Digital and social media

When private communications go viral – it doesn’t matter who you are

The issue of private correspondence ‘going viral’ is not a regular occurrence for the legal profession (although Roll on Friday would like you to think it is!). Lawyers are notoriously cagey when it comes to language, knowing full well the consequences of using words carelessly. This caution is even more exercised when...


Blog power – still believe it doesn’t exist?

Despite the widely discussed impact that blogs and bloggers continue to have on the digital world, many remain rather skeptical about whether or not that impact actually means anything.  As most of the power of the blog is not especially tangible, hidden away as it is inside statistics on page hits...


Lawyers need to rethink their blogging strategies

We recently ran a blogging course with a group of solicitors at our head office on Aldwych, and in preparation I took a look around the web to find some examples of law firms that are blogging well.  I was surprised by two things: first, how many have taken the...