A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion detailing how lawyers may instruct their clients on the use of social media provides greater clarity to lawyers caught in the middle of a constantly “evolving” digital landscape, some attorneys said.
The opinion, put out by the bar association’s professional guidance committee, notes that the ever-changing nature of social media has made it necessary to provide a frame of reference for attorneys on what their clients should and should not do with their social media pages while in the midst of a civil or criminal matter.
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