[Novalug] OT: organizations for "nerd lawyers" -- clarification

[Paul D. Bain]

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:24:32 -0400
>From: aad <ali.darab at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [Novalug] OT: organizations for "nerd lawyers"  
>To: paulbain at pobox.com
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>I forwarded your request to a Lawyer-friend of mine who replied with this:
>
> > Is the guy looking for a law firm to represent him
> > that has expertise in Information Technology and
> > if so, what areas?  Licensing?  Intellectual
> > property rights?
>
>What specifically are you looking for & why?
>
>Thanks,
>Ali

Ali,

    Thanks for replying.

    Apparently, my request was not sufficiently clear. I am looking for an organization whose activities include a significant amount of social networking. I want to network with other "nerd lawyers," lawyers who know a lot about IT. I am trying to leave the IT profession as quickly as I can, and I need to network with other lawyers in order to do that. I am especially interested in meeting nerd lawyers who know a lot about electronic data discovery (EDD), which is, today, probably the hottest area of automated litigation support (ALS).

    I left the law back in 1995 because, back in those days, the job market for lawyers was lousy and the job market for IT professionals was excellent. How things have changed! These days, the job market for lawyers who know certain aspects of ALS is excellent. Alas, I am finding that switching back to the law is going to be harder than I had initially hoped.

Sincerely,
Paul Bain

>
>On 7/5/07, Paul D. Bain <paulbain at starpower.net> wrote:
>> OFF-TOPIC:
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>> To all:
>>
>>     I would like to know whether there are any organizations for "nerd lawyers," lawyers who know a great deal about IT. I have been unable to find such an organization using the usual search methods, e.g., Google, social networks, etc.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Paul Bain