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Survey: Substantial Growth in Online Social Networking by Lawyers Over the Past Year

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2009 Networks for Counsel Study – A Global Study of the Legal Industry’s Adoption of Online Professional Networking, Preferences, Usage and Future Predictions – Sample Composition: “The survey was administered to 1,474 counsel – 764 private practice lawyers and 710 corporate counsel –in May and June of 2009; 33 countries were represented. Financial Services, Manufacturing and Healthcare were the top three industries represented.”

  • Key Findings: “Networking remains critical to the legal industry, yet resource constraints make it more difficult than ever; Use of social networking sites has grown significantly over the past year, with three‐quarters of all counsel now reporting they are members of a social or professional network..”
  • Related, via Bloomberg: Lawyer Fees Cut as Company Counsel Network for Tips – “Cash-strapped in-house attorneys are swapping such ideas and other information on Web sites like those owned by LinkedIn Corp., which connects professionals around the world. Corporate lawyers’ use of social networks — some invitation-only — grew about 50 percent in 2009, LexisNexis said after surveying 1,474 attorneys.”
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