Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Winter 2019, Volume 25, Issue 1
Content
- 2019 Bills Pertaining to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Can California Lawyers Ethically Light Up?
- Executive Committee of the Solo and Small Firm Law Section 2018-2019
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor
- MCLE Article: Elimination of Bias: You Should Try to Change What You Should Be Able to See
- Sheppard Mullin vs. J-M Manuf.: a Lesson in Undisclosed Conflicts
- Table of Contents
- Will California Have Mandatory Malpractice Insurance for Attorneys and What Will It Look Like?
- How the New Rules of Conduct Affect Your Social Media Use
How the New Rules of Conduct Affect Your Social Media Use
By Renee Stackhouse
Renee Stackhouse is a San Diego trial attorney and founder of Stackhouse, APC who focuses on plaintiff’s personal injury, military, and criminal defense. She is Chair of the CLA Solo & Small Firm Section, Immediate Past President of California Women Lawyers, President of the CWL Foundation, and sits on the San Diego County Bar Association. She is faculty at the prestigious Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the founder of MSheLE.com. She can be reached at Renee@StackhouseAPC.com.
Potential clients and referrals are out there on social media platforms and you can’t afford to ignore them. The new California Rules of Professional Conduct, effective November 1, 2018, take social media realities into account and require changes to the way lawyers use social media.
When communicating about your services, you’re only responsible for what you say. Under new Rule 7.1, lawyers still can’t make false or misleading statements about themselves or their services. But there’s a change from the old rule on communication: Lawyers are not responsible for what others say about them.