Why the sudden ban? Missouri is taking strides to decrease inappropriate contact between students and teachers and taking whatever measures necessary to do so.

Schools felt a sense of urgency to put at abrupt stop to any student/teacher Facebook friendships that may exist. Why?  If inappropriate contact is being made and the prosecutors can prove the school was aware, they can be held liable.

Senate Bill 54 going in effect August 28^th and states:

“By January 1, 2012, every school district must develop a written policy concerning teacher-student communication and employee-student communications. Each policy must include appropriate oral and nonverbal personal communication, which may be combined with sexual harassment policies, and appropriate use of electronic media as described in the act, including social networking sites. Teachers cannot establish, maintain, or use a work-related website unless it is available to school administrators and the child’s legal custodian, physical custodian, or legal guardian. Teachers also cannot have a nonwork-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student. Former student is defined as any person who was at one time a student at the school at which the teacher is employed and who is eighteen years of age or less and who has not graduated.”

The bill, also known as the “Amy Hestir Student Protection Act” is named after a Missouri woman who was assaulted by a teacher.  Currently, details on how the law will be enforced aren’t clear which leads to a lot of “What If” questions.

How will schools enforce this law?  How will courts punish the offenders?  How will courts punish the schools?

What are you thoughts on the ban?

At the 2010 Association of Legal Administrator’s Conference, Auctori:law representative, Steve Thomas covered the hot topic of social media and search engine optimization and how they are relevant to you and your law firm at the vendor showcase session. Click here to view the presentation!

Contact Auctori:law for practical, how-to information that will help you drive traffic to your law firm’s website, improve content and build an effective online presence for your law firm that goes beyond the static website.

Auctori:law to Attend ALA Conference in Boston

“Auctori:law is already well known in the Midwest, and the ALA Conference is a great opportunity to expose Auctori:law to the legal community nationally,” said Andrea Bemis, Brand Manager, Auctori:law. “Our team is very experienced in developing customized legal websites, and we designed the Auctori:law CMS based upon this experience. We have been able to integrate controls that make editing articles, biographies and documents as well as the general maintenance of your website content very straightforward and less time consuming.”

The ALA Annual Conference and Exposition is the legal management profession’s most comprehensive event of its kind. The conference features dynamic and relevant educational sessions presented by recognized leaders in their fields, outstanding networking opportunities and the largest exposition for legal management professionals.

Included in the three-day long exhibition are various educational programs for attendees. These vendor showcase sessions give legal professionals the opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies, business solutions and emerging trends. Auctori:law Representative, Steve Thomas, will lead the vendor showcase session:“Growing your Legal Business through Social Media and Search Engine Optimization”. This interactive presentation will cover the hot topics of social media and search engine optimization and how they are relevant to the legal industry. Auctori:law’s educational session will take place on Monday, May 3 from 1:30 pm – 2pm.

Auctori:law will be exhibiting at booth #420. The booth will feature live demonstrations, informational pamphlets, giveaways and Auctori:law representatives on hand to answer questions and show you how Auctori:law can make maintaining your law firm website stress-free. This will be the first ever presence of Auctori:law at the Annual ALA Conference.

Check out the Press Release!

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Lately, our firm has been in the spotlight for litigating a high-profile case.
While we don’t want to do anything to compromise our client’s case, we would like to use some of that publicity to drive traffic to our law office’s Web site. Aside from a press release, can you recommend any other marketing tools?

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We have a simple marketing recommendation for your intelligent question: A Content Management System (CMS).

Content Management Systems are efficient publishing tools. The software mimics many of the features seen on blogs—without the smiley faces of course. Increasingly, behemoth law firms such as Katten Much Rosenman LLP, and Kirkland & Ellis are using content management systems to keep prospective clients and the media informed of cases. Read more about Law Firm CMS programs.

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