Social Media Ethics for Attorneys (Update)
1h 1m
Created on May 16, 2019
Intermediate
Course Price
$79
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Overview
Social media continues to be everywhere. It is used by individuals and businesses to communicate, investigate, advertise, and store electronic information (ESI) - and attorneys and law firms are no exception, except that social media use by attorneys must be considered in terms of the ethical rules which govern attorney conduct.
These ethical rules impact the competence of attorneys who use social media, attorneys advertising through social media, whether and how legal advice may be given on social media, review and use of evidence derived from social media, communicating with clients through social media, researching jurors through social media and reporting on juror misconduct, and communicating with judges through social media. This session will explore how the rules of professional conduct address these topics.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss how the Rules of Professional Conduct apply to attorney use of social media
- Recognize ethical issues that might arise when attorneys use social media for various reasons
- Appreciate how attorneys might use social media to their benefit while avoiding ethical problems
Credits
Faculty
Ronald Hedges
Principal | Ronald J. Hedges LLC
Ronald J. Hedges is the Principal of Ronald J. Hedges LLC. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey for over 20 years. Ron speaks and writes on a variety of topics, many of which are related to electronic information, including procedural and substantive criminal law, information governance, litigation management, and integration of new technologies such as artificial intelligence into existing information governance policies and procedures. Among other things, Ron is the chair of the Court Technology Committee of the Judicial Division of the ABA. He is also a member of task forces established by the New Jersey and New York State Bar Associations to address artificial intelligence.
He is the lead author of a guide for federal judges on electronically stored information, https://www.fjc.gov/content/323370/managing— discovery-electronic-information-third-edition-2017. Ron is also the co-senior editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition (June 2020) and the 2022 supplement thereto,
https://thesedonaconference.org/sites/default/files/Judicial%20Resources%20publication%20announcement.pdf. He is also the editor of various compendiums on electronic information in criminal investigations and proceedings hosted by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, https://www.mass.gov/service-details/understanding-electronic-information-in-criminal-investigations-and-actions. He can be reached at r_hedges@live.com.
Reviews
Recent Reviews
Ron is a great lecturer! Really enjoy his presentations.
It was great learning more about social media within the practice
I learned a ton and thought that the examples the speaker used were invaluable to making the information understandable to someone who does not practice in this area. Thank you.
Informative
Very knowledgeable but not as interesting as other presentations. Could benefit from more court opinions illustrating these points.
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