As the East Coast and Midwest starts to defrost and Californians are wearing bathing suits and shorts, let’s take a look at recent news, advice and a video that are all at least somewhat relevant to the CodeX community!

• On Law Sites, Robert Ambrogi discusses Ravel Law‘s new features to its Judge Analytics tool. The upgrade includes the appellate judges from N.Y., Calif., Fla., Ill. and Delaware. The editions were enabled by new content from the Harvard-Ravel digitization project.  Also: greater functions, new design, and faster speed, Ambrogi notes. (Hat Tip, John DiGilio, Pinhawk Librarian Daily Digest.)

• Lex Machina Upgrades Attorney Search Engine.  It improves its Attorney Search Engine “so users can more accurately track which attorneys work on any particular case.” —Gabe Friedman, Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business.

• “The Gender Pipeline Problem at Law Firms,” by Eric Sherman, special to BBBLB. Everybody whines about the lack of women chairs in Big Law, but “what about in middle management, a potential talent pipeline for top leadership positions to be filled in the next decade? The question surfaced in late January when BakerHostetler appointed Joann Gallagher Jones managing partner of its Atlanta office and Big Law Business sought more information. The answer proved hard to come by.”

• Are you a fan of AMC’s “Better Call Saul?”  If yes, check this out: “The Real ‘Better Call Saul‘” video, by journalist Kim Taylor Bennett and produced by Meg Charlton (Vice Media). They profile Brooklyn lawyer Howard Greenberg. Here’s what Joe Patrice at Above The Law had to say about it. (Disclosure: I’m a friend of the Charlton family).

• “The Circuit: Warm Up to E-Discovery,” Above The Law, (moi). Are you tired of the big freeze across North America? Do you have baseball fever? Head to Arizona or Florida and rack  CLE credits learning about the latest trends in e-discovery at the University of Arizona and/or the University of Florida—and get a baseball fix at the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues’ Spring Training! (Go Yankees : )

Monica Bay is a Fellow at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu. Twitter: @MonicaBay