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 your [...]

It’s only been a month since I first emailed my career services counselor with a link to my ticked-off post about law schools ignoring the potential value of social media.  We’re now working together to get my law school in line in providing modern, useful social media advice.  In the last few weeks, we’ve surveyed [...]

Social Media for Attorneys Series (Part 7) (Part 1 Here) (Part 2 Here) (Part 3 Here) (Part 4 Here) (Part 5 Here) (Part 6 Here)
Posted: January 22nd, 2009
By: Zach Heller
Category: Business Development Skills, Marketing Tips, Technology Corner

Another week has passed, and another group of people have started using new internet technology to connect with others [...]

Social Media for Attorneys Series (Part 6) (Part 1 Here) (Part 2 Here) (Part 3 Here) (Part 4 Here) (Part 5 Here)
Posted: January 14th, 2009
By: Zach Heller
Category: Business Development Skills, Marketing Tips, Technology Corner

Another week has passed, and another group of people have started using new internet technology to connect with others and build business.  [...]

On February 17, 2008 Bruce Carton, Editor of Securities Docket, and Doug Cornelius, Chief Compliance Officer of Beacon Capital Partners, sponsored a webcast that discussed how securities and compliance counsel and professionals can use web 2.0 to promote, market, and network themselves, their practices and their firms as never before.
In the presentation, Doug and Bruce [...]

Introduction
A friend of mine attends a top 20 law school.  At the beginning of his first year this past fall, his Career Services Office (CSO) told the entire 1L class that if they wanted to be employable, they should remove themselves from social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.  That way, potential employers will not [...]

10 Tips for Blogs and Twitter
1. Thou shall not steal.  Violating this rule while using social media is the fastest way to lose your creditability and authority online.
2.  Copying and pasting someone’s blog post onto your blog then adding one or two comments is not a blog post.  This is called a comment.  They make [...]

Lawyer Blogging Tip: How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.7 Safely and Ensure Compatibility http://tinyurl.com/9qvnlz
RT @annecollier: New blog post: Missouri’s new cyberharassment law http://adjix.com/hs5f
ABAJournal Shorty Awards finals – http://adjix.com/2ueq calling all those following me & lawyers to vote for ABAjournal in #news!
Martindale-Hubbell doesn’t get it – http://adjix.com/hqq4 warm up the fail whale train!
Twitter DMs That Went [...]

There have been many warnings for lawyers engaging in social media – most of the hype resembles what we heard when email first came out. (This post is no no way meant to fuel these fires; Lawyers should be engaging in social media)
However, we hear few, if any, warnings about lawyer ethics.
Lawyers do not shed [...]