1. Keeping Current: Staying Abreast of Legal Topics Plus A Sneak Peek at Emerging Technologies

2. How to stay abreast of legal topics Become familiar with legal news web sites and visit them regularly Sign up for e-mail alerts Join a legal listserv Become acquainted with legal blogs and podcasts

3. Subscription Overload from 5/2005 Wired Magazine Cable or satellite tv$87.94 Broadband Internet access$19.99 Voice over IP phone service$24.99 Cell phone$39.98 Satellite radio$12.95 Streaming music service$9.95 Mobile headlines$9.95 DVR Service (TiVo)$12.95 DVD Service (Netflix)$17.99 Online news site (Salon)$2.92 Online game service (Xbox Live)$4.17 TOTAL$243.78

4. Legal News Web Sites FindLaw Legal News Law.com Daily Report LexisOne Jurist Topix.net

5. Subject Areas: Business, Civil Rights, Crime, Environment, etc. Top Legal Headlines Legal Commentary Featured Documents

6. Headlines 2 of 3 Blog Excerpts Free Daily Updates & Newsletters

7. National news headlines from Law.com Subscriber access only

8. Headline Legal NewsNewsworthy Decisions More News Topics

11. Monitoring Court Dockets CM/ECF

12. E-Mail Alerts Liibulletin ABA Journal E-Report Law.com’s Daily Newswire CourtTV Topix.net

13. Legal Listservs FindLaw’s Legal Minds Community LawGuru.com

14. Legal Blogs or Blawgs Definition: a log or journal of an individual’s or institution’s postings available on the Internet How to locate legal blogs? –Blawg –Blawg Republic’s Blawg Directory –Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch What does a blog look like?

16. Podcasting

17. A Sneak Peek at Emerging Technologies Faster Smaller More Integrated Wireless

18. Notebooks Smaller size or desktop replacement?

19. Desktops Single purpose or high performance?

20. Hardware Dimensions: 3.9" x 0.6" x 1.1" Instant plug and play Store up to 1 GB USB drive

21. Volumetric or 3-D Displays

22. Virtual Keyboard

23. Will battery technology improve? A notebook PC with a built-in fuel cell The cylindrical container is for refilling the fuel and is not normally attached to the PC

24. Hardware Take notes directly on surface of screen Save notes as image or text Current purchase price $200 more than similarly configured laptop Tablet PCs

25. Hardware Bendable screens

26. Wireless Networking Will be faster More secure More media ready

27. Courtroom Technology

28. Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) Use your broadband internet connection for long distance telephone calls

29. Convergence

30. Future Legal Issues Privacy and identity theft Computer crimes will increase Spam regulation Intellectual property

31. The End