New York State Bar Updates Social Media Guidelines

The New York State Bar has updated its social media ethics guidelines to include more case law and to be a quick resource for attorneys using social media on how to avoid ethical pitfalls.

Attorneys should use social media but need to understand that nothing is ever really private, and they should think before posting or tweeting, said Ignatius A. Grande, co-chair of the state bar association’s Social Media and New Communication Technologies Committee.

Inappropriate posts can lead to attorneys getting fired from their jobs or even getting sanctioned or disciplined by their state bar, Grande said.

But the problem ...