Developing Social Networking Policies for the Legal Aid Office. June 11, 2009 Host: Kathleen Brockel Special Guests: Stephanie Kimbro & Will Hornsby Please see additional notes at http://lsntap.org/Executive_Roundtable_Jun2009_Social_Networking

1. Submitted from Allison McDermott @
PBN
"In the year 3000,YouTube, Twitter, and
Facebook will merge into one super
time-wasting site called
YouTwitFace.com"

2. Developing Social Networking Policies for
the Legal Aid Office.
June 11, 2009
Host: Kathleen Brockel
Special Guests: Stephanie Kimbro & Will
Hornsby

3.  Recent discussions
on LStech.org  Key Components of
◦ Twitter for legislative a Social Networking
advocacy Policy?
◦ Minimum presence on
 How best to develop
key sites = surprising
development benefit the policy?
◦ MLSA recruited  Sample policies
summer law intern via available?
Twitter

4.  Program Image &  Misinformation
Voice  Privacy, gossip,
 Recruiting & harassment
Communicating with  Criticisms of staff,
Pro Bono Attorneys lawyers, judges
 Recruiting Law  Social Media in the
Interns & Staff courtroom – jurors,
 Fundraising “reporters”
 Community Presence

5.  Sun Microsystems exhorts its blogging
employees, "Don't tell secrets."
IBM advises its workers, "Don't pick fights, be the
first to correct your own mistakes, and don't
alter previous posts without indicating that you
have done so."
And DePaul University says, "Don't be a mole"
by pretending to be someone else.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tc-biz-socialmedia-0610-0611jun11,0,6888186.story

6. http://www.frogloop.com/roi

7.  Featured in Lawyers USA, The  A NC Virtual Law
Federal Lawyer, National
Magazine's Addendum, and Office
NC Lawyers Weekly.  www.kimbrolaw.com
 Winner of the 2009 American
 Virtual Law Practice
Bar Association Keane Award Blog.
for Excellence in ELawyering.
 www.virtuallawpractice.org
 Winner of the 2007, 2008 &
2009 Wilmington Parent
Family Favorite Award.

10.  Courts are permitting blogging and Twittering
from the courtroom from :
http://www.mediabloggers.org/robert-cox/floodgates-open-in-federal-courts-as-twitter-comes-
to-kansas-trial
 Juror use of Twitter:
http://abajournal.com/news/
lawyers_fume_over_juror_twitter_posts_blogger_wonders_what_wwoj_tweet/
 Online Judicial Criticism:
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202428524409
 More on blogging from the courtroom & ethics
rules: http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202430647333&rss=ltn

11.  Key Components of a Social Networking Policy?
 Developing social networking policies for:
◦ Client interaction – confidential information,
inadvertently create attorney-client relationship
◦ Interacting with pro bono attorneys
◦ Interacting with committee members and the larger
community
◦ Employment advertising via social media
◦ Sample policy reference: (big law firms)
http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2008/11/03/blogging-social-internet-policy/

12.  Employer monitoring of employee social
networking:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/technology_at_work/archives/2009/05/workers_social.html?chan=top
+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology
 MLRC: Legal Actions Against Bloggers
http://mlrcblogsuits.blogspot.com/
◦ Defamation
◦ Copyright & Plagiarism
◦ Harassment
◦ Criticisms
◦ Product ratings and comments

13.  Immediate social networking issues facing
legal aid offices?
 What are programs doing now?
 What suggestions/plans do you have to
share?

14.  Sample policy from private law firm
viewpoint:
http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2008/11/03/blogging-social-internet-
policy/
 General Social Networking for
Nonprofits Info: Beth Kantor
 http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/policy/

15.  Dates:
◦ Thursday June 11
◦ Thursday September 10
◦ Thursday November 12
 Proposed discussion topics:

16.  kathleen@lsntap.org
 rachel@lsntap.org