My friend Larry Bodine over at the Law Marketing Blog sent this email, which I immediately found both distressing and annoying. The American Bar Association, affectionately known as the ABA, apparently formed a working group “on the implication of new technologies.” The ABA Commission on Ethics is currently receiving comments in order to “supplement its research” concerning the following issues:
A. Online Social and Professional Networking Services
1. Identifying the Line Between Personal Communications and Lawyer Advertising.
2. Inadvertent Lawyer-Client Relationships
3. Lawyers “Friending” Judges
4. Gathering Information Through Networking Websites
B. Blogging
C. “Pay-per-click” advertising
D. Lawyer websites
1. False or Misleading Statements on Websites
2. Inadvertent Lawyer-Client Relationships
3. Giving Legal Advice
4. Confidential Information on Websites
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The Midwestern Law Firm Management Conference is this Thursday at the The Chicago Bar Association, 321 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL on September 21, 2010. The program runs from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Larry Bodine will be moderating a panel of speakers on business development in a West Legal Ed program titled “The New Norm: Understanding How to Thrive in the New Economy.” Other key speakers include Enrico Schaefer, Founding Attorney of Traverse Legal, PLC, Fredric D. Tannenbaum, Managing Partner, Gould & Ratner, Chicago, IL; and Kevin Thompson, Partner, Davis McGrath, Chicago, IL. If you know you’re going to be in the area and would like to attend, please register here.
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Innovative Lawyer Enrico Schaefer seeks to inspire Traverse City Attorneys to think outside the box.
The Grand Traverse- Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association will be hosting a CLE event at the 86th District Court Multipurpose Room in Traverse City, Michigan on October 20th, 2010. Founding Attorney of Traverse Legal, PLC Enrico Schaefer will be the speaker in this CLE presentation entitled, "Growing Your Practice in a Down Economy".
There has never been more opportunity to grow your practice than in the current down economy. The reason is simple. More relationships are up for grabs, more people are starting from scratch and established companies are looking for more cost-effective legal representation.
Topics to be covered include:
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In many ways, the Internet is all about attention. Five years ago, before there was twitter and facebook, blogs were the number one source of person-to-person communication within a particular affinity group. Trademark attorneys followed other trademark attorneys and trademark-centric blogs.
but there are only so many hours in the day. What facebook and twitter have done, more than anything else, have reduced the number of minutes, or hours, in a day that an Internet surfer has available. Conversly, bloggers have a much more challenging time capturing the intention of their like-minded followers.
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