The Committee has issued interesting guidelines for those many lawyers who use social media in their practice. These are some of those guidelines:
“Guideline No. 1.A – Applicability of Advertising Rules”
“Guideline No. 1.B: Prohibited Use of “Specialists” on Social Media”
“Guideline No. 1.C: Lawyer Solicitation to View Social Media and a Lawyer’s Responsibility to Monitor Social Media Content”
“Guideline No. 2.A: Provision of General Information”
“Guideline No. 2.B: Public Solicitation is Prohibited Through ‘ Live’ Communications”
“Guideline No. 3.A: Viewing a Public Portion of a Social Media Website”
“Guideline No. 3.B: Contacting an Unrepresented Party to View a Restricted Portion of a Social Media Website”
“Guideline No. 3.C: Viewing A Represented Party’s Restricted Social Media Website”
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