Virtual Law Practice

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Does the Internet Make You Feel Risky?

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Oh, yet another excuse to not take responsibility for individual action and blame it on the technology instead.  *sigh*  Seriously, this article just annoyed me to no end.  The National Law Journal published an article entitled “Lawyers’ Ethical Stumbles Increase Online” and then proceeded to give the most outrageous example of an incredibly irresponsible attorney using email to share […] ...READ MORE

Twitter Debate about Virtual Law Practice

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UPDATE: The transcript from the Twitter debate is posted on the ABA Journal.  Overall, the feedback I received from others regarding the event was positive.  A lot of valuable information and opinions shared on both sides with some fun side debates, including one started by @LisaSolomon. Looking forward to the next event hosted by @22Tweets! Please join me […] ...READ MORE

Microblogging about VLOs

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Yesterday Martindale Hubbell’s Connected kicked off an event centered around virtual law firms with a two-hour Twitter conversation hosted by Larry Bodine. You can read through all of the tweets by running a search for #MHVT on your Twitter account. There was a lot of great discussion about how to define a VLO, what they […] ...READ MORE

NC State Bar Journal Covers the Online Legal Professional

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Attorneys practicing law online and licensed in North Carolina may be interested in checking out the fall issue of the North Carolina State Bar Journal.  Several of the articles in the issue cover topics related to attorneys creating online presences, including avoiding ethical risks for law firm websites and using social networking, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogging.  As with […] ...READ MORE

Twitter and the Virtual Law Office

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I’ve been using Twitter on almost a daily basis since last summer as @StephKimbro.  I started using it out of curiosity and am at over 1400 updates.  I have met many new people both in the legal profession and in other industries through Twitter.  Like anything else online, it requires savvy filtering skills.  I use […] ...READ MORE

State Bar Regulation of Online Lawyer Communication

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I have been fielding questions lately about the recent lawsuit filed in Louisiana regarding the Louisiana State Bar’s new proposed Rules of Professional Conduct and how they may affect blogging and other online social networking.  Attorneys operating virtual law practices tend to use blogging and other online communities in their daily law practice for the purpose […] ...READ MORE