Legal Web Watch

Is ad blocking unfair?

This article first appeared in Legal Web Watch October 2015. Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Ad blocking has been much discussed recently, particularly since Apple allowed apps with ad blocking capabilities to operate with Safari […]

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Delia’s legal web picks September 2015

The following items have been selected from Delia Venables’ “New” page. They appeared in Legal Web Watch October 2015. Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. New site created to link available lawyers with needs for representation […]

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Legal Web Watch: CPD/competence special

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Changes to CPD for solicitors All solicitors should by now be aware that changes are afoot with CPD! But there is no need to panic as we are now within […]

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Delia’s legal web picks June 2015

The following items included in Legal Web Watch have been selected from Delia’s “New” page. Follow Delia on Twitter @deliavenables and keep up with her “New” page on a regular basis. New Law Society practice note on the use of social media by legal professionals The Law Society has issued an updated practice note on […]

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Legal Web Watch March 2015

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Continuing competence after 1 April In the March issue of the Newsletter, Ruth Bird and Natasha Choolhun consider the role digital literacy skills should […]

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Delia’s legal web picks March 2015

The following items included in Legal Web Watch March 2015 have been selected from Delia’s “New” page. Follow Delia on Twitter @deliavenables and keep up with her “New” page on a regular basis. Legal Topics with a difference from Justis Publishing The Justis Blog is well worth watching, with topics which are just a little […]

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Legal Web Watch January 2015

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Where has all the GOV stuff gone? Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox, first mooted the idea of a single government website back in 2010. […]

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Legal Web Watch November 2014

Do lawyers need to be digitally competent? I ask this because I have been looking into the future for CPD in the two professions. Both are moving away from measuring CPD hours towards systems based on self-certified continuing competence. The SRA is more advanced and has issued a Draft Competence Statement for consultation with a […]

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Legal Web Watch September 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Big Internet? No thanks The early adopters have been getting restless lately. I’m with them. This is not what we signed up for. Alan […]

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Legal Web Watch July/August 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Dot rollout – hundreds of new domains hit the streets It's sobering to reflect that 20 years ago most businesses, even big businesses, didn't […]

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Legal Web Watch June 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Reinventing law – the Twitter story Reinvent Law London 2014, a conference featuring presentations on "law + technology + innovation + entrepreneurship" was held […]

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Legal Web Watch May 2014

Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Privacy? Forget about it Insofar as we still measure column inches on the web, many yards in the last month have been devoted to […]

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