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As we’ve noted, more attorneys are using social media to promote their practices and keep up with current industry trends. Such a surge in Twitter use has led to the formation of new online legal communities, according to recent Law.com article “Law in the Time of Twitter: Do Chatty Lawyers Help or Hinder Their Legal Careers?” Attorneys can share stories, keep up with national cases, and engage with...

Attorney at Work recently published its Fourth Annual Social Media Marketing Survey Report. The bottom line from this report is that legal professionals are spending time on building their businesses online, and it is working. The usage of social media is up like crazy, with 93 percent of legal professional respondents using social media. Just four years ago, only 60 percent of attorneys considered...

There were many, ahem, notable legal developments in 2017, but one that stands out for us, as legal PR professionals, is that this is the year when “Twitter for lawyers” stopped being a novelty and became a serious cultural force.

The year began with the once-unthinkable hashtag #helpthelawyers trending in a major way, thanks to the incredible work of the “airport lawyers” who devoted themselves to providing assistance to travelers and families impacted by...