Comments on: Lawyers & Social Networking

By: Anaokulu Malzemesi

Anaokulu Malzemesi — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:58:20 +0000

Very interesting. Did anyone hear the NPR story yesterday about the WIRED Magazine contributor and his effort to “re-invent” himself on the Internet and go into hiding with new Facebook and Flickr accounts?

By: Çocuk Parkı

Çocuk Parkı — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:17:53 +0000

Wonderfull. Wow, he should post anonymously. As a lawyer he can’t ruin his network or he will be blacklisted.

By: Tracy Thrower Conyers

Tracy Thrower Conyers — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:38:31 +0000

Trusts, your strategy works great once you have clients. Social networking helps bring more clients.

By: trusts

trusts — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:46:20 +0000

What lawyers should do is focus less on social networking and more on helping their clients. My office actually doesn’t have voicemail, because it cuts down on what can be done in person for the clients. Business has boomed since this decision was made. People love the personal attention.

By: Lisa A. Mazzie

Lisa A. Mazzie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:43:31 +0000

A story came up today on msn.com about medical students and Facebook. It ties in nicely with what we’ve talked about here.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32972597/ns/health-health_care

By: John Foust

John Foust — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:32:36 +0000

And it’s not just the youngsters, it’s a few older lawyers, too. I was reading a blog the other day where this Marquette professor was suggesting that even Supreme Court candidate lawyers should be able to say whatever they want at any time and not be subject to sanction. He was talking about elections, so I suppose he’d be in favor of letting them say the same sorts of things on the Facebooks.

If I were partner, though, I’d worry more about the youngsters spending too much time on the Interweb. They don’t call it “social notworking” for nothing. But hey, if they can multitask and still maintain their billable hours, more power to them!

By: Tracy Thrower Conyers

Tracy Thrower Conyers — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:13:30 +0000

Speaking of the Internet being forever, what is up with the URL on this story?

http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/09/13/this-judge-suckslawyers-social-networking/

[Editor's Note: The URL still incorporates the original title of the post, which was subsequently modified. So, yes, the internet is forever.]

By: Steve Fox

Steve Fox — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:37:23 +0000

Wow, he should post anonymously. As a lawyer he can’t ruin his network or he will be blacklisted.

By: Sean Horkheimer

Sean Horkheimer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:51:44 +0000

Good points here. I would add this: things said on the Internet seem to stay out there forever. The other day I found a search engine that allows one to search for a person across hundreds of message boards and blog comments. Naturally, I searched for myself. I found all of my comments from this very blog. Fortunately, I leave relatively well-reasoned and sometimes insightful comments. (Modest ones, too.)
However, I could imagine someone leaving rude, nasty, or silly comments on another, lesser blog using their own name or recognizable username. Years later, a potential client could research that attorney before hiring them and find out what a huge jerk they are. Bad news.

Incidentally, did anyone hear the NPR story yesterday about the WIRED Magazine contributor and his effort to “re-invent” himself on the Internet and go into hiding with new Facebook and Flickr accounts? Interesting stuff.