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Beginner’s guide to Twitter

Ernest Svenson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:45:23 +0000

Understandably, there are many lawyers not yet willing to invest time messing around with Social Media tools like Twitter. When we do our CLE program on Social Media for Lawyers a core theme is that lawyers should pay attention to these things because their clients use them (often to get into trouble), and opponents try to discover them in litigation. If you don’t know anything about them it makes it harder to do your job, unless you work in an area of law that is completely insulated from social media.

For those of you that are willing to try some of these tools, we suggest Twitter as the most valuable tool for rapid information gathering. And for those of you just starting out, here is an excellent article entitled A Beginner’s Guide to Twitter. It explains what those weird symbols are (e.g. RT, DM, and hashtag or #something), and it even suggests some good software tools to use to gather in twitter posts (“tweets”).

Why Twitter matters

Ernest Svenson — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:28:08 +0000

During our recent two day seminar we spent some time trying to convince the lawyers in attendance of why Twitter is something worth trying. Here’s a great article from someone who craves useful information about sports, and has decided that Twitter is indispensable. If you don’t care about sports maybe you’ll find it hard to relate to his explanation of why Twitter is invaluable. So we’ll have to point you to someone who is using Twitter to follow something you care about.

But for those of you that like sports, you’ll hopefully be persuaded to try Twitter for that reason. Then it’ll be easier to convince you to use it to get information relevant to your law practice. Twitter matters, if you care about efficient information gathering. But it’s up to you to learn how to use it so that you get the news you want. If you want to follow us on Twitter go to this link and click follow (after you sign up, that is).

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-11-07

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 10:44:00 +0000

The ethical considerations for lawyers of online file storage: http://bit.ly/cnqQYU #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-10-24

admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:44:00 +0000

Interesting! E-sign company adds Social Network info to E-Signatures http://j.mp/bEM8i0 (via @LeeRosen) #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-06-19

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:44:00 +0000

Laptop security: using the Internet to track your missing computer and to catch the thief http://nyti.ms/bcGkyy #
Virtual Law practice in the news http://bit.ly/aD4LcU #
LASC suspends by consent Frank C. Eymard for 6 mos (active) for charging unreasonable fee and failing to rpt income http://bit.ly/chI7N0 #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-05-08

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:44:00 +0000

10 Myths about the ‘Paperless Office’: http://bit.ly/9XSpH4 (via @pdflawyer) #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-05-01

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:44:00 +0000

iPad at Trial « MacLitigator http://bit.ly/cqdV5j #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-04-24

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:44:00 +0000

The Paper Debate – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/crevCB #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-04-17

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:44:00 +0000

More Courts Move to Digital Filing http://bit.ly/9zMgOe #

Twitter Posts for Week Ending 2010-04-10

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:44:00 +0000

YouTube – What's so special about the iPad? http://bit.ly/bMqwDS #
Legal Ethics Forum: More negative reaction to New Jersey's opinion on virtual offices and the "bona fide office rule" http://bit.ly/9uYOG0 #
More negative reaction to New Jersey's opinion on virtual offices and the "bona fide office rule" http://bit.ly/9uYOG0 #
Legal Case Management Software: How Do You Know You Need It? http://bit.ly/aPVV6C #
ScanSnap Takes You Paperless in One Step – Clutter Cleanout – Lifehacker http://bit.ly/bMZWx4 #
NJ's recent ethics opinion abt virtual law offices prompted poll: Are VLOs Unethical? http://bit.ly/6a4mMp (via @ABAJournal) #