September 2011 Archives

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• Text Messages Inadmissible Hearsay, Penn. Appeals Court Rules: FindLaw's Decided notes that while text message evidence can be valuable, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled them to be inadmissible hearsay. A defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. At trial, prosecutors introduced drug-related text messages sent from her phone. The goal was to show that she intended to sell the drugs. That conviction was overturned after the court concluded the text messages had been improperly admitted.

FindLaw attends legal gatherings nationwide. Be it conventions, trade shows, seminars, conferences or technology shows - FindLaw has a presence. It’s a great way for us to interact with legal professionals and stay connected with our current and potential customers.

The summer has been a productive one, filled with legal conferences from coast to coast. We will keep up the momentum October 13-16 by attending the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) 2011 Mountain Magic.

Attending legal conventions and seminars, like Mountain Magic, is one reason that FindLaw is able to provide such effective marketing strategies to its clients. Meeting and interacting with practicing attorneys from across the nation keeps FindLaw up to date with the latest trends in legal representation and issues for law firms.

The death penalty, gay rights and many other controversial legal topics have been making headlines across social media lately. Because of the contentious nature of these issues, people are more likely to have and want to share an opinion.

As a lawyer, you likely have a strong opinion on these matters as well but as you know, there are two sides to every argument. Rather than expressing your opinion outright, try using your various social media outlets to facilitate a debate and present both sides of the story in order to attract and engage the widest audience of potential clients possible. Here's a look at how to approach controversial legal topics using social media platforms.

Online marketing represents an opportunity to position yourself as an industry leader and reach potential clients in unique ways. From more traditional marketing sources to social media, the world of online marketing can be dizzying. One way to simplify this process is to start by learning the best practices for building your law firm online by attending FindLaw's free one hour webcast on the very topic.

Hosted by Santa Ana, California attorney Keith More from the law firm of Berman, More & Gonzalez and FindLaw Regional Manager Andy Rogers. Attendees will learn how to build a strong brand that stands out, today's most effective marketing strategies, and the keys to effectively optimizing a website for search engines.

FindLaw.com visitors know that this is the site for insightful, useful legal information. Indeed, many well-known, national news organizations also look to FindLaw news releases to provide their own readers with authoritative legal information.

FindLaw prepares surveys and new releases to bring legal news to an even wider audience. Take our latest release, Two-Thirds of Parents Worried About the Internet and Children's Safety.

Everyone is on the web now, especially children. And for a majority of American parents, this is a very real fear.

Between cyberbullying and children on Facebook, about 67% of parents are worried about their children's safety on the Internet, according to our latest survey.

That said, not all parents are concerned.

We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:

Legal Blogs

• Fewer TSA Pat Downs, Shoe Removal for Kids: FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at how children can expect fewer TSA patdowns as they make their way through our nation's airports. Many Americans probably feel that it's unnecessary for young children to go through the same TSA procedures that adults go through. Read how the TSA has also backed off requiring children to remove their shoes.

Welcome to another post from our "Meet the FindLaw Team" series. "Meet the FindLaw Team" provides insight into the day-to-day lives of our colleagues. Today we feature FindLaw Project Manager Sarah Fejfar. Get to know Sarah by reading about her experiences at FindLaw below.

FindLaw Lawyer Marketing is known for constantly pushing to bring our customers more: more products, more results, more clients. In just one current example of striving for more, FindLaw announces three new additions to its FindLaw offerings. Want to know more? Take a look.

Employment is on many American's minds these days - including our President and lawmakers in Washington. Expect to hear a lot more job references as we head into the upcoming election year. Whether it's keeping your current position or finding a new or better gig, jobs and careers are a hot topic of late.

Many of the more than 4 million visitors who come to FindLaw.com monthly come with employment law questions. That's because FindLaw is the leading source for legal information, as we have guides, blog posts and helpful information.

For college graduates, kick-starting a new career in this challenging economy won't be easy. But, with a little determination and preparation, college students can increase their odds of landing a job right out of school and laying a foundation for future success.

FindLaw's latest press release speaks to just this issue, with tips on how to kick start your career.

At FindLaw, our Lawyer Marketing team has a breadth of experience we believe is unequaled in the marketplace. Not only do we bring our customers a broad range of products to help them establish the kind of digital media marketing plan that brings them results, we bring a depth of knowledge within each product that can take our customers places no one else can.

FindLaw's FirmSites are the keystone of a firm's digital media marketing plan, and FindLaw brings a deep understanding of what makes a FirmSite website really work. Just one example of this is our SEM team. FindLaw's SEM team is constantly monitoring new trends and developments in online marketing, and using that knowledge to better serve our FirmSite clients. Here are a few of the current top trends that FindLaw's SEM team has identified: