Archive for July 29th, 2009

my presentation at the ABA tomorrow

My slides for panel on Social Networks, Blawgs & Podcasts #abachicago tomorrow at 3:00 PM

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teaching a new dog old tricks

 

 

 

According to Carolyn “My Shingle” Elefant at Blog Watch, this cat Afif Ghannoum started a practice by staffing his office on Craigslist. According to Carolyn:

 

Back in the olden days, when lawyers sought to start or expand a law practice they’d place a pricey advertisement in a hard-copy legal trade publication or retain a placement firm … [b]ut now it’s possible to build a new law firm … using Craigslist. That’s how former BigLaw associate Afif Ghannoum, founder of theGhannoum Law Firm, did it, drawing on close to 500 respondents to staff his new firm’s life-science and bio-technology practice. [Read more at Legal Blog Watch].

Here’s the thing. I guess we all knew 5 years ago as Craiglist became more of a household name that someday it would be good for more than just buying and selling second-hand Ikea furtniture. So really this is more a case of teaching a new dog old tricks, right? Now if the firm were getting the bulk of its business on Craiglist that would be interesting. Or Facebook. Or Twitter. Or Avvo. You get the point. But still interesting.

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