We all know about the perils of posting photos of ourselves in the advanced stages of partying - but what rules should professional people apply to blogging? Social media offers lawyers the chance to blog about intensely personal matters that they...
Last night I received a direct message on twitter from a follower. It suggested I might want to know about a photo of me that was circulating the net. As a long time twitter user I have seen this before,...
The UK legal services market has not been used to much positive news in recent years. Though some law firms have managed to develop their business and grow in hard economic times, there has been an awful lot of flat-lining,...
You might have been under the impression that YouTube was solely for the purpose of posting videos of the Harlem Shake, badly made image collages soundtracked by music, or embarrassing wedding videos. However, it has begun to emerge as an...
The use of social media in business - and especially in law - is relatively new and, as a result, it remains a fairly unpredictable beast. As its efficacy effectively depends on the reactions of millions of different users it...
The opening up of the field of legal advice by the Legal Services Act last year left many in the profession wondering how the playing field was likely to change once other types of organisations began offering legal advice as...
Twitter and trolls go together like jam and cake, but over the past week the Twittersphere has witnessed the kind of uber trolling that we haven’t really seen that often before – and it has been quite a shock. Bizarrely,...
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...
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...
It may not come as a surprise to many to learn that a recent survey has found that lawyers are workaholics. Research by the legal recruiter Robert Walters, which was released at the end of last month, indicated that lawyers...
