MANDATE: To study and make recommendations with reference to the standards of the College for admission to Fellowship, to investigate and determine whether those standards are properly administered in each of the several states; to develop and suggest procedures to be followed by the State Committees in proposing nominations.

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Advertising Subcommittee Materials

Subcommittee Purpose

Documents and Other Materials

Video: How to Send a Message to the Committee

College's current Statement on Advertising
College's Logo Policy
College's Information to Inductees on Press Releases

ABA Revised Advertising Rules
Social Media and Legal Ethics Handbook
BSB Social Media Guidance
CBA Legal Ethics in a Digital World
IBA Principles on Social Media Conduct
OLG Social Media Article
Sages of Their Craft Excerpt

Fellow Advertising Example for Review

Email from Executive Director Maggi
Email from President Sam Franklin
Advertising Sample
April 3, 2018 Letter
August 6, 2018 Letter

Articles Online

• ABA Revamps Lawyer Ad Rules, Critics Want More
• Lawyers' use of social media for marketing
• Social Media for Lawyers
• Article with a number of citations to the ethics opinions on this subject
  
  

  Links to ethics opinions:

• https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/legal-ethics/opinions/Ethics-Opinion-370.cfm
• https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/legal-ethics/opinions/Ethics-Opinion-371.cfm
• https://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/Publications/Publications1748_0.pdf
• http://www.nycbar.org/member-and-career-services/committees/reports-listing/reports/detail/formal-opinion-2015-7-application-of-attorney-advertising-rules-to-linkedin

Meeting Minutes and Recordings

Start Time : Jun 27, 2018 12:54
Meeting Recording

Discussion Threads

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Committee Members