August 2012 Archives

Summer is coming to a close, and for lawyers nationwide, it’s been a successful season of legal conventions. Many have earned much-needed CLE credits and connected with colleagues. But there still more conventions and conferences to be held this year, and FindLaw will be in attendance as always.

FindLaw attends the most important legal gatherings for a good reason: to interact with legal professionals. It is a great way for us to meet face-to-face with our current and potential customers.

That’s why FindLaw will attend this year’s Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles Annual Convention (CAALA) - billed as the nation’s largest trial lawyer convention.

Have you been named to the Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists recently? Have you considered how to best maximize this honor?

Being named to the Super Lawyers list is an exclusive honor, indicating that you are in the top five percent of attorneys within your state. A Super Lawyers Online Attorney Video is the ideal way to communicate why you are worthy of this distinction and a compelling way to convey how you exhibit excellence in your practice.

FindLaw has a wealth of helpful information and resources for every stripe of legal professional.

Whether you run a small law firm, are a BigLaw associate or have hung out your own shingle -- we have valuable, free information and resources just for you.

That goes for our corporate counsel audience, too. We are proud to announce that FindLaw's Corporate Counsel Center has been completely redesigned with all general counsels, across all industries, in mind.

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:

FindLaw Consumer Blogs:

• Concealed Carry Laws: 5 Common Myths: A license to carry a concealed weapon doesn’t mean you can take your gun with you wherever you please. Each state’s CCW laws trigger legal responsibilities for permit holders. FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life shoots down some common misunderstandings.

When it comes to the Supreme Court, Americans are more interested in ideas than individuals. After the Supreme Court issued the healthcare opinion in June, a CBS/New York Times poll found that only 44 percent of Americans approved of the Court, while 36 percent disapproved.

That was a drop from the Pew Research Center’s May polling estimates, which placed Supreme Court approval at 58 percent.

While it seems that most Americans have an opinion about the Court, it doesn’t mean that they’re familiar with the people behind the bench. A recent FindLaw.com survey found that 66 percent of Americans can’t name a single Supreme Court justice, and only one percent can name all nine.

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:

FindLaw Consumer Blogs: Back-to-School Week

• How to Deal With School Bullying: Back to school shouldn’t have to mean back to bullying. Nearly all states now have anti-bullying laws that aim to empower parents. FindLaw’s Injured explains what every parent should know about these laws and offers tips on how to handle bullying in general.

No American neighborhood is immune from a foreclosure anymore. Whether a suburban home, high-rise condo or wide open farm space -- foreclosures are becoming a new reality for Americans from coast to coast.

Most of us know or have heard of someone whose house is facing foreclosure or already has been foreclosed. And for the neighbors left behind, a foreclosed house on the block is also bad news.

According to FindLaw.com, the nation's leading source of free online legal information, you and your neighbors can take a number of steps to prevent the property from becoming an eyesore and ruining your community's financial health.

Have you visited FindLaw Answers lately? If not, you might be surprised by what you see.

In July, FindLaw launched a slick, new Answers platform. The spruced-up format makes it easier for users to browse for relevant questions and responses. But don’t take our word for it, take a look for yourself.

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:

FindLaw Consumer Blogs

• Was Wis. Sikh Temple Shooting a Hate Crime?: As authorities try to piece together a motive in the Sikh temple shooting, many believe it was likely a hate crime. But what exactly is a hate crime, and why is it often difficult to prove? FindLaw’s Blotter explains the law and how hate crimes are nothing new for American Sikhs.

This year we asked you, our FindLaw.com audience, in what format do you most like to read your legal information. And the number one response to our survey: in a downloadable PDF.

FindLaw.com users like the freedom of downloading legal information to have as a resource on their computers or printed out. We heard you and heeded your request. In April we launched the first wave of FindLaw legal guides for download.

We are now up to 17 new guides - and counting. And true to your survey answers, FindLaw users are downloading more and more of PDF guides each month.

FindLaw is a connector. We connect consumers with a wealth of legal information, we connect lawyers with expert marketing services, and we connect prospective clients with local attorneys. One of our latest projects for facilitating those connections is Legal U.

Legal U is a new, hyperlocal blog series that helps consumers learn about and solve the common legal problems, questions, or issues they face in their home cities.

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:

FindLaw Consumer Blogs

• Do You Have the Right to Flip Off Cops?: Giving officers “the bird” can get them riled up, and can sometimes get you hauled off to jail. But are such arrests constitutional, considering a person’s First Amendment right to free speech? FindLaw’s Blotter explains.

With the combination of quality content, consistent posting and attention to followers, FindLaw.com social media channels have been growing faster than ever! FindLaw.com set a goal of reaching 100,000 followers by the end of the year and now, we have just over 70,000 followers as we enter the second half of 2012.

FindLaw.com has a social network for every audience, on many popular platforms. With Facebook and Twitter pages dedicated to Consumers and Legal Professionals, a consumer- oriented Google+ page, a LinkedIn page providing legal professional followers with daily legal marketing tips and corporate updates and a Scribd account with trending legal documents, FindLaw has you covered. We also have corporate Facebook and Twitter accounts that users can follow to see what is happening at the various FindLaw offices and covering the many lawyer marketing products and services we offer.