Close to Home: Minority Firms Reach Into the Community for Their Clients

May 1, 2012 7:40 AM CDT

Coupon, You’re On: 3 Opinions Say Lawyers May Participate in Daily-Deal Websites

May 1, 2012 7:39 AM CDT

On Track: Law Firm Marketer Makes the Most of Eye-Map Technology

Apr 1, 2012 9:50 AM CDT

The Chain: LinkedIn Is More than Social Media for Lawyers

Apr 1, 2012 7:20 AM CDT

Panelists: Web Branding Should Assure Potential Clients You Can Meet Their Legal and Nonlegal Needs

Want to expand your Web presence beyond your basic website? Here are a few tried-and-true techniques, courtesy of Jeff Lantz, an Oro Valley, Ariz.-based lawyer and website developer, and Robert Ambrogi, a lawyer, journalist and legal technology expert from Rockport, Mass. Lantz and Ambrogi offered several practical and ethical tips…

Mar 30, 2012 6:48 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Suit Against Avvo Dismissed; Ex-Associate Starts Book on Cross-Country Walk

Was NYLS Suit Dismissal a Win for Law Schools? At Balkinization, Washington University law professor Brian Tamanaha (whose book Failing Law Schools comes out in July) wonders if the dismissal of a lawsuit against New York Law School by nine of its graduates is really a victory. Tamanaha said that…

Mar 30, 2012 1:30 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Prof Crunches Law Schools’ Employment Numbers; Do Web Startups Offer Value?

Rank Misrepresentations At The Faculty Lounge, University of North Carolina law school professor Bernie Burk decided to seek out information on law school websites to see what percentage of graduates are holding temporary positions funded by the law school at graduation. He promises to mine more schools’ data and post…

Mar 23, 2012 1:30 PM CDT

Groupon-Type Deals Are ‘Fraught with Peril’ for Lawyers, Indiana Ethics Opinion Says

Updated: An Indiana ethics opinion takes a dim view of obtaining clients through Groupon-type arrangements. The opinion warns that such arrangements are “fraught with peril” and probably unethical, according to the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual of Professional Conduct. The opinion (PDF) by the Indiana State Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee bucks…

Mar 16, 2012 4:34 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Favorite Android Apps for Lawyers; How One Law Blogger Remembered Pi Digits

Android’s Turn Attorney at Work’s Joan Feldman knows that despite all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the latest Apple, some lawyers prefer Android-powered devices. She asked some notable android users—including tech bloggers—about their favorite go-to apps. Nerino Petro, who blogs at Compujurist, cites the Flex T9 Text Input app.”It…

Mar 16, 2012 4:33 PM CDT

As BigLaw Firms Embrace Social Media, More Are Hiring Full-Time Specialists to Help

Large law firms trying to attract notice from corporate counsel are increasingly turning to social media to showcase their expertise—and hiring experts to make it happen. Several of the nation’s top law firms are hiring full-time social media specialists, the Washington Post reports. They include Nixon Peabody, which plans to…

Mar 12, 2012 4:59 PM CDT

Attorney Sues TV Station for $1.4M, Says It Didn’t Forward All Calls to His ‘Ask the Lawyer’ Show

A Texas personal injury lawyer has sued the television station that formerly broadcast a live call-in show he hosted that offered viewers a chance to ask questions of the attorney. Thomas Corea of Dallas says he agreed to pay $2,750 per 30-minute episode of Ask the Lawyer with Tom Corea…

Mar 5, 2012 7:22 PM CST

Around the Blawgosphere: Pinterest Business Card Fishbowl; Legal Foundation of ‘Downton Abbey’

Pin and Win Carolyn Elefant—Washington, D.C., solo and Pinterest member—has invited My Shingle readers to ” ‘drop’ your business card into the MyShingle Online Fishbowl at Pinterest.” Those who participate by Thursday, March 15, will be entered into a raffle for one of two Amazon gift cards. Several of those…

Mar 2, 2012 2:30 PM CST

Texas PI Law Firm Says Its Well-Known Phone Number Got Hijacked

A Texas law firm says its phone number got hijacked by a woman who apparently transferred its account from Vonage to magicJack. The Dunham Law Firm in Austin uses an easy-to-remember phone number (it contains a lot of eights) to keep in contact with its personal injury clients. On Feb.…

Feb 28, 2012 2:50 PM CST

Around the Blawgosphere: Profs on Economic Realities; Can We Have ‘Authentic Conversations’ Online?

Profs’ Blogging Symposium This week, Legal Ethics Forum hosted the “LEF Symposium on Legal Education’s Response to the Economic Realities Facing the Profession.” It was conducted by having more than 20 law professors contribute posts over a three-day period about “the implications of economic pressures on the way we teach…

Feb 10, 2012 2:30 PM CST

China’s King & Wood Never Had Founders by Those Names

Beijing-based King & Wood has almost 1,000 lawyers in 15 offices—but it never had lawyers with the surnames King or Wood as founding partners. Mark Schaub, who according to King & Wood’s website came to the firm in 2000 and was the first foreign lawyer to join, told Reuters that…

Feb 9, 2012 5:29 PM CST