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netLaw 101: Web Development at Ballard Spahr

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Ways to Contact Ballard Spahr on the Web:

(phone) by office (+1)

(e-mail)  lastname at ballardspahr dot com (+1) (this varies by professional and, therefore, you may want to double-check on the website).

(home page) http://www.ballardspahr.com (+1)

How Ballard Spahr Interacts On the Web:

(profiles)

- LinkedIn (+1)

- Facebook

- Jigsaw (+1)

- Martindale (+1)

    (blog)

    Official blogs (none)

      (podcast)

      Official podcasts (none)

      Official webinars (+1)

        Webinars are featured in the events section of the website (e.g. Bringing Home the Benefits of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program).  We found them by searching the site for webinar.

        How Ballard Spahr Interacts With the Web:

        (creation)

        - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

          (interpretation)

          - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

          (domain/hosting)

          - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

            BigLaw Tech Score: 7 points

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            For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

            netLaw 101: Web Development at Baker Botts

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            Ways to Contact Baker Botts on the Web:

            (phone) by office (+1)

            (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at bakerbotts dot com (+1)

            (home page) http://www.bakerbotts.com (+1)

            How Baker Botts Interacts On the Web:

            (profiles)

            - LinkedIn (+1)

            - Facebook

            - Jigsaw (+1)

            - Martindale (+1)

            (blog)

            Official blogs (none)

            - Twitter: http://twitter.com/bakerbotts (no updates, no follows, no points (as of March 5, 2009)).

            (podcast)

            Official podcasts (none)

            Official webinars (none)

            While the firm does not host any official webinars, it seems like attorney David Arlington is dipping his feet in the technology.  Way to go!

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            How Baker Botts Interacts With the Web:

            (creation)

            - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

            (interpretation)

            - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

            (domain/hosting)

            - n/a (no blogs or podcasts)

            BigLaw Tech Score: 6 points

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            For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

            netLaw 101: Web Development at Baker & McKenzie

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            Ways to Contact Baker & McKenzie on the Web:

            (phone) by office (+1)

            (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at bakernet dot com (this varies so look up by professional) (+1)

            (home page) http://www.bakernet.com (+1)

            How Baker & McKenzie Interacts On the Web:

            (profiles)

            - LinkedIn (+1)

            - Facebook

            - Jigsaw (+1)

            - Martindale (+1)

            (blog)

            Official blogs

            - LawInContext (+1)

            - Twitter: http://twitter.com/bakermckenzie (zero updates, zero followers, protects their updates, no points (as of March 5, 2009)).

            While its not officially a blog, per se, Baker & McKenzie offers a plethora of interactive knowledge via its website LawInContext.

            (podcast)

            Official podcasts (none)

            Official webinars (+1)

            The firm hosts webinars that are easily accessible via the firm’s resources page.  In addition, the firm offers CLE credit for its webinars in some jurisdictions.

            How Baker & McKenzie Interacts With the Web:

            (creation)

            - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

            (interpretation)

            - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

            (domain/hosting)

            - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

            BigLaw Tech Score: 8 points

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            For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

            netLaw 101: Web Development at Arnold & Porter

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            Ways to Contact Arnold & Porter on the Web:

            (phone) by office (+1)

            (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at aporter dot com (+1)

            (home page) http://www.aporter.com (+1)

            How Arnold & Porter Interacts On the Web:

            (profiles)

            - LinkedIn (+1)

            - Facebook

            - Jigsaw (+1)

            - Martindale (+1)

            (blog)

            Official blogs

            - Consumer Advertising Law Blog (+1)

            - Twitter: http://twitter.com/arnoldporter (16 followers, zero updates, no points (as of March 5, 2009)).

            While we did find this blog, it was only after linking through Amy Ralph Mudge’s profile.

            (podcast)

            Official podcasts (none)

            Official webinars (+1)

            The firm hosts webinars, which can be found under the Events section of the website.

            How Arnold & Porter Interacts With the Web:

            (creation)

            - Consumer Advertising Blog is created and published using Typepad (the speech bubble favicon gives it away).  This may mean that Mudge and her co-editors, Randy Shaheen and Robert Pitofsky, are pathfinders of their own at A&P.  (+1) (+2 for pathfinding!)

            (interpretation)

            - The Consumer Advertising Blog does track site visits (most likely) with some type of tracker available through typepad (see: view page source) but it does not use google analytics.  In addition, the blog does use feedburner to track feed subscriptions. (+1)

            (domain/hosting)

            - Consumer Law Advertising has its own domain but is likely hosted by Typepad with the domain redirected.  (+1)

            BigLaw Tech Score: 13 points

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            For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

            netLaw 101: Web Development at Alston & Bird

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            Ways to Contact Alston & Bird on the Web:

            (phone) by office (+1)

            (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at alston dot com (+1)

            (home page) http://www.alston.com (+1)

            How Alston & Bird Interacts On the Web:

            (profiles)

            - LinkedIn (+1)

            - Facebook

            - Jigsaw (+1)

            - Martindale (+1)

            (blog)

            Official blogs

            - Financial Markets Crisis Blog (+1)

            - Securities Litigation Blog (+1)

            - Climate Change and Carbon Management Blog (+1)

            - Twitter: http://twitter.com/AlstonBird (no updates, no points (as of March 5, 2009)).

            At Alston, blogs seem to be based by practice group.  While we hate to be nitpickers, especially because Alston is the first firm with a number of blogs, the url of the blogs are not uniform.  Therefore, may not be a firm-wide effort.  On the other hand, the blogs are easy to find via the firm’s homepage.  Something that may or may not be worth commenting on is the substantive topics for the three blogs: are these “fads?” or are these (topics and blogs) here to stay?

            (podcast)

            Official podcasts (none)

            Official webinars (+1)

            The firm does host official firm webinars but these are a little bit more difficult to find.  We found a few by google searching Alston & Bird and webinar.  For this webinar, people had to contact the firm in order to register (i.e. people could not register online).

            How Alston & Bird Interacts With the Web:

            (creation)

            - The Financial Markets Crisis Blog seems to be created directly from the firm’s server. (+1)

            - The Securities Litigation Blog seems to be created directly from the firm’s server. (+1)

            - The Climate Chance and Carbon Management Blog seems to be created directly from the firm’s server. (+1)

            (interpretation)

            - The Financial Markets Crisis Blog may track site visits through the firm’s server but it does not use external sources such as sitemeter or google analytics.  In addition, the blog does not use feedburner to track feed subscriptions. (+1)

            - The Securities Litigation Blog may track site visits through the firm’s server but it does not use external sources such as sitemeter or google analytics.  In addition, the blog does not use feedburner to track feed subscriptions. (+1)

            - The Climate Chance and Carbon Management Blog may track site visits through the firm’s server but it does not use external sources such as sitemeter or google analytics.  In addition, the blog does not use feedburner to track feed subscriptions. (+1)

            (domain/hosting)

            - The Financial Markets Crisis Blog seems to be hosted on Alston’s server and uses an official Alston domain. (+1)

            - The Securities Litigation Blog seems to be hosted on Alston’s server and uses an official Alston subdomain. (+1)

            - The Climate Chance and Carbon Management Blog seems to be hosted on Alston’s server and uses an official Alston subdomain. (+1)

            BigLaw Tech Score: 19 points

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            For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

            netLaw 101: Web Development at Allen & Overy

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            Ways to Contact Allen & Overy on the Web:

            (phone) by office (+1)

            (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at allenovery dot com (+1)

            (home page) http://www.allenovery.com (+1)

            How Allen & Overy Interacts On the Web:

            (profiles)

            - LinkedIn (+1)

            - Facebook

            - Jigsaw (+1)

            - Martindale (+1)

              (blog)

              Official blogs (none)

              - We couldn’t find any blogs or webcasts but we did find this article so maybe they are out there in cyberspace?  Tips anyone?

              - Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/allenovery and http://twitter.com/AllenOveryThink (+1 for effort.  we hope to see more tweets soon!)

                (podcast)

                - Official podcasts (none)

                – sponsor –

                – sponsor –

                How Allen & Overy Interacts With the Web:

                (creation)

                - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                  (interpretation)

                  - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                    (domain/hosting)

                    - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                      BigLaw Tech Score: 7 points

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                      For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

                      netLaw 101: Web Development at Akin Gump

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                      Ways to Contact Akin Gump on the Web:

                      (phone) by office (+1)

                      (e-mail) firstinitial dot lastname at akingump dot com (+1)

                      (home page) http://www.akingump.com (+1)

                      How Akin Gump Interacts On the Web:

                      (profiles)

                      - LinkedIn (+1)

                      - Facebook (Akin Gump Pro Bono) (+1)

                      - Jigsaw (+1)

                      - Martindale (+1)

                        (blog)

                        Official blogs (none)

                        - Update: Reader Greg Lambert of The Geek Law Blog reminded me that Akin Gump(‘s Supreme Court Practice) brings us the SCOTUSblog (Supreme Court of the United States Blog). (+1)

                        - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/akingump (no points because no updates as of March 5, 2009)

                          (podcast)

                          - Official podcasts (none)

                            How Akin Gump Interacts With the Web:

                            (creation)

                            - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                              (interpretation)

                              - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                                (domain/hosting)

                                - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                                  BigLaw Tech Score: 8 points

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                                  For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

                                  netLaw 101: Web Development at Akerman Senterfitt

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                                  Ways to Contact Akerman Senterfitt on the Web:

                                  (phone) by office (+1)

                                  (e-mail)  firstname dot lastname at akerman dot com (+1)

                                  (home page) http://www.akerman.com (+1)

                                  How Akerman Senterfitt Interacts On the Web:

                                  (profiles)

                                  - LinkedIn (+1)

                                  - Facebook (none)

                                  - Jigsaw (+1)

                                  - Martindale (+1)

                                    (blog)

                                    - Official blogs (none)

                                    While the firm has no official blogs, Attorney Ralph Losley‘s (personal) professional blog on e-Discovery is noteworthy, especially because the ABA published it as a “blook.” (+1)

                                      (podcast)

                                      - Official podcasts (none)

                                        How Akerman Interacts With the Web:

                                        (creation)

                                        - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                                          (interpretation)

                                          - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                                            (domain/hosting)

                                            - n/a (no official blogs or podcasts)

                                              BigLaw Tech Score: 7 points

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                                              For an explanation of the BigLaw Tech Score, see this post.

                                              netLaw 101: Web Development at BigLaw

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                                              In the next series of posts, we’ll dissect how the world’s top law firms manipulate the web to facilitate the practice of law. ¹

                                              Following the chart described in last week’s webisode of “netTools 101: netTools Every Legal Professional Should Know,” we’ll start by defining BigLaw’s current web presence.

                                              A firm will score 1 point for each category it fills in.  All firms will start off with three (3) points because the top row – phone, e-mail, and home page – are all a given for BigLaw.

                                              In addition, a firm may receive five (+5) points for ease of navigation, accessibility, and/or advanced web savvy.

                                              A firm may receive two (+2 ) points for creativity and/or engagement potential.

                                              We’ll be looking for BigLaw Facebook profiles, LinkedIn profiles or groups, and Twitter accounts.

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                                              We’ll also search for blogs and podcasts (podcasts, again,  meaning any multipedia files: podcasts, video podcasts, webcasts, webinars, etc.)

                                              To the extent possible, we’ll also determine how BigLaw interacts with the web and/or how it creates content, interprets data, and/or hosts any media files.

                                              We’ll then compile and analyze our data.

                                              BigLaw Tech Score Card

                                              ¹ “BigLaw” will include the top 100 firms who have physical offices in the United States as found on the most up-to-date Global100 and AMLAW100 lists (minus any firms that dissolved).

                                              The List:

                                              1.    Akerman Senterfitt
                                              2.    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
                                              3.    Allen & Overy
                                              4.    Alston & Bird
                                              5.    Arnold & Porter
                                              6.    Baker & McKenzie
                                              7.    Baker Hostetler
                                              8.    Baker Botts
                                              9.    Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
                                              10.    Bingham McCutchen
                                              11.    Bracewell & Giuliani
                                              12.    Bryan Cave
                                              13.    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
                                              14.    Cahill Gordon & Reindel
                                              15.    Chadbourne & Parke
                                              16.    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
                                              17.    Clifford Chance
                                              18.    Cooley Godward Kronish
                                              19.    Covington
                                              20.    Cravath Swaine & Moore
                                              21.    Crowell & Moring
                                              22.    Davis Polk & Wardwell
                                              23.    Debevoise
                                              24.    Dechert
                                              25.    Dewey & LeBoeuf
                                              26.    DLA Piper
                                              27.    Dorsey & Whitney
                                              28.    Drinker Biddle & Reath
                                              29.    Duane Morris
                                              30.    Faegre & Benson
                                              31.    Fish & Richardson
                                              32.    Foley &  Lardner
                                              33.    Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
                                              34.    Freshfields
                                              35.    Fried Frank
                                              36.    Fulbright & Jaworski
                                              37.    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
                                              38.    Goodwin Procter
                                              39.    Greenberg Traurig
                                              40.    Hogan & Hartson
                                              41.    Holland & Knight
                                              42.    Howrey
                                              43.    Hughes Hubbard & Reed
                                              44.    Hunton & Williams
                                              45.    Jackson Lewis
                                              46.    Jenner & Block
                                              47.    Jones Day
                                              48.    K&L Gates
                                              49.    Katten Muchin Rosenman
                                              50.    Kaye Scholer
                                              51.    Kilpatrick Stockton
                                              52.    King & Spalding
                                              53.    Kirkland & Ellis
                                              54.    Latham & Watkins
                                              55.    Linklaters
                                              56.    Littler Mendelson
                                              57.    Lovells
                                              58.    Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
                                              59.    Mayer Brown
                                              60.    McDermott Will & Emery
                                              61.    McGuire Woods
                                              62.    McKenna Long & Aldridge
                                              63.    Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
                                              64.    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
                                              65.    Morrison & Foerster
                                              66.    Nixon Peabody
                                              67.    O’Melveny & Myers
                                              68.    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
                                              69.    Paul Hastings
                                              70.    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
                                              71.    Perkins Coie
                                              72.    Pepper Hamilton
                                              73.    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
                                              74.    Proskauer Rose
                                              75.    Quinn Emanuel Urquardt Oliver & Hedges
                                              76.    Reed Smith
                                              77.    Ropes & Gray
                                              78.    Schulte Roth & Zabel
                                              79.    Seyfarth Shaw
                                              80.    Shearman & Sterling
                                              81.    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
                                              82.    Shook Hardy & Bacon
                                              83.    Sidley Austin
                                              84.    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
                                              85.    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
                                              86.    Snell & Wilmer
                                              87.    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
                                              88.    Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
                                              89.    Steptoe & Johnson
                                              90.    Stroock & Stroock
                                              91.    Sullivan & Cromwell
                                              92.    Troutman Sanders
                                              93.    Vinson & Elkins
                                              94.    Wachtell
                                              95.    Weil, Gotshal & Manges
                                              96.    White & Case
                                              97.    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
                                              98.    Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
                                              99.    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
                                              100.    Winston & Strawn