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North Carolina’s Cloud Computing Opinion

CCCT-CCTJ — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:17:03 +0000

The North Carolina State Bar has published their 2011 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 – Subscribing to Software as a Service While Fulfilling the Duties of Confidentiality and Preservation of Client Property:

a law firm may contract with a vendor of software as a service provided the lawyer uses reasonable care to safeguard confidential client information.

Related articles:
North Carolina Publishes Final Cloud Computing Ethics Opinion
Jack Newton, Slaw, March 5, 2012

NC Cloud Computing Opinion Published
Stephanie Kimbro, Virtual Law Practice, February 28, 2012

Tweeting, Serving and Connecting

CCCT-CCTJ — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:55:31 +0000

The February issue of Connected has a focus on social media Pennsylvania is looking a proposed rule changes to will set the boundaries for tweeting in the court room; UTAH reports on their Twitter channel, the UK reports on a first instance of parties being served notice by Facebook and Connected is interested in your business continuity planning and the use of social media in those plans.

To read more visit http://www.ncsc.org/Newsroom/Connected.aspx.

The Courts of Nova Scotia Move to Twitter

CCCT-CCTJ — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:07:42 +0000

Are you comfortable with RSS feeds? Do you follow Twitter? Where do you expect to find your court information feeds? Well, the Courts of Nova Scotia has announced their transition to Twitter as the official platform for their news, notices to the Bar and court decisions.

Read more on their website: Courts of Nova Scotia Enter The « Twitterverse ». Also from Slaw, Twitter in the Court! Twitter in the Court! by David Bilinsky.

The Accessibility Conference

CCCT-CCTJ — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:27:08 +0000

The Accessibility Conference
To raise awareness (and encourage action) among educators, IT managers and providers, web managers and content providers, course designers, and individuals who create and disseminate information. University of Guelph, Ontario, on May 29-30, 2012.

Social Media and the Legal Profession

CCCT-CCTJ — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:54 +0000

The International Bar Association (IBA) has published a report, The Impact of Online Social Networking on the Legal Profession and Practice, the gives insight into the potential impact of online social networking on the legal profession and practice.

The objectives of the survey are:
• to consider the impact of online social networking on the legal profession and practice;
• to analyse whether there is a need for bar associations, societies and councils to come together to address this global issue and develop guidelines regarding the use of online social networking within the legal profession and practice; and
• to ascertain whether there is a need for the IBA to work with member bar associations, societies, councils and law schools to devise guidelines and toolkits regarding the use of online social networking within the legal profession and practice.

Survey questions were included that gauged how the bar felt about judges use of social media generally, during trial and juror use.

US Survey Results on Jurors & Social Media

CCCT-CCTJ — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:59:59 +0000

In a previous post, we have invited you to type « jury duty » in Twitter to produce interesting results.

On the present topic, an American survey was published by the Federal Judicial Center: Jurors’ Use of Social Media During Trials and Deliberations. A post by the United States Courts outlines a few interesting results.

Lancement de Justipédia

CCCT-CCTJ — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:40:47 +0000

Le Sous-Ministre de la Justice est heureux de vous annoncer que le nouveau portail panministériel de gestion des connaissances juridiques du ministère de la Justice, Justipédia, sera accessible aux employés dès le 1er février.

Justipédia est un portail complet d’information sur les avis juridiques, les plaidoyers et les mémoires, la jurisprudence, les lois et autres contenus juridiques. Il remplacera le Système informatisé de recherche des avis juridiques et des précédents (SIRAJP), GASPARD, le Réseau de recherche autochtone ainsi que de nombreux autres systèmes de gestion des connaissances juridiques du Ministère.