1. FINDING STORY IDEAS Litigation News Presentation Fall 2011

2. Finding Story Ideas  Key questions:  Who is your audience?  Would you find this information useful in your practice?  What’s out there already on this from the Section?  What practical information are you going to provide the reader?  How can we add value to what is already out there?

3. Sources  Myriad of sources available 24 hours a day.  Law360  West Clip /Lexis custom searches (violat! /10 ethic!) & da(last 30 days) "first impression" & da(last 30 days)  SCOTUSblog  Howappealing http://howappealing.law.com/http://howappealing.law.com/  The Third Branch Federal Court newsletter  Law Professor Network http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/  WSJ Law Blog http://blogs.wsj.com/law/http://blogs.wsj.com/law/  Google News  Plain Ol’ Google Searches  Searches of the Section’s website.

4. Sources cont’  http://www.josephnyc.com/blog/ http://www.josephnyc.com/blog/  http://uscourts.gov (news releases) http://uscourts.gov  http://www.abanow.org/ (news releases) http://www.abanow.org/  http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/ethicopinions.html http://www.abanet.org/cpr/pubs/ethicopinions.html  http://www.abanet.org/cpr/links.html (links showing state ethical opinions) http://www.abanet.org/cpr/links.html  http://www.delawarelitigation.com/ http://www.delawarelitigation.com/  http://www.courthousenews.com/ http://www.courthousenews.com/  http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/ http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/  http://legaltimes.typepad.com/ http://legaltimes.typepad.com/  http://law.comhttp://law.com

5. Taking Advantage of Geo-Diversity  Use geographic diversity on editorial board or committee.  Try to find and focus on the topic before it becomes national news.  Look for the trends.  If something makes the rounds of your office and people find it is interesting, it would probably make a good article.

6. Drinking Through a Firehose

7. Sifting is the Important Part

8. Sifting and Communicating Ideas  http://www.delicious.com/ http://www.delicious.com/  http://www.netvibes.com/ http://www.netvibes.com/  http://plus.google.com/ http://plus.google.com/  http://reader.google.com http://reader.google.com

9. How to Avoid Going to the Well Too Often