Advocate’s Studio


"At the intersection of emerging technologies, social media and marketing and their impact on the practice of law generally, and research and writing in particular."

Author: Martha Sperry is a solo practitioner in Gloucester, Mass.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • Solo / Small Firm • Legal Research and Writing

Recent Posts from Advocate’s Studio


  • Pimping Chrome For The Social

    Yes, apparently it is Google day in the Studio. And, yes, I said “pimping.” What else would you call customizing with Chrome? With the growing number of add-ons and extensions coming to a Chrome developers’…

  • Now That I Have Wave, What Do I Do With It?

    I have been having a “deja vue all over again” experience. It is the experience of hearing people say “gee, now that I am on Google Wave, what do I do with it?” The hype…

  • More Free Case Law, A La Google

    You may remember a while back a post here in the Studio about legal reporter and article results in Google Book Search. You can also pull case law results from Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search.…

  • Oxford’s Word Of The Year

    I’ve heard of Nobels, Pulitzers, Oscars, Grammies, Emmies and Tonys. But what’ s this? An Oxie? The New Oxford American Dictionary has just announced its Word of the Year. Who knew? And guess what? The…

  • That’s Your Argument? Really.

    C’mon. Admit it. You have wanted to reply to that Summary Judgment brief with your very best Bill Maher on. Maybe you even did write that first draft with the sort of tone your mother-in-law…

  • The Advantage Advocates’ Value-Add

    As Studio readers may or may not know, I have a business providing research, writing, Web content development and consultation, Advantage Advocates. A few months ago, I made a push to increase the fan base…

  • The Web’s Missing Link

    It’s been a while since I mentioned on the Studio one of my pet subjects, the semantic web. But that does not mean that I haven’t been reading anything and everything I find on it. I…

  • More Analysis About Business Use of Twitter & Facebook

    I stumbled on yet another article examining the exploding growth of business promotion on Twitter and Facebook. Computerworld reports the numbers here and they are significant. The report can be found here. Over the past six…

  • Putting It Out There – In The Best Possible Way

    Many of my readers are surely familiar with shining stars in the legal/tech online domain. So, I am sure that many recognize the name Nicole Black. Nicole is an attorney practicing in the Rochester, New…

  • Is LinkedIn Getting All Social-y?

    If you hang out on LinkedIn, you may have noticed the dusty status box on your profile page. If you hang out on-line, you know what a status box is for. My sense of the…