Law Blogs, the Great Equalizer
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) has an article by Kevin O’Keefe in their publication, Addendum, on the use of blogs by lawyers. They discuss how blogs can help develop lawyers to become opinion leaders in…
Marketing/PR in Law
Tips to Build a Better Law Blog
C.C. Holland shares some tips on how to build a better law blog. He suggests putting passion into the work, and committing for the long haul. Lawyers should join the conversation with other bloggers and…
Social Media and Politics, and the New Coalition
Here are the slides from a talk I gave on Dec. 1 at the Schulich School of Business in a session held for practicing marketers. Social Media And Politics (12/1/08) View SlideShare presentation or Upload…
Social Media and Blogs Banned for Lawyers?
Apparently these fears have arisen in the U.S. in the past. A new case in Louisiana objects to advertising rules that would take effect in November 2009. The Wolfe Law Group, L.L.C., who appear to…
Law Blogs, Aggregated (Courtesy of Garry Wise)
Everything I know about social media I learned from PR professionals in my brief career in that field prior to law. Neville Hobson (a social media guru in the U.K. who hosts one of my…
Great Reasons Why Every Law Student Should Blog
To follow-up on our previous post about the benefits of legal writing – and blogging in particular – I found this rather timely post over at The Frugal Law Student. Brett McKay writes: Blogging has…
Mister Thorne on How Lawyers Write
One of our readers, Mister Thorne, wrote in to us about a recent legal writing cartoon we posted earlier this week (the (new) legal writer also picked up on it). He pointed out an article…
Social Networks Pay Money for Lawyers
Social networks are picking up, and lawyers are noticing. The Legal Marketing Association published a paper recently emphasized that junior associates involved in social networking might be bringing a large client base with them. When…
Why Meta Tags Mattered in Venture Tape v. McGills
Eric Goldman, Associate Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law and Director of the school’s High Tech Law Institute, has a post on a recent American decision involving search engine optimization and…
Social Media When Time = Money
Lawyers are notorious for efficient use of their time, more so than any other professional, because with the billable hour their time really is money. The American Bar Association revealed in the Septmeber 2008 issue…
100 Tips and Resources to be a Happy, Successful Lawyer
Is it possible to be both happy and successful in law? Laura Milligan of Job Profiles thinks so. They wrote in last night and brought an article to our attention that provides tips and other…
Let’s Play Ball with Toronto Blawgers
St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa once told the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, I really feel my training came from going to law school. I’m not sure how that fits in with his…