Legal Times
Arnold & Porter launched a new Web site aimed at recruiting law students and associates, featuring profiles of 23 current Arnold & Porter lawyers. In video interviews posted on the site, attorneys from several practice areas offer young lawyers advice on how to get started.
The American Lawyer
Although top law firms' Web sites are growing in sophistication, many still lag behind other professional sites in client-sensitivity and inviting content. Reporter Jonathan Thrope ranks what he considers the best and worst of the Am Law 100 sites out there on the Web.
The Legal Intelligencer
The variety of legal blogs is as diverse as the purposes for writing them. Luke E. Debevec, attorney at Reed Smith, offers samples of legal musings on the blogosphere, from a new blog by famed trial lawyer Gerry Spence to an online office chat around The Legal Watercooler.
The American Lawyer
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle is looking to make some new connections. The 200-lawyer New York firm this week announced the launch of its own group page on Facebook, a move meant to boost recruiting through targeted marketing. Will other large law firms follow suit?
Legal Times
Professional networking sites, both legal-industry specific and not, can help in-house counsel connect with peers in ways never before possible. Question peers about which networking sites they prefer, investigate what experts and legal associations have to say, and then try the sites.
E-Commerce Law & Strategy
As the Internet and virtual spaces gain breadth and depth in people's everyday lives, lawyers struggle to formulate and implement laws governing their use. But the Net presents special challenges where no entity has the sole authority to draft, implement and enforce
regulation.
The Legal Intelligencer
Think back to the last seminar you attended. A Webinar is really the
same only in a virtual sense. Many business organizations use Webinars
to replace in-person events and, as a result, these presentations have
become the number one way to develop new business leads online.
Marketing the Law Firm Newsletter
LinkedIn, the go-to social networking site for professionals, is more than a means for business connections. It provides a wealth of data for competitive intelligence professionals, but beware of the law of unintended consequences of an otherwise highly beneficial marketing tool.
