Twittering

I think that in this day and age that tweet was not a good idea, and in terms of that language, I’m not going to use it anymore. — Jeffrey Cox, former deputy attorney general in Indiana, commenting on the controversial tweets that got him fired from his government job. P.S. If you’re on Twitter, […]

If you’re not booting up your laptop or iPad during voir dire, you’re not a very good lawyer. That’s my takeaway from recent WSJ and Reuters articles on jury selection in the social media age. This week, the Wall Street Journal took a look at the evolution of jury selection in the age of social […]

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 […]

Can social networking benefit Biglaw firms? On the one hand, any way for firms to directly reach prospective clients and new hires sounds like something that should garner Biglaw interest. On the other hand, sites like Twitter have yet to prove themselves as a business generation tool. But regardless of whether you think Biglaw firms […]

* Struggling to compete for business in a shrinking market, law firms are hiring image and marketing consultants to improve their chances–one Philadelphia-based image consultant even tells them how to dress for the courtroom. Lay-off problem solved–apparently all you need is a makeover. [The Wall Street Journal] * Not only that, but in an effort […]

Just to be clear, I substantially agree with Futurelawyer on the abject horror of twittering. If God wanted people to have Twitter pages he wouldn’t have made sphincters; there are some things that should be kept inside until the appropriate time. Given that, it is disturbing that Yammer took home the top prize at TechCrunch50. […]