On May 16, 2014, from 8 to 10 a.m., Executive Partner Pamela J. Bethel will participate as a panelist at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. Ms. Bethel will represent the National Bar Association, a predominantly African-American bar group, at the session at the...
Category: Ethics
Lawyers Ethics, Social Media, and the First Amendment
Lawyers who use evolving social media can put themselves at risk, as those who enforce rules drafted long before social media strain to interpret them in situations that were never contemplated, and often against technological and social backdrops that they do not understand. Recently the Virginia Bar charged a Richmond criminal defense lawyer with misconduct. ...