From The President

By: Carrie Daniel Russell

In this issue of With Equal Right, we focus on technology and social media for lawyers. MWL has five key technological and social media tools that I encourage you to explore and use to your benefit:

1. mwlawyers.org (the official website of MWL)
2. LinkedIn
3. Twitter
4. Facebook
5. Electronic mailing list capability

Mwlawyers.org

On MWL's official website (www.mwlawyers.org), you can peruse the calendar of events, sign up for CLEs, seminars, social events and more.

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Cloud Computing Basics for Lawyers

By: Kelcey Patrick-Feree

As technology evolves, law firms’ and legal departments’ use of technology changes, too. The hot topic lately has been cloud computing. You may be familiar with cloud computing but wonder what you can do to protect your business and your clients; or you may wonder what precipitation has to do with computers. This article will give you some basic information to help you get your bearings.

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Social Networking: Tips for Effective Marketing

By: Abigail Crouse

Social media tools can greatly enhance the practice and marketing efforts of lawyers. This article contains basic information about effective ways lawyers can use social media, even for those of us who might rank ourselves as slow-adopters of these new tools.

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So You Want to Start A Virtual Practice?

By: Stephanie Kimbro

First Step in Choosing a Structure

The first step to setting up a virtual law office (VLO) is to find the resources from your state bar regarding virtual law practice and other forms of e-lawyering. These resources might be in the form of ethics or advisory opinions or in the comments section of the professional rules and regulations for lawyer conduct published by your state bar. These resources may not use the term virtual law practice but may relate to the unbundling of legal services, the delivery of legal services using technology, lawyer Web sites or online advertising.

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100% Club Spotlight: Blethen, Gage & Krause, PLLP

By: Jill K. Baker

Blethen, Gage & Krause, PLLP was built on a strong foundation in 1896 when future Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, S.B. Wilson, a savvy businessman and tenacious trial lawyer, established the firm. More than 100 years later, the firm now employs fourteen attorneys, including five women, three of whom are partners.

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Member Spotlight: Christine Swanson

1. Why did you join MWL?
I joined MWL while attending law school in order to become more involved in the legal community and meet women attorneys. I’ve been extremely fortunate to meet many wonderful women through MWL who I keep in touch with as friends. For example, one of the law school students who I mentored through the MWL Mentorship program, Shannon Gherty Anderson (now an attorney at Briggs & Morgan), invited me to her beautiful wedding. I found that to be very touching.

2. What do you enjoy most about your job?
I enjoy interacting with my clients and assisting them in obtaining piece of mind with regard to their estate planning needs. I also love the flexibility of creating my own schedule as a solo practitioner.

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MWL's 40th Annual Meeting

MWL is pleased to announce its 2012 Annual Meeting. This luncheon event will offer an opportunity to take a look at the past year and at the year ahead. We’ll elect our new board of directors, and we’ll honor our Annual Award recipients. We will also update progress on an update to MWL's strategic plan. This year, MWL marks a milestone anniversary, by celebrating its 40th year.

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