I read this article this week that explained the importance of blogging and social media use for lawyers. As a convergence student, I’m lucky to already have some social media skills down, and I know the importance of personal branding using the Internet and social media. But I’m really interested to see how social media evolves while I’m in school for the next three years. I’m already hearing that paper business cards are “out” and just exchanging Twitter user names is “in” for legal professionals. (Of course, I know that isn’t true for everyone!) But reading that made me wonder what new technologies and relationship-building tools will surface by the time I enter the workforce. Will Facebook and Twitter still rule the social media scene? How will LinkedIn fair?
I also read this article which provided some insights into helpful apps for lawyers – everything from note-taking to email-to-fax conversions!
