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New Social Networking Site for Law Students: Good Idea, Needs Participants

Mar 25th, 2009 | By Josh Camson | Category: Featured, Law School, Lead Article, Social Networking

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 [...]

Tags: Advanced Advocates, Facebook, law students, social networking site
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Lawyer’s Guide for Engaging in Social Media

Dec 29th, 2008 | By Rex Gradeless | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Social Media

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. [...]

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How Lawyers Avoid The Social Media Fail Whale

Dec 25th, 2008 | By Rex Gradeless | Category: Featured, Lead Article, Social Media

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 [...]

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