If you're headed to the CALI conference on law school computing this summer be sure to check out Drupalfest. At Drupalfest a group of law school Drupalers will be taking the group through a one-day intensive Drupal setup and configuration. We'll start with a thumb-drive with the necessary applications pre-installed and leave with each person having a functioning student-organizations website.

So if you're headed to Baltimore and have always wanted to know more about this whole Drupal thing be sure to sign up and join us.

Had this ad been posted on April 1st it would have been a really funny joke. Posted late in the month it is more funny sad than funny ha ha. Sadly this is not made up but a real ad posted by a real law school. This could turn into the right opportunity for someone with a solid Drupal developer. Unfortunately for the law school in question it does not bode well.

As is the case in many shops this will be a one-person web shop. By itself this is not a bad deal. The challenge will be getting a good person. Unfortunately the advertisement suggests the organization understands very little about what to expect from this position. What is best about this advertisement is the line "[K]nowledge of a web programming language is required (ColdFusion or Dreamweaver)." Sigh. If the school is really lucky they'll get a good Drupaler to apply and come explain in easy to understand terms what the school needs.

Senior Web Developer - Law School

This position will design, test, and implement websites, including designing databases, web-interfaces, and reports for the Law School. While the Director will be kept abreast of all activities (for purpose of approval, particularly informational and/or content issues) related to Web resources, most of the technological and operational aspects of the sites will be the full responsibility of this position.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely  Read more »

Congratulations to Joan Howarth, my friend and former boss, who was named a finalist in the search for a dean at Michigan State University College of Law. The school would be very fortunate to have such a high quality dean.

Hard to believe but finals are here once more. As so often is the case the fall finals there are many students who haven't quite prepared properly. Somewhere along the line the message that certain preparation must be done 48-hours in advance means it will turn into IT's crisis 30-minutes before the exam starts. Hopefully these same folk will determine to start preparing for the bar exam a little further in advance.