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How Facebook Fueled My Birthday Karma

By Robert J. Ambrogi

Yesterday was one of my most memorable birthdays ever. And it was all thanks to social networking -- and some amazingly thoughtful and generous people. I was going to write a lengthy blog post all about it, but then Molly McDonough at the ABA Journal <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/my_birthday_wish_how_about_10_for_a_cause/">did it for me</a>.<br /><br />Read her piece and you will understand why I feel today as if I received the best birthday gift anyone could ever hope for -- the kindness of friends. I asked people to support a Facebook cause, the <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/298653?m=e0bc6388">Massachusetts Bar Foundation</a>, and many responded quickly, some by joining the cause and others by contributing to it.<br /><br />I am particularly grateful to the people who contributed money. It goes to the <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/">MBF</a> to fund programs in Massachusetts that increase access to justice and that enhance the administration of justice. I want to give special thanks to two people whose generosity went above and beyond the call -- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5119500418#/stacystern?ref=sgm">Stacy Stern</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5119500418#/timstanley">Tim Stanley</a>, the founders of <a href="http://www.justia.com/">Justia</a>.<br /><br />My birthday is over, but your chance to support the MBF continues. I was honored to be elected an <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/about-the-mbf/board-of-trustees">MBF trustee</a> last year and I had been a fellow for many years before that, so I know first-hand the good work it supports. It is celebrating its <a href="http://www.massbarfoundation.org/news/2009/mbf-kicks-off-45th-anniversary-">45th anniversary</a> this year and it is celebrating this milestone with a variety of fundraising and outreach activities. The MBF receives much of its funding from the IOLTA program, and one need only read this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/19legal.html?_r=2&partner=rss">New York Times</a> article from earlier this year to understand how hard hit that program has been and how legal services programs are suffering.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3958829-4415814228175157478?l=www.legaline.com%2Flawsites.html'/></div>

Full post as published by Lawsites on June 18, 2009 (boomark / email).