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The Blog is Gone, the Forum Lives On

December 18, 2008 16:53

I just renewed the license for vBulletin, the software that powers the Mac Law Students Forum. If nobody is using the forum, I’ll shut it down within the next few months, but if Mac-using students are using the forum I’ll keep it up and running. In blunt language: If you like the Forum,...

The Final Post

November 26, 2008 05:00

I’m putting the Mac Law Students blog on ice. All of the content published from December, 2006 until now is still available. I just won’t be publishing anything new. The Mac Law Students forum will stay up at least for a while, but activity there is declining so I may archive it as...

NY Times on Law Firm Layoffs and Cutbacks

November 14, 2008 17:29

This article tells us something we already know: Law firms are playing it careful these days. I wonder though, how are law schools going to respond to this? Some law school graduates (self included) elect not to become lawyers. Some want to become lawyers but can’t find good jobs in the legal...

Macs In Law Offices (MILO) Has 900 Members

November 03, 2008 17:09

Back in the bad old days, when using a Mac was looked at as a form of deviant behavior, Mac users could always count on each other. The “Mac community” isn’t just an empty moniker; Mac users have always helped each other out. Now that the Macintosh platform has been reborn,...

Obama Looking for Voter Protection Volunteers

October 30, 2008 17:01

Before I write anything more, let me first tell you this: I deliberately have kept this blog as politically neutral as possible, in order to be as welcoming as possible to readers of all political persuasions. With that said, I also think there is room to respectfully disagree on politics. After...

CodeWeavers CrossOver - Windows Apps on Your Mac - Free on Tuesday

October 27, 2008 22:46

On Tuesday, October 28th, you can download CrossOver, an app that lets you run Windows apps on your Mac without Windows, for free. CodeWeavers primarily creates tools that allow for rapid porting of Windows apps to the Mac, and their CrossOver product is not really designed to compete with MVware...

MacGuard is Malware

October 20, 2008 15:28

Don’t get taken in by MacGuard. As Ars Technica reports, the application is designed to infect Macs with malware. Comments View comments and add your own to this post (no registration required) in the Mac Law Students Forum.Don’t get taken in by MacGuard. As Ars Technica reports, the...

2.5GHz MacBook Pro from Amazon for $1,779

October 17, 2008 17:15

John Gruber at Daring Fireball alerted the world to the fact that Amazon is offering the pre-unibody MacBook Pro at a steep discount. The pre-unibody MacBook is also on sale at Amazon. My guess is these will go fast. A coworker of mine has one of the 2.5GHz MBPs and he loves it. While the new...

Quicksilver Tutorial (screencast)

October 13, 2008 01:08

I’ve had a lot of questions on how to set up QS once someone downloads it.  I think I’ve taken for granted the fact that I now have QS doing what I need it to do, but I think I had this particular app on my hard drive for a least 6 months before I [...]I’ve had a lot of questions ...

Magic 8-Ball Says: The Future is Hazy

October 09, 2008 02:59

If you’re a regular visitor to Mac Law Students, you’ve no doubt noticed that the posts have fallen off rather dramatically since May-ish. Truth be told, since graduation I’ve been booked solid. I’m working with a small group of Mac Law Students volunteers and we’re...