Blogging, Friending and Tweeting: What Attorneys Should and Should Not Do :: New York City Bar Association

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Blogging, Friending and Tweeting: What Attorneys Should and Should Not Do

This panel discussion will explore an issue at the forefront of the legal profession in the 21st century: how attorneys are to navigate the world of blogs and social networking sites.

These internet tools, which are extremely useful ways to keep up with the latest developments in the law and the profession, and which provide for a vigorous and stimulating debate, can also be minefields for the unwitting attorney, whose conduct is governed by a host of ethics rules and regulations not applicable to other online users. In recent months, attorneys have been reprimanded, fined, and otherwise sanctioned for comments they have made on blogs. On the grounds that they have breached their ethical obligations or attorney-client confidences, they have been penalized, for instance, for questioning the motives and competence of judges presiding over their cases, or for talking about cases they have worked on.

The panel will explore what ethical issues an attorney should keep in mind when commenting on a blog, and how the rules of professional conduct, as well as rules pertaining to attorney advertising, might bear on what an attorney says about him or herself on such sites as Facebook or Twitter.

Faculty

Chris Dale, Esq.
UK eDisclosure Information Project

Jeremy R. Feinberg, Esq.
Statewide Special Counsel for Ethics
New York Office of Court Administration

Ronald C. Minkoff, Esq.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC

Ronni D. Solomon, Esq.
King & Spalding, LLP

Credits

This live program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys.

California,New Jersey & New York: 3.5 total credits - 2.0 in professional practice & 1.5 in ethics.

Illinois: 3.0 total credits - 1.25 in ethics and 1.75 in professional practice

Format

MP3 Audio and PDF Coursebook

Details

Price: $280.00

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"While the presentation was excellent, the convenience was outstanding. I downloaded the seminar to my ipod and listened to the whole course during a flight. I obtained 6 hours of ethics credits with no problem and without missing a beat! I highly recommend these seminars to attorneys in states that recognize Advantage."

— Michael Flanagan, Esq.

"I very much enjoyed listening to your course as, unlike other Ethics courses I have attended over my 41 years at the Kennedy Space Center, it focused on actual situations the speaker had dealt with and how the attorney's first responsibility is to his client and not to how much fee he can generate."

— Douglas G. Hendriksen, Esq.

Chief Counsel

Kennedy Space Center

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