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Social Media & The Bench
Michele Wojciechowski Director of Communications Supreme Court of Tennessee
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Why does it matter to me? •People spend an average of 7.6 hours on social media per month
•Nearly 60% of Americans are on some social media platform
•98% of those online are on social media
•Mobile technology has helped fuel growth
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Social Media is the Messenger
●Different Platforms ◦Facebook ◦Twitter ◦LinkedIN ◦Instagram ◦YouTube ◦Website/Blogs
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Landscape quickly changes ●Social Media is becoming enmeshed with apps ●As new apps come out, a new form of social media is born ●Snapchat, Tinder ●Most integrate with other apps
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WHAT’S OUT THERE
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POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
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Why Social Media ● Incredibly powerful communication
tool ● Users apparently have control over: ● Who they share with ● What they share ● What they consume
● Puts users in control
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Users’ Control • They are putting their information “out
there” • Privacy settings go only so far
• Hacking concerns • Sometimes, only tells part of the story
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WHY DOES THIS MATTER TO ME?
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Professional ● May be integral to a case ● Professional relationships ● Impact on functions in a courtroom
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In a case ●Trend is to allow more social media in courtrooms ●In 2014, 37 percent of the courts have a social media policy for their courtroom compared to about 29 percent a year ago. ●Court officials are less concerned about the media sending messages from the courtroom during proceedings ●More than 50 percent of court officials believe the media should be allowed, with some restrictions, to take photos and videos of a court proceeding. ●Court personnel still remain wary of social media use and three-quarters do not use any social media in their professional lives.
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Professional Relationships ● Attorneys ● Other judges ● Litigants ● Court personnel ● Election time
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Social media for your courtroom
● Purpose ● Who will maintain it ● Voice
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Functions in your Courtroom ●Rule 30 ◦Does not address social media
●Judges’ discretion ●Consider “The Rule” ●Who is a ‘friend’?
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Caselaw ●Recent TN Supreme Court Decision ◦State of Tenn. v. William Darelle Smith
●Advisory Ethics Opinion
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Personal ● Assume everything is public ● Would you say it: ● In a courtroom ● In front of a client? ● To the BPR?
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Rules of Professional Responsibility
● How they apply to social media ◦ Confidentiality ◦ Fraudulent behavior ◦ Conflicts ◦ Candor
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HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN HELP YOU
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Resources ● Law blogs ● Legal news ● Sharing information ● Research
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Networking ● Communities:
● Legal ● Local ● Client
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Entertainment ● After all, it’s SOCIAL media
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PUBLICATIONS & WEBSITE