"Open Source Lawyering"

David Maizenberg discusses lawyers and moblogging in this month's Modern Practice from FindLaw:

Modern Practice:

Are there dangers in all this freedom and individuality? Might it lead to a more insecure and less collegial professional environment — a kind of legal free-for-all?

Maizenberg:

For all intents and purposes, that is the environment we have already. Security in the legal profession disappeared some time ago. Even lawyers ensconced in big firms must be responsible for their individual career and client development in ways that were uncommon fifteen years ago.