The Unprofessional Sides of Social Media and Social Networking: How Current Standards Fall Short

Abstract

The Article discusses the professionalism implications of social media use and social networking. It focuses on young attorneys' conduct and examines the ways in which current rules of ethics and professionalism norms fail to address a range of social media and networking conduct that has the potential to be unprofessional. The Article proposes a four-part framework for analyzing the professionalism problems of social media use and a model rule, together with a norm-shifting strategy, as a solution.