Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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Is Your Law Firm Website Bar Compliant?

Annette Choti | A quick primer on some of the most common law firm website ethics rules.

Annette Choti - September 18, 2022
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Live Chat and Chatbots: Do You Need Them on Your Law Firm’s Website?

Annette Choti | Benefits and challenges of live chats and bots, as well as popular platforms.

Annette Choti - September 12, 2022
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Ethics of Lead Generation Services

Attorney advertising has morphed from Yellow Pages ads to web platforms — and referral services have evolved as well. Once the province of nonprofit bar associations and entirely permitted under the ABA Model Rules, what we used to call simply ...

Megan Zavieh - September 7, 2022
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Doing an SEO Content Audit for Your Law Firm’s Website: 5 Key Steps

Annette Choti | An audit allows you to closely examine your site’s content, design, and the user experience it provides.

Annette Choti - August 4, 2022
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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

Mark C. Palmer | Q: "I’ve accepted an offer to lateral to another firm. I’ll be continuing in the same practice area and locale, so I hope to keep some of my clients, current and past. While I’ve watched my colleagues make similar moves, I’m ...

Mark C. Palmer - June 30, 2022
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Ethics Reminders for Lawyers Texting Clients

Mark C. Palmer | Q: "Now that I’ve opened the floodgates by giving my cell number to clients, what ethics pitfalls might come from texting clients?"

Mark C. Palmer - June 23, 2022

Searing Lessons From a State Bar Complaint: A Lawyer’s Story

An ethics sanction is not a professional death sentence. Not if you don't let it become one.

Bruce Willey - June 23, 2022
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Lawyer Business Cards: Is Your Business Card Ethical?

We do our best to go paperless, yet there's one small piece of paper that seems to endure: the business card.

William Hornsby - June 22, 2022
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Ethical Considerations of Legal Chatbots

Ask the Experts at 2Civility.org | After updating our website last year, we increased customer contacts almost threefold! Now, we’ve realized we need to better automate our “front door” interactions with potential clients. What ethical ...

Mark C. Palmer - June 22, 2022
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The Right Way to Start a Legal Blog for Your Firm

"I’ve been bringing our law firm into the 21st century by tweeting and posting on our Facebook page about recent legal news and opinions. While I’ve shared a lot of content, I thought it was about time to start publishing our own content through ...

Mark C. Palmer - June 22, 2022
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