The New York State Bar Association just came out with an app that has a searchable database of ethics opinions from the NY State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics. It has more than 850 opinions on topics including various conflicts of interest, attorney advertising, standards for social media and social networking and more. This app is free and is available for iPhone, Android , and Blackberry. Opinions are keyed to the New York Rules of Model Conduct and are available for sharing via social networks or email.
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How do law firms use social media?
The legal industry is slowly increasing its usage of social media platforms; about one-third of the ‘AmLaw 100’ law firms are on Twitter.
LexisNexis recently commissioned a report on the social media engagement of 110 law firms across the world. Here are some interesting highlights of the firms that were audited:
- 35 firms have registered Twitter profiles, 24 are being used for broadcasting news;
8 have yet to be used; and 3 are being predominantly used for interaction at the time of the audit - Of the 85 law firms that have registered on LinkedIn, 27 have created their own ‘LinkedIn Groups’
- Only 12 use YouTube
- Sydney and New York have the highest numbers of legal bloggers
The breakdown by region: