John Schwartz of The New York Times recently wrote an article about the collisions between the thousands of blogs and the tight boundaries of legal traditions. Social media miscues by attorneys could result in fines, damaged reputations or being fired.
However, there are so many more benefits to start a blog. As a lawyer, you could blog about your pro-bono work, ideas in publications that you read or insights from conferences that you attend.
If you are in the legal arena, you should blog as if every judge, member of the American Bar Association, client, competitor, industry leader and employee of your firm were going to read it. Post wisely.