On May 21, DRI rolled out the new committee online communities. The new communities will enhance DRI’s web presence and will allow committee members to connect with each other and share information more easily. Each community will have a discussion list, which will replace the current list serve, as well as a document library, blog, and calendar. Committees will also be able to post announcements about their seminars and publications, and promote open positions and volunteer opportunities. All posts are sent to members as a daily digest from the communities, unless a member changes his or her settings to real-time delivery. The communities are designed to be the hub for all committee activity.
There are six substantive law committees serving as the pilot group: Commercial Litigation, Employment and Labor Law, Product Liability, Women in the Law, Workers’ Compensation, and Young Lawyers. Additional committee communities will go live over the course of the year.
Members can access the communities through the DRI website, www.dri.org (there is a new link in the top blue navigation bar). Committee members are automatically members of the respective community and are being notified via email. Members should call (312) 695-6221 if they are having trouble logging in to the site.
