Right field and legal RSS Feeds

Lawyers have never been known as a technical bunch, but you look more and more often a lawyer with a palm pilot making appointments and a blackberry for those urgent messages. Electronic gadgets are now common in courts across the United States. Lawyers have increased productivity by leveraging technology, so it should come as no surprise that lawyers are using RSS feeds as a means to grow and manage their practice. Lawyers are using RSS feeds a number of different ways to increase efficiency and productivity. Common RSS feed usage in the legal field include: 1. Ego Feeds
First of all, lawyers to know what is being said about their company. It is easy enough to monitor the search engines and news searches using RSS. Lawyers create what is commonly referred to as "ego searches". These are essentially keyword searches (the key word is the firm or Attorney's name). Each time the keyword appears in News articles or Search engine, a new item appears in the diet. Lawyers can click through and view the source for the mention. 2. Current events
Similar ego feeds, use lawyers RSS to track current events that are related to cases where they are involved. This may include monitoring of specific news agencies or topics. Ego search tools 3-http://www.rss-tools.com/ego-search-feeds.htm. Per company
Won a big case, what better way to convey it than to send a press release? Of course, this release should also appear in an RSS feed. two help increase distribution and reach of the press release. RSS can also be used by large companies to announce press conferences at the culmination of a case. Law.com 4-http://www.law.com/service/rss.shtml. Lawsuits
RSS can be used to monitor lawsuits and judgments that can affect a specific segment of the law. RSSGov 5-http://www.rssgov.com/archives/000036.html. Pending legislation
Lawyers can use RSS to monitor legislation that relate to specific cases or topics. Lobbyists can monitor votes of politicians and follow their positions on important issues.6 GovTrack-http://www.govtrack.us/. The client news
Ego feeds can also be used to monitor the word on the street about a client. If the client is facing a criminal trial nor a civil case, the press will undoubtedly affect a trial. Monitoring the press for mentions help lawyers prepare the best possible defense or prosecution. Http://www.feedforall.com/ego-searches.htm Ego search-7. Calenders Legal
Industry events can be followed using RSS feeds. Legal conferences and events can be traced on public RSS calenders. Law School Calender 8-http://www.law.uoregon.edu/cal/events/index.php?com=rss. Share Research Tools
Lawyers can use social bookmarking tools and RSS feeds to share web research resources with colleagues. This can reduce the amount of time spent research questions.

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9. legal employment
Job feeds are growing in popularity in all industries. Lawyers in search of employment openings can subscribe to RSS feeds and learn about new employment opportunities as they become available. 4 legal jobs http://www.4legaljobs.com/show_content.php?id=1144741774-10. Rightorders
Many courts now releases court rulings in RSS feeds, to make them available for general public. Judgments http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/subscribe.html-11. Court of appeals
Appeals courts also adopting RSS feeds to allow interested parties to monitor decisions coming out of the Court of appeals. Http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=rss_ops US courts-12. Legal organisations
American Bar Association has an RSS feed and podcast that discusses litigation. Lawyers can use RSS feeds to stay connected to industry information. American Bar Association 13-http://www.abanet.org/litigation/litigationfeed.xml. Continuation training
Many legal courses have podcasts available, and lawyers interested in expanding their education on a specific segment of the law can listen to audio podcasts or subscribe to video podcast lectures. Training 14 Feeds-http://www.educational-feeds.com. Of Legal Blogs
Many lawyers have expanded their practices by setting up a blog offering legal advice. The content of the blog is often syndicated using RSS feeds. Http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/ law professors-15. Stop and refrain
There's even an RSS feed that contains cease and desist letters. As cease and desist letters added, clinical law students can annotate them with questions and answers.Chilling effects-http://www.chillingeffects.org/index.xml lawyers have begun using RSS to stay ahead and adapt to their customers ' needs. Members of the legal profession are using RSS in very specific ways. RSS is more than just a communication medium to lawyers, it helps them filter information that is relevant to their practice and case load. Through RSS, they could gain access to relevant information in good time. About the author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition, manages Sharon marketing for RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.

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