According to the ABA's most recent Legal Technology Survey, lawyers are experimenting with social media more than ever.

1. LAWYERS
and social
media in 2015
According to the ABA's most recent Legal Technology
Survey, lawyers are experimenting with social media more than ever.
Lawyers and Blogging 24% of law firms
have a blog up from
22% in 2012.
39% of lawyers have
obtained clients
from blogging
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Lawyers spend
each week blogging.
2.1 hours
29%
employment
& labor
25%
litigation
25%
commercial law
21%
family law
Lawyers in the following practice areas
blog the most:
8% of lawyers
maintain a legal blog for
professional purposes.
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Lawyers and Websites
Top information found on law firms’ websites includes:
62%
97%
41%
54%
Attorney profiles and
contact information
Articles and
presentations
Press releases
Links to social
media profiles
15%Client intake forms
Lawyers and Social Media
62% of law firms maintain social
networks (compared with 55% in 2012).
78% of lawyers maintain one or
more social networks for
professional purposes.
Lawyers spend
using social networking sites for
professional purposes.
1.7 hours per week
84%
litigation
83%
commercial
law
80%
employment
& labor
Lawyers in the following practice areas
personally maintain social networks:
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In 2014, the most common reason lawyers
maintain social networks:
50%
75%
22%
44%
Career development/
networking
Education/current
awareness
Client
development
Case
investigation
4%Other
of lawyers
of law firms of 100
or more attorneys
Those who have obtained clients
from their social networks:
35%
14%
Lawyers and Facebook
of law firms maintain a
presence on Facebook.52%
33% of lawyers maintain a
Facebook presence.
Lawyers and Twitter
10% of lawyers maintain a
personal Twitter
account.
Lawyers and LinkedIn
96% of lawyers maintain a
account compared to 95% in 2012.
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of law firms maintain a
presence on LinkedIn
compared to 88% in 2012.
90%
of law firms maintain a presence on
Twitter compared to 13% in 2012.19%
Does your law firm's website include integration with social media and your
practice management system? If not, maybe it's time for an upgrade.
Use this "Law Firm Website Checklist" to find out if it's time to revamp your firm's website:
http://www.slideshare.net/MyCaseSD/website-checklist-1
86% of law firms have a website.
Source: ABA's 2014 Legal Technology Survey