Hello World!

Thank you, Erik for shaping MLS into an invaluable resource for law students who face the bleak prospect of supporting themselves in the Windows-centric world of law school. Not only is MLS a cry in the wilderness for the unsupported, it also provides proof-positive of an active, growing group of Mac users in law schools.

In my own work at the University of Oregon School of Law, I refer to MLS constantly to demonstrate to faculty, administrators and students that law schools across the country are beginning to accept Macs as a viable platform. This information has paid off for my school. Currently, two-thirds of our students use Macs and I expect this number to grow. As a result of these increasing number of Macs, we enjoy lower support costs and more importantly, less disruption of our students’ work due to malware and security problems. Simply put, we have found that Macs are cheaper to support and more reliable than other laptops.

One of my goals for writing for MLS is to reach out to law school IT staff and offer strategies for better supporting Macs. I’m also interested in exploring the role of various electronic devices such as digital readers (iPad, Kindle, etc.), recording devices (Livescribe Pulse Pen, etc.), and other do-dads that might lead to better academic performance. Finally, I am interested in offering support for hacking devices to add functionality (jailbreaking, hackintoshing, etc.) This article provides a reasonable overview of my philosophy surrounding hacking electronic devices: http://bit.ly/d4MIGz

I look forward to this new venture and welcome all comments and suggestions in making MLS better.