Social Media Ethics for Lawyers

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Brian Rowe is a professor and technologist working at Northwest Justice Project, managing the National Technology Assistance Project and teaching at the University of Washington and Seattle University. He is also the President of the Board for Washington Lawyers for the Arts. Brian teaches as an adjunct in the areas of Privacy law, Ethics, Copyright and Information Policy. Brian has worked for Creative Commons, Public Knowledge, the Washington State Access to Justice Board, Microsoft, Wizards of the Coast, and Disability Rights Washington. He is also a social media expert with a modest YouTube following and twitter @sarterus. Brian has 10 years of experience working with non-profits and social media. Brian has a background in Information technology and law. Brian holds a B.S. in Informatics and a B.A. in Political Science, both for the University of Washington and a J.D. for Seattle University. And was the winner of the 2009 WSBA IP Section Scholarship Award and a Google Public Policy Fellowship. This packet is licensed under a CC-BY License – Brian Rowe @ Northwest Justice Project These Materials build on the work of Nicole I. Hylaned of FrankFurk Kurnit Klein & Selz and Kurt M. Bulmer and are used under fair use November 20th, 2014   Suggested Articles Social Media, Ethics, and “Expertise”: What’s a Lawyer to Do? 10 Tips for Avoiding Ethical Lapses When Using Social Media Lawyers may look at what jurors post online, but only if it's available to the public Ethic Opinion WSBA Cloud Computing 2215 RPC Covered include: RPC 1.1 - Competence RPC 1.6 - Confidentiality Rules RPC 1.18 - Duties to Prospective Clients RPC 4.2 - Communication with Persons represented by Counsel RPC 4.3 - Dealing with Unrepresented Person RPC 4.4 4.4 - Respect for the Rights of Third Persons RPC 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 - Advertising rules Useful Links HTTPS Everywhere - eff.org/https-everywhere Social Media Guidelines - New York State Bar Association -nysba.org/Sections/Commercial_Federal_Litigation/Com_Fed_PDFs/Social_Media_Ethics_Guidelines.html Other Attachment Slides Rowe Ethic Guidelines NYSBA Rowe Twitter Anti-slapp

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