summer Break

2011-08-05T18:11:19Z

Law School Chat is taking a break from the casebooks and supplements and taking a little vacation time. But in our absence, you can read about us in the May edition of the ABA Student Division publication called the Student Lawyer.