I am participating Wednesday in a PLI live seminar and webcast, Lawyers’ Guide to Using Social Media for Professional and Client Development. There is a full-day line-up of panels as well as a keynote presentation by Steve Rubel, SVP and director of insights for Edelman Digital. The program is chaired by Kevin O’Keefe, founder of LexBlog. Other speakers are:

  • Guy Alvarez, director of research & development, Practising Law Institute.
  • Francis J. Aquila, Sullivan & Cromwell.
  • Nithya Das, Goodwin Procter.
  • R. David Donoghue, Holland & Knight.
  • Steve Goldner, director, social media, Hachette Filipacchi Media.
  • J. Kelly Hoey, attorney, client relationship & business development strategist.
  • Despina Kartson, chief marketing officer, Latham & Watkins.
  • Peter A. Mahler, publisher, New York Business Divorce, Farrell Fritz.
  • Broc Romanek, editor, TheCorporateCounsel.net.
  • David Snow, executive editor, American Lawyer Media.

I am moderating two panels, one at 11:30 a.m. on social media monitoring and engagement, and another at 2:45 on social media’s impact on the advancement of law and publishing.

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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.