Twitter

• Watch what you tweet
  Posted on July 18, 2012 by Louise Restell
  There are, I am led to believe, quite a few people out there who aren’t at all interested in football. It must be very annoying for them that even though the football season and the Euros are over (Olympic football doesn’t count), football is still on the front page of the newspapers, and not in a good way.
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  Posted in: Courts, Justice system
  Tagged: contempt of court, Joey Barton, John Terry, open justice, Rio Ferdinand, tweeting in court, Twitter
• To tweet or not to tweet?
  Posted on June 19, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Lawyers, it has to be said, aren’t known to be the most tech savvy of professions. I say this as someone who likes to pretend they know what I am doing but as soon as someone starts talking about Ethernets, malware or RAM my eyes glaze over and I start to think about what to cook for dinner.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: comparison websites, consumers, law society, lawyers, legal services, LSB, technology, Twitter
• Can I have a puppy please? Social media for lawyers
  Posted on April 2, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I wouldn't describe myself as a social media guru, although if I'm in a roomful of lawyers the chances are I'll know more about the subject than the rest of them combined. This isn't hubris: I know for a fact I was appointed to the management board of a legal charity in large part because none of the other trustees, nor many of the staff, knew their Twitter from their Tumblr. It is, however, a fact I find terribly amusing.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: advertising, Google, lawyers, Luddite, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter