Nicole Black: I communicate, therefore I am.

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

LawTech videos
lawtechTalk videos

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