Twitter and lawyers. Those two words in the same sentence have recently begun to stir up quite a controversy on and off-line. I really had to pause, pry my fingers from the keyboard and think about where I fit within the spectrum of people who utilize the medium, especially as an attorney. I’ve been reading [...]

One more legal blog drank the New York Times Social Media Fear Kool Aid [link redacted] so now we’re posting about this. (Alternate title: New York Times Shoots the Messenger in Fact Finding Failure) Recently, the New York Times published an article related to social media use conflicting with the rules of the bar. The [...]

Laura Hodes had an interesting commentary piece last week concerning the upcoming Gwendolyn & Co. v. Blacconiere case, wherein a beauty school is suing some of its students for comments they wrote on a private Facebook account. You can read the complaint here. The students wanted a place to collectively vent about their school’s teachers, [...]

New Jersey Social Media: In a recent press release, the New Jersey Judiciary announced that new social media features would be used on their website to keep the community, including lawyers, informed. The New Jersey Judiciary is using social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube while keeping lawyers updated with RSS Feeds, text [...]

Now that you have sorted out your reputation and your résumé, it’s time to use your online prowess to increase your chances of landing the job of your dreams. There are a plethora of ways you can utilize the internet to increase your chances of getting the job once you have applied. Thorough Research Undoubtedly [...]

Willy Franzen of One Day One Job wrote an article last year that I just stumbled onto. In it, he discusses an experiment to have job-seeking college students and recent grads advertise on Facebook. Five different people underwent the experiment with mixed results. Facebook advertising is a great way to grab the attention of employers. [...]

Last week attorneys Nick S. Pujji, Anahit Tagvoryan, and Joshua M. Briones from DLA Piper wrote an informative piece about Facebook as a platform for serving process.  The article does a nice job discussing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  It gives an overview on how Facebook already is changing the courts, and how it can [...]

Here are some popular YouTube videos that seem to explain Facebook:

Almost everyone I know is now on Facebook.  That includes my family, my co-workers and so forth.  It has become difficult to manage any meaningful relationships via Facebook, let alone meet new people interested in similar things.  That is why I really like the idea of Advanced Advocates.  It is a new social networking site designed [...]

An excerpt of an quiz question posed by a law professor and a law student’s answer: 1) Judge [name redacted] indicated that emails and other electronic communications are becoming a larger part of the evidence in divorce and paternity cases.  Do you believe that people of your generation understand the implications of their electronic communication, [...]