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"Social Media as CLE?"

Posted by Carolyn Elefant: "As I posted several months ago, social media continues to transform CLE, both bringing down the costs (by allowing for class delivery through webinars) and making classes more interactive. But can social media serve as a source of education even without an underlying webinar or class? Over at Three Geeks and a Law Blog, Toby Brown suggests that bar associations consider giving CLE credit to lawyers who participate in social media environments.

Brown writes:

In Web 2.0 environments you stay current by monitoring blogs, watching tweets and engaging in the dialogue. Most of my continuing education comes from these sources. And more importantly, it has greater value based on my participation. I can comment on LinkedIn ... I retweet on interesting tweet and add a thought. Then another participant does the same. Or they pick up a related line of thinking and extend the dialogue. The result is a combined, asynchronous effort that brings many minds together and allows them to all benefit from the shared experience. The sum is much more than the parts.

Can lawyers stay up to date on legal subjects through social media alone? And would giving CLE credit for social media participation encourage more lawyers to come into the 21st century? Post your thoughts below."

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Source: Legal Blog Watch, 7 August 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 10, 2009 (boomark / email).