January, 2020

Published on: January 24, 2020

From Think Like a Lawyer to “Think Like a Client” (IAALS report)

By Laura Orr

“Think Like a Client,” 2019 Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) report:

“EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Understanding what clients want and expect from their lawyers is imperative for the provision of high-quality legal services, as well as for lawyers’ success in the legal profession. Furthermore, there exists a well-established and frequently lamented gap between the legal needs of the public and the provision of legal services from the profession. While we have anecdotal evidence that presents glimpses of answers to our questions about what clients value, there is a dearth of empirical evidence to support firm conclusions. IAALS’ Think Like a Client project represents a first step for the profession in developing a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of what is important to clients….” [Link to full report.]

Published on: January 23, 2020

Dot Org is For Sale to the Highest Bidder: the Ongoing Death of Trust

By Laura Orr

For more information, search, limit your search by date, and for heaven’s sake don’t click on the ads: dot org icann domain registry sale

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), among others, has been following this domain registry sale. See e.g.:

“ICANN Needs To Ask More Questions About the Sale of .ORG,” by Mitch Stoltz, January 17, 2020

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Published on: January 10, 2020

Articles of Impeachment: Where and How to Find

By Laura Orr

Official articles of impeachment are voted upon by the U.S. House of Representatives. Look for House Resolutions and House Reports at Congress dot gov.

You can find them in print in large law or government document libraries and usually, though not always easily, online. Some online Congressional research resources are fee-based databases and some are free.

For example, see previous post from September 26, 2019: What Does an Article of Impeachment Look Like? Read Presidents Nixon and Clinton Articles

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Published on: January 10, 2020

Event: January 2020 Data Privacy Forum and CLE (Portland, Oregon)

By Laura Orr

2020 Data Privacy Forum

Date: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm PST January 31, 2020

Join Lewis & Clark Law School at the 1st Annual Data Privacy Law Forum. Connect with attorneys, privacy professionals, and students interested in this area of law during three educational panels.

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Published on: January 10, 2020

Are Your Gadgets Gaslighting You? (“A feminist take on information privacy”)

By Laura Orr

“A Feminist Take on Information Privacy” by Maria Farrell [Link to through Schneier on Security 9/2019 blog post]

What is gaslighting? Among other descriptions, there is this: Gaslighting

Published on: January 10, 2020

K – 12 School Shooting Database

By Laura Orr

A New York Times article, 1/6/20: “An Overlooked Danger: School Shootings After Hours,” by Mitch Smith and Denise Lu, referred us to this “K – 12 School Shooting Database.”