The law societies do not give sufficient importance to the
interactions among: (1) the problem and its consequences — the thousands of people whose
lives have been damaged for lack of affordable legal services provided by competent
lawyers; (2) the power of the internet, the social media, and the news media together, to make those consequences into a public and political issue so quickly that there will not be time for the law societies to publish a persuasive response, and which issue will compel government intervention by way of programs on the way to socialized law; (3) the fact that self - regulation of the legal profession has been lost by the law societies in several jurisdictions of the common law world and the U.S; [7] and, (4) the fact that the consequences of the unavailability of legal services at reasonable cost will motivate the many non-
lawyer legal service providers to offer legal services that should be provided by
lawyers, to people desperate for a
lawyer's services that they can not afford.
The note, clearly aimed at tyros in the social media scene (which will likely include most
lawyers, whether there or here, I'd guess), begins by asserting that social media offer the professional benefits of marketing,
interaction with clients, networking, and public education, and present risks such as «the blurring of the boundaries» between professional and personal
lives.