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Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Branding, Twitter Apathy, and Sexting

By Josh Camson

Building Your Brand

-Should law students brand themselves?
-Some attorneys believe that the branding approach advocates online presence more than legal skills.
-Josh agrees. He understands that branding applies less to government service attorneys than it does to solo practitioners and other private attorneys. Nobody is suggesting that branding can replace quality legal abilities, even if your branding is silliness.
-Josh brands himself as “good in the courtroom.”
-Huma has noticed a dichotomous split on this issue. She thinks that people need legal skills and branding.
-Part of the split is because of the group of attorneys who believe that lawyers should not have an internet presence and keep it old school.
-Can social media actually score you a job?
-Well…maybe not, but Huma’s blog landed her an interview.

Twitter Apathy
-New Twitter study shows that people aren’t that into it.
-Josh describes the data to Huma, but everyone knows you should just look at the graphs.
-Why are less people on Twitter tweeting?
-Huma thinks it is the bandwagon, and people falling off. [Huma apologizes for the horrible sound problems here. Josh assures you it is wholly her fault, and not his internet connection at all.]

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New Sexting Law in PA
-Sexting by teens has become a national concern. Some teens have even ended up on the sex offender list. One Pennsylvania prosecutor unsuccesfully tried a different approach to the sexting problem.
-In Pennsylvania, H.B. 2189 sorts out this issue.
-The new law would make it only a second degree misdemeanor for teenagers to send inappropriate images, as opposed to a felony. Violators will not be put on a sex offender list.
-However, it would not cover any images sent of minors actually having sex. That’s for the best, according to Josh.
-Huma agrees that kids are dumb, but they’re not sex offenders. If you take the picture, it will get out and it will be bad.

Related posts:

1. Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Oral Arguments, Bluebook Online, and Finals
2. Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Who to Blame for Tuition Hikes, the Facebook alibi, and Six Cardinal Rules for Social Media
3. Podcast Ipsa Loquitur: Featured Legal Tweeter, Halloween Costumes, Social Media Use Gone Awry

Full post as published by Social Media Law Student on February 09, 2010 (boomark / email).