Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Over the next several hours the site will be unavailable if you add the “www.” to the beginning of the address. It’s extraneous, and anyway, it’s malfunctioning for up to several more hours. Sorry for the inconvenience it may have caused.

As many of you already know from the emails you have received, we are going to start using Google Groups to communicate. Eventually, the plan is to phase out the current Members Only section with the Google Group site. The hope is to replace the glitchy and hacker-prone system with a stable and secure one.

Here are a few advantages of Google Groups:

• It’s intuitive. It uses either an email interface like other list serves, or can be purely Internet-based like the current Members Only site. Anyone who can use the Internet or read email can use it.
• It’s efficient. Members can subscribe or unsubscribe automatically or limit the way the discussions are received.
• It’s flexible. You can either interact on the web site or by reading and responding through email.
• Brief Bank & file sharing. With the ability to store up to 100MB per group, and the ease in which anyone can share files, it will encourage file-sharing rather than discourage it. There will be no more hunting for briefs, forms, and other files because they’ll all be kept in one place.
• It’s Google. Google has proven to be a lasting force, and their services are aimed at increasing the usefulness of the Internet.
• It’s permanent! Unless they decide to cancel the program, which is highly unlikely, there will never again be the need to change the format. This could be the final change.

Of course, there is one “disadvantage,” and that is everyone must register an account with Google. But many people already have Google accounts, and having to register is no different from any other site.

To visit the Google Group page for LCDLA, click here: http://groups.google.com/group/lcdla

Due to the popularity of this site and the addition of more CDLA sites, I’ve decided that this site (and the others) could use an upgrade. This version is far more user-friendly, is easier for the administrators (like LCDLA board members) to use, and also has the ability to create a brief bank. Keep an eye out for the new features and keep checking the Members Only section for the latest gossip.

The members only section of the site is now up and running. If you have visited this site before you may notice that some of the graphics are “off.” Right now, while you’re reading this, hit refresh on your browser (or, better yet, hit the F5 button on your keyboard). This will fix the graphics on the left. Once you have done this you should see the orange Members Only button.

Welcome to the all-new website for the Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers Association!