For my Web Watch column this month in Law Technology News, I review the recruiting sites of the nation’s largest law firms. This first of two parts looks at the more innovative efforts. Next month’s column will review the ones that fall flat. Here is the opening:
…“It is time for the
For an article I am writing, I am looking to hear from legal professionals about their experiences with LinkedIn. In particular, I would love to hear from anyone whose participation in LinkedIn brought them new business or opened doors to other beneficial opportunities. I also want to hear from any longtime users of LinkedIn…
My posts today at Law.com’s Legal Blog Watch:
This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at YouTube as a legal marketing tool. Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and me to discuss this are our guests:…
Would someone hire a lawyer based on an ad pasted to a wall? What about a digital ad pasted to a virtual wall on the Web? In either case, the answer seems obvious to me. Thus, I do not understand why any lawyer would shell out good money to purchase advertising space on the new…
With all the attention paid to last month’s launch of the lawyer-ranking site Avvo, it was only a matter of time before copycat sites began to appear. One such site, About My Lawyer, launched Friday, and it is so amateurishly executed that I cannot tell whether it is legitimate or a joke. The…
A head-to-toe redesign was revealed today for the Web site of the ABA Journal. Because I am on vacation where I am short on time and reliable Internet access, I will quote from the announcement from Molly McDonough, the magazine’s assistant managing editor/online (and former associate of mine at ALM), in which she describes…
FindLaw has teamed with National Public Radio’s Justice Talking program to launch the blog Today in Legal History. As the name suggests, each day the blog highlights a historical event related to law or government. The blog appears on both FindLaw and on JusticeLearning, a Web site produced by Justice…
I will be in Boise this week for the annual meeting of the Idaho State Bar, where the theme is law practice management. I am speaking Thursday on the latest in legal research online and Friday on cutting-edge legal marketing. Here is the meeting brochure and agenda. If you are attending the…
Silicon Valley law firm Cooley Godward Kronish opened an office in Boston this week, the Boston Business Journal reports. The office is staffed entirely by lawyers who were all once with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, a Boston technology firm that dissolved in 2005. More details in Cooley’s press release.…
I ask — and answer — this question in a post today at Legal Blog Watch. I’d love to hear from anyone who thinks I might have it wrong.…
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