Twitter and social media now play a significant role in the day to day work of law firms across the UK. No longer do we solely rely on legal newspapers and journals to familiarise ourselves with legal developments – we can get what we need in an instant through a 140 character tweet. Twitter and social media are also used to great effect by law firms to keep in touch with clients and contacts, and generally as part of their marketing strategies.
In the private client world, the importance of social media is recognised in the context of will writing. It is now a standard question to ask a client what they would like to happen to their social media accounts and other digital assets on death, and for their Will and/or Letter of Wishes to include these requests.
In this blog for the Solicitors Journal (www.solicitorsjournal.com) Kate Davies, solicitor in the Private Client team at Wedlake Bell, discusses the role of social media in our legal lives and ponders that it must only be a matter of time before we see a social media campaign driving an important change in the law.
"We are living in a virtual world" – blog for the Solicitors Journal by Kate Davies (2 June 2014)
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