I am:
- An American Bar Association Legal Rebel
- Listed in the Fastcase 50, which honors the law's "smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders"
I write:
- Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier (American Bar Association)
- Criminal Law in New York, 4th edition (West-Thomson)
- My weekly Daily Record Column (Dolan Media)
- Marketing Your Practice Today: How To Use Social Media To Network And Build Relationships (ABA Law Practice Today Magazine-May 2010)
- Social Media: What It Is and Why It Matters (ABA Law Practice Today Magazine-January 2010)
- Lawyers Should Not Be Wary of Cloud Computing (The Texas Bar Journal-October 2009)
- Are You Too Busy to Prioritize? (Total Practice magazine-August/September 2009)
- Virtual Law Practice: A Passing Trend or Wave of the Future?(ABA GP Solo Magazine-June 2009)
- Are You Considering Twittering? Ways to Cut Through the Noise(ABA Law Practice Magazine-June 2009)
I blog:
- The Xemplar
- Small Firm Innovation
- Sui Generis-A New York Law Blog
- Legal iPad
- Firmex Blog
- Legal Tweets
- Practicing Law in the 21st Century
- Legal Antics
- The Epicurean Esquire
- Women Lawyers-Back on Track
- niki black
- Contributing author at Lawyerist blog (my posts can be found here)
I speak:
- January 30, 2012: "Global Trends in Law and Technology –an Analysis and Roundtable Discussion"--LegalTech New York
- January 26, 2012: "Social Media for Lawyers"--Toronto, Canada law firm
- October 27, 2011: "The Ethics of Social Media for Lawyers"--California Employment Lawyers Association
- September 28, 2011--"Social Media IRL (In Real Life): A discussion about integrating social media into our online and offline business lives"--RIT Social Media and Communications Symposium
- September 22, 2011--Keynote--"Legal Technology: Change is Good"-LexisNexis 2011 Practice Management Annual Conference
- August 4-9, 2011--"Social Media for Lawyers"--American Bar Association's Annual Meeting--Toronto, Canada
- July 22, 2011-- "Marketing Public Relations Tips to Generate More Clients"--Erie County Bar Association
- May 19, 2011--"The Online Dimension: Leveraging Social Networking for Business Development" -- New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Meeting--Atlantic City, New Jersey
- April 1-2, 2011--“Smart, Ethical Use of Mobile, Tablet and Cloud Computing”, “Best Apps for Lawyers” & “Stump the Experts”--Florida State Bar Association Solo and Small Firm Conference--Weston, Florida
- December 9, 2010--"Social Media for Lawyers" --Colorado Bar Association IP Section Luncheon--Denver, Colorado
- October 21, 2010--"The Case for Social Media"--Keynote: MyLegal.com conference--Washington D.C.
- August 12, 2010--"Social Media for Lawyers"--King & Spalding--Atlanta
- May 7, 2010--"Social Media for Lawyers"--ABA RPTA Spring Symposia--Philadelphia
- March 2010--Creating an Online Presence; Managing an Online Presence; Meet the Authors--ABA TechShow-Chicago
- March 24, 2010--IgniteLaw--Chicago
- January 28, 2010--Cloud Computing for Lawyers--NYSBA--Hot Topics in Legal Technology conference-NYC
- January 20, 2010--Social media for legal professionals--Rochester Chapter of ALA--Rochester
- December 9, 2009--Martindale-Hubbell Connected:
Positioning Yourself for Tomorrows Social Media--Martindale Hubbell - November 13, 2009--Cloud Computing for Lawyers--Chicago Bar Association's Law Practice Management & Technology Committee
- November 12, 2009--Pathways to Entrepreneurial Success--Growing Your Business through New Media and Social Networking--Rochester
- November 11, 2009--Social Media Today...and Harvest Tomorrow--Rochester
- October 16, 2009--ABA National Solo and Small Firm Conference--Social Media for Lawyers--Los Angeles
- October 8, 2009--Social Media for Lawyers I--Gotham Media--NYC
- October 16, 2009--ABA National Solo and Small Firm Conference--Social Media for Lawyers--Los Angeles
- September 2009--Social Media--Risks and Rewards conference--Incisive Media, NYC
- June 2009-Practicing Law in the 21st Century II-Monroe County Bar Association
- October 2008-Social Networking and the Job Search-Rochester Institute of Technology
- May 2008-Practicing Law in the 21st Century-Monroe County Bar Association
- May 2008-Technology and the Practice of Law-Annual Meeting of Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York
- May 2007-Social Networking & Technologies-Annual Meeting of Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York
- May 2007-"Law Blogs-Wave of the Future"-Monroe County Bar Association
- April 2007-Law Blog Seminar-ABA's Labor & Employment Law Section
I pontificate
- Lawyers USA--"The Ethical Pitfalls of Social Media" (November 2011)
- Forbes blog--"Six Savvy Law & Technology Resources" (October 2011)
- Legal Management (30 No. 5 Legal Mgmt. 40)--"Getting to the Cloud: The Administrator's Guide to Security, Accessibility and Staffing the SaaS Switch"--(September/October 2011)
- Baltimore Sun--"Lawyers Turn to Social Media to Analyze Potential Jurors" (September 2011)
- Metro NY--"Levi Aron’s defense attorney uses Facebook to defend rights" (September 2011)
- Gonzaga Law Review--"Berchuis v. Thompkins: The Continued Erosion of Miranda's Protections" (46 Gonz. L. Rev. 189, 2010-11)
- New York State Bar Journal--"The Law Office of the Near Future" (September 2011)
- The Wall Street Journal--"Young Lawyers Building Buzz Tweet by Tweet" (July 2011)
- The Wall Street Journal Law Blog--"Tweeting for Lawyers 101" (July 2011)
- The Democrat & Chronicle--"Austin Chang sells social media startup to Google+" (July 2011)
- The Democrat & Chronicle--"Social Media Leaders Find Time for Face Time" (July 2011)
- The Lawyers Weekly--"How Facebook Helps Lawyers Achieve Their Goals" (July 2011)
- Associated Press--"Senate examines privacy and cloud computing" (June 2011)
- Legal Management Magazine--"iPractice or iReject" (May/June 2011)
- ABA Journal--"Staking Your Reputation" (April 2011)
- Lawyers PC--"Searching for Legal Apps-New Database Points to 850-plus Mobile Apps" (April 2011)
- Diversity & the Bar Magazine--"Social Media: The Rules of Engagement"(March/April 2011)
- The Lawyers Weekly--"Services for cloud computing booming" (April 2011)
- The Lawyers Weekly--"Running a Legal Blog Takes Commitment" (March 2011)
- New York State Bar Association Journal--"Social Media for Solos and Small Firms: What it is and Why it Matters" (February 2011)
- Lawyers USA -- "Trial Strategy: Should Lawyers Monitor Jurors Online?" (December 2010)
- Lawyers USA -- "Social Networking Offers Value for Women Lawyers" (December 2010)
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly -- "How to Protect Your Online Reputation" -- (November 2010)
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly -- "Apps of the Trade" -- (November 2010)
- LawSchoolTechTalk podcast, Episode #5, on cloud computing
- WorkCompCentral--" New York Opinions Shed Light on Use of Social Media" (October 2010)
- Lawyer's PC -- "A Social Media Guide: Authors Elefant and Black Explain the Potential of Networks" (September 2010)
- Law Technology News -- "The Next Frontier" (September 2010)
- Partner's report -- "Blackberry Apps for Lawyers Save Time and Money" (September 2010)
- Finance & Commerce--"Never be boring, and other law firm website rules" (September 2010)
- LawyersUSA--"The ‘cocktail party’ of social media marketing" (August 2010)
- Canadian Bar Association Magazine--"@firms: #what are your lawyers tweeting about?" (Summer 2010)
- Law Library Journal -- "2010: The Year of the iPad?" (Summer 2010--102 Law Libr. J. 513)
- South Carolina Law Review--"Are Smartphones Like Footlockers or Crumpled Cigarette Packages?" (Summer 2010--61 S.C. L. Rev. 843)
- The Daily Record--The Big Law Office in the Cloud (June 2010)
- TWIL 63 video (June 2010)
- Mashable--How Lawyers Are Using Social Media for Real Results (June 2010)
- Law Practice--"Marketing Resources" (June 2010-36 No. 3 Law Prac. 50)
- Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (June 2010-27 No. 17 Law. PC 15)
- Impirus blog: "Nicole Black and Carolyn Elefant; Internet Pioneers" (June 2010)
- Law Practice--"The New Marketing Game" (May/June 2010-36 No. 3 Law Prac. 4)
- LawyersUSA--New Legal Pad (May 2010)
- Akron Law Review--From Armbands to Douchebags-How Doninger v. Niehoff Shows the Supreme Court Needs to Address Student Speech in the Cyber Age (2010-43 Akron L. Rev. 247)
- Lawyers PC--Twittering Madly--Lawyers Are Leveraging the Popular Networking Tool (May 2010-27 No. 15 Law. PC 1)
- LawyersUSA--Lawyers audition the iPad in and out of court (April 2010)
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle--Tweeters OK With Ad Plan (April 2010)
- The Minnesota Lawyer--Firms Waking Up to the Possibility of Cloud Computing (March 2010)
- Law Practice--"Favorite Tips from ABA Techshow Pros" (March/April 2010-36 No. 2 Law Prac. 34)
- New York Law Journal--N.Y. Bar-Beware the Pitfalls of Social Networking (January 2010)
- ABA Journal--"The Virtual Escape" (February 2010-96-FEB A.B.A. J. 27)
- Albany Law Review--"Ethics of Lawyer Social Networking" (2009-73 Alb. L. Rev. 113)
- Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law--"Thank You Sarah Palin for Reminding Us: It's Not About the Clothes" (Fall 2009-17 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 144)
- Nicole Black: Boss of Blogs (ABA Legal Rebels project, November 2009)
- The Daily Record-- Legal Rebels Recognized by ABA (November 2009)
- Democrat & Chronicle--Live coverage of trials popular in two local cases
(October 2009) - Law.com--Rewards Trumps Risks at Social Media Event (September 2009)
- Democrat & Chronicle--Tech-Savvy Lawyer is Connected (p. 2)(August 2009)
- Democrat & Chronicle--Social Networkers Find Value In Meeting in Person (September 2009)
- The Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (August 2009-26 No. 21 Law. PC 15)
- Interview at Law.com’s legal tech blog (July 2009)
- The Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (July 2009-26 No. 19 Law. PC 15)
- The ABA Law Practice Magazine--"Guideposts for Changing Times" (April '09)
- The Democrat and Chronicle--"Social-networking site has everyone tweeting" (April '09)
- The Daily Record--"@Lawyers Networking Online" (March '09)
- eCommerce Law and Strategy--"Advanced Online Strategies for Lawyers" (March 2009-25 No. 11 e-Commerce L. & Strategy 7)
- Marketing the Law Firm--"Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Lawyers" (February 2009-22 No. 10 Marketing L. Firm 2)
- eCommerce Law and Strategy--"NETWORKING AND E-COMMERCE: GET TO IT AND STAY AT IT It's Essential, Especially for Niche-Practice Lawyers" (January 2009)
- Internet Law Researcher--"The Blog Spot" (February 2008-13 No. 2 Internet L. Researcher 7)
- Buffalo Law Journal--"Blawgs give lawyers space to vent, network, share tips"
- The Daily Journal--"In Trying to Lure Gen Y, Firms Face Identity Crisis"
- Times Herald Record--Article re: Cabrera NY Court of Appeals case
- Memphis Daily News--"Court Dress Code Awaits Judicial Approval"
- Lawyers Weekly USA--"Changes to Lawyer Ads Go Into Effect in N.Y."
- Lawyers Weekly USA--"New York Weighs Tough New Advertising Rules"
- Marketing the Law Firm--"Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Lawyers"
- Washington Internet Daily--"N.Y. Court System Rules Hit Lawyers’ Internet Practices"
- IPLaw360--"Lawyers See Benefits to Online Networking"
- Podcast Regarding Proposed NY Lawyer Advertising Rules
- TWiL Podcast 16
- LawTech videos
I tweet:
- Listed as one of "SIx Savvy Law & Technology Resources" (Forbes blog)
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Winner of the 2008 Shorty Award in #law
- Listed as on of the top technology list curators on Twitter: "Top 10 Twitter Lists for Techies"
- Listed as #3 (out of 736) on the JD Supra Blog: “Lawyers to Follow on Twitter”
- Listed as #5 on Online Classes Blog: "Top 100 Twitterers in the legal world"
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Listed as #40 : “Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students” OnlineBestColleges.com
- Listed as one of the “Top 50 Twitter Feeds for Paralegals" Practical Paralegalism
- Listed as one of the "Must-Follow Twitterers on Twitter | Knowledge Management"
- Listed as one of the "50 Lawyers and Legal Professionals You Should Follow"
- Listed as one of the "Top Legal Professionals to Follow on Twitter"
- Listed as one of "15 Must Follow Law Related Twitter Feeds"
- Listed as one of "Top 50 Lawyers to Follow on Twitter"
