social networking
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Bad Ideas, Email Scandals, Law Schools, Social Networking Websites
Networking 101: Don't Send Networking Emails Like This One
Here at Above the Law, we’re still enjoying the awesomeness of 1Ls and 2Ls going to war over the appropriate use of a listserv. Today we’ve got an email more mundane in subject matter, but no less objectionable. It’s from a 1L (of course), who is trying to “network” with fellow 1Ls. And it’s written […] -
Facebook, Law Schools, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Posting Your 1L Grades on Facebook Makes You A ...?
What kind of world are we living in where people post their 1L grades on Facebook? I guess that after years of status updates about your latest biological function, you can fool yourself into thinking that people actually care about your Civ Pro grade. The world is full of navel-gazers. Companion question: What kind of […] - Sponsored
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Blogging, Books, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
The Big Secret of Social Media
Although I have a blog and accounts with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even Plaxo, I am not a big “rah rah” social media cheerleader for the sake of being one. There is much about social media that is overhyped, which is probably why I liked G.M. Filisko’s article in the January edition of the ABA […]
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Nude Dancing, Pornography, Pranks, Privacy, Social Networking Websites, Sports, Technology
Digital Revenge Is Best Served Viral (Naked Photos Help)
‘Tis the season for… lover’s revenge via the Internet. Last week, Elie brought you the tale of a cuckolded man who filmed his wife making out with a fellow SMU Law student (and intervened to throw a weak punch). Then the husband posted the sad, sordid video to YouTube. Because shame makes the hurt go […] -
Associate Advice, Job Searches, Social Networking Websites
Unemployed Lawyers and Law Students: Is Your Résumé Why You Don't Have A Job?
So lawyers, if you’ve recently been laid off or have been out of school for over a year without a job, it’s probably time to look at your résumé and take out any reference to the fact that you’re, you know, “dynamic.” Sure, you might be. But so is everyone else. And, more importantly, nobody […] -
Blogging, Small Law Firms, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Attention Small Law Firms: Beware the Social Media Marketer
Small law firms have many of the same management issues as Biglaw firms, but often deal with them differently — for example, setting billable hour requirements and adjusting pay scales to keep their lawyers happy (or at least just happy enough not to quit). One such issue that keeps coming to my attention is social […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 11.19.10
This week — in between tweeting some really funny stuff (such as how I want to blow up airports — it was so funny!), buying up every last can of Four Loko that I could get my hands on, and forwarding Skadden employee evaluations to all of my friends — I spent the rest of […] -
Facebook, Law Schools, Social Networking Websites
Facebook Catfight At Florida State Law
In the comments earlier today, I remarked that it feels like law students are gearing up for finals. You can just tell. We’re getting more and more psuedo-substantive legal arguments that only look at one side of the issue, but are said as if the commenter is some kind of expert in whatever law he […] - Sponsored
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Facebook, Free Speech, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Vanderbilt
Quote of the Day: Basically, Zuckerberg's a Jerk
If I’m applying the First Amendment, I have to apply it to a world where there’s an Internet, and there’s Facebook, and there are movies like … ‘The Social Network,’ which I couldn’t even understand. — Justice Stephen Breyer, in remarks made yesterday at Vanderbilt Law School (gavel bang: ABA Journal). -
Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Federal Government, Lunacy, Police, Social Networking Websites, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Brit Twit's Sense of Humor Does Not Appeal
This morning, the Senate had a TSA oversight hearing to discuss serious issues around secure air travel, notably the use of see-through-your-clothes scanners and aggressive “crotchal area” patdowns. A highlight was the TSA head offering any of the senators that wanted one a sample patdown to experience it for themselves. No happy ending guaranteed. For […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Contract Attorneys, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 11.06.10
What a wild week in Washington! In the aftermath of hundreds of thousands of people rallying for sanity, the Republicans trounced the Democrats in the House. As for me, when I wasn’t cleaning the millions of dollars I had stuffed in my closet to hide from the IRS or arguing with my therapist about how […] -
Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.28.10
This week, after boring myself to death listening to Lillian McEwen discuss Clarence Thomas’s “activities” on Larry King, I knocked back a couple cans of Four Loko to ease the pain and got right to work on this week’s Rundown. Lots of free stuff available after the jump, including a free e-book on legal productivity, […] -
Lawyer Advertising, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Technology
LinkedIn Recommendations: Yay or Nay?
I’d like to believe we live on a planet where reason dictates the choices we make as well as the policies of law firms. As numerous personal experiences and Above the Law articles have demonstrated to me, this isn’t always the case. And nowhere is this irrationality more perplexing than firm policies towards LinkedIn recommendations. […]
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Biglaw, Blogging, Facebook, Small Law Firms, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
ABA Survey: Lawyers Profiting From Web 2.0
Almost two years ago, I joined Twitter to help find a publisher for a book I was writing. A couple weeks later, a friend I followed on Twitter asked, “Does anybody know a contracts lawyer?” I responded and won a new client. A lawyer winning business on Twitter was somewhat unusual at that time, but […] -
Biglaw, Blogging, Media and Journalism, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Have Law Blogs Failed to Live Up to Expectations? Biglaw Partners Opine
“The secret to happiness in life is setting low expectations.” — My Uncle Lyman Over the past few weeks, in the comments to my ATL posts, there have been a number of questions about whether or not large law firms are bringing in real clients through their law blogs. While we have seen some instances […] -
Facebook, Lawsuit of the Day, Social Networking Websites
Facebook Wants to De-Friend State Court
The meteoric rise of Facebook has tended to inspire lawsuits by those who claim to have collaborated with Mark Zuckerberg in the site’s creation. The latest to make a claim on the 500-million-member site is a wood chipper man in New York. We don’t understand how Paul D. Ceglia went from writing code to producing […] -
john quinn, Litigators, Social Networking Websites, Technology
john quinn of quinn emanuel is on twitter
In case you haven’t noticed, Twitter is all the rage right now. Everyone is signing up — including your ATL editors. Given that bloggers are in the business of taking in and pushing out content, our use of Twitter isn’t surprising. A more interesting development is that lawyers at large law firms, including fairly senior […]