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I attended a luncheon recently for Rochester, N.Y.-based women attorneys who had graduated from my alma mater, Albany Law School.

When I first wrote about blogging for lawyers in 2006, the benefits were clear-cut.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Berghuis v. Thompkins, No. 08-1470.

An interesting theme became apparent at the ABA TechShow in March. The theme – one that didn’t surprise me – was that different social media platforms have had varying levels of effectiveness for different lawyers. Some find Facebook pages to ...

My co-author, Carolyn Elefant, and I are in the midst of rewriting the last and final draft of our book about social media for lawyers, which will be published by the American Bar Association in the spring. When we began, ...

Last week, as we were driving back to my hometown for a holiday party, my children were in the backseat watching “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” on our car’s DVD system. At first, I didn’t pay much ...

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“People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.” – Seth Godin You’ve been reading my column for a while, ...

“We’re probably about five years into a 30-year cycle of transformation. … But there is simply no doubt that 25 years from now, when people reflect on the seminal changes of the early days of the century we are about ...

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For many lawyers, one of the greatest deterrents to interacting online is a mistaken impression that online networking is a purely “social” endeavor. After all, as a profession, lawyers tend to take themselves very seriously, and socializing most certainly is ...

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I wanted to begin this week’s column by sharing a poem I wrote, an open letter to future lawyers: I entered law school fearful and proud – yet knowing who I was But the metamorphosis rudely and abruptly began. As ...

One of my favorite social media gurus is Gary Vaynerchuk. He really knows his stuff, and presents information in a format – video – that is universally appealing. Vaynerchuk has a personality that is larger than life and his enthusiasm ...

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