Digital and social media

How important is your law firm website?

Law is one of those professions where reputations have traditionally been built on performance, on interactions, and on who you know.  Given this history, the idea that a few online pages could influence whether or not a firm gets business...


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...


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,...


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...