Not exact matches
Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama's first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU recounts the eventful summer day in 1989
when a young
law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylong date that took them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing to the
site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream parlor.
When I saw today that the
law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft had launched a new International Practice mini
site, I was hopeful that it would be a truly useful resource and not some mere marketing
site.
When the
site eventually went back up, it revealed what is described as a new, online
law firm focusing solely on the needs of companies, all for a flat rate of $ 150 an hour.
When he sticks to the knitting, he provides lively reading and interesting discussion points — as with posts on guerilla marketing for
law firms, use of RSS feeds, and sponsoring web
sites.
The
firm's request for a TRO was resolved
when Blockshopper removed all references to Jones Day from its
site, according to Donoghue, but the
law firm continues to seek an injunction shutting down the
site.
Yet,
when many
law firms decide to build a new Web
site, they solicit bids from vendors without first developing specifications detailing the desired features and functionality for the
site.
When reviewing mockups prepared by designers of new
law firm websites, legal marketers are likely to see Latin «dummy» text in those portions of the layout where
site copy will appear.
I felt validated
when I saw this article on The
Law Marketing Portal, becauses it addresses a topic that has long been a pet peeve of mine — the failure of law firms to list non-lawyers on their Web sit
Law Marketing Portal, becauses it addresses a topic that has long been a pet peeve of mine — the failure of
law firms to list non-lawyers on their Web sit
law firms to list non-lawyers on their Web
sites.
This meme began last week,
when Bruce MacEwen riffed on a National
Law Journal story that big law is whitewashing firm Web sites to remove bait for recruite
Law Journal story that big
law is whitewashing firm Web sites to remove bait for recruite
law is whitewashing
firm Web
sites to remove bait for recruiters.
Making the decision to hire a virtual worker or pay for legal process outsourcing can be as simple as hiring an independent contractor fresh out of
law school to do easy tasks, but if you are serious about using virtual workers on a larger scale in your
firm and really getting the most out of it, it is important be aware of ethics considerations; price benefits and initial investments; and intangible benefits and costs
when weighing the options of paying for a full - time staff, hiring on -
site independent contractors, using outsourced service providers or juggling all of the work on your own.
I am always interested in whether and how
law firms employ their Web
sites when big news occurs.
Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the
site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family
law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their
firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal
law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.
These days, however, associates realize that
firms suffer adverse publicity
when word of a termination hits high - traffic
sites like Above the
Law — and that they can use the threat of disclosure as leverage to negotiate better terms of departure.
And here's a bonus question: Do you think that a blog like Above the
Law has had the effect of forcing
firms to act more generously
when implementing layoffs to avoid being e-shamed at the
site?
This at a time
when LinkedIn, the leading professional social networking
site, lists 118,000 profiles from those describing themselves in the practice of
law and is profiling each of the largest
law firms based on social networking at LinkedIn by their lawyers.
When you contact a lawyer, barrister, attorney or any qualified legal /
law firm on this
site, this does not create client - lawyer relationship, do not share confidential information, use of this
site for users is only to connect with lawyers or
law firms, email will not necessarily be treated as privileged.
When you're injured on a job
site, you need to use the right
law firm.
And I think,
when I look at a lot of
law firm sites, I didn't want a very stereotypical
law firm site.
There are always challenges
when launching a new website, whether we're building a
law firm website from scratch or re-designing an existing
site.
«
Law firms will start to create non-promotional, single - topic informational
sites — like Drugwatch.com (sponsored by The Peterson
Firm LLP) or BrainandSpinalCord.org (sponsored by Newsome Melton LLP)-- to capture clients early in the decision - making process
when they are researching their injury.»
When it comes to the specific social media
sites, LinkedIn is the most popular with 57 % of
law firms reporting a presence on Linkedin.
The specific question at issue in this opinion was: «
When a lawyer or
law firm provides certain kinds of legal services, and is listed on a social media
site that includes a section labeled «Specialties,» may the lawyer or
law firm use that section to describe the kinds of services provided?»
Even today,
when many lawyers and legal marketers start a new
law firm web design project, they tend to ignore the impact that their design choices can have on a
site's search visibility.
This was uncovered
when one of the potential «marks» in the scam did an Internet search, found the real
law firm's web
site and called the lawyer whose identity had been faked.
Now, on an average day
when I have a training program scheduled, I do a half - hour or so review of my lecture notes in the morning and head off to the training
site (a
law firm or
law school, for example) for half and full day practical skills training sessions with
law students and new lawyers.
He founded PaperStreet during
law school
when he realized that many
firms did not have a website, or had a poorly designed
site.
In 1996
when I put up a Web
site to market my
law firm, I loaded it chock full of helpful questions and answers for injury victims and their families.
I can totally appreciate that this is new ground for the profession and some people will be undoubtedly apprehensive but I'm convinced that comparison
sites needn't cheapen the profession but handled correctly they could provide a new route to market for a
law firm like Coles which is why you will find us on The Law Superstore when it launches in 2016 and why I'm hoping that colleagues up and down the country will join me t
law firm like Coles which is why you will find us on The
Law Superstore when it launches in 2016 and why I'm hoping that colleagues up and down the country will join me t
Law Superstore
when it launches in 2016 and why I'm hoping that colleagues up and down the country will join me too.
Peter: [09:34] And
when this type of thing or other types of thing get rolled out to these
law firms, do you place an internal champion, or does somebody from your company act as an internal champion on
site for a period of time?
«
When we talk to attorneys about
law firm websites, they often tell us «I don't want my
site to look like a blog.»