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Media Coverage

Nicole is regularly quoted on the topic of legal technology issues in law reviews, online, and in mainstream print media.

If you're seeking a source for your story about the legal field and its use of Internet-based technologies, including mobile technologies, cloud computing and social media, you can reach Nicole via email: lawtechtalk@nicoleblackesq.com or via phone: 585.210.0815.

Past coverage includes:

  • Rochester Review: "Lawyers on Facebook" (May 2013)
  • Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: "Compulsory Process in Cyberspace: Rethinking Privacy in the Social Networking Age." (April 2013, Vol. 36)
  • Legal IT Pros--Burke covers ABA TECHSHOW 2013: Podcast/Interview (April 2013)
  • Lawyer's PC: "Tablets in Law Practice: Content May be Key in Considering a Tablet Purchase" (April 2013)
  • Attorney at Work: "Green Light, Yellow Light: Experts Signal Legal Technology Trends" (February  2013)
  • The Rochester Business Journal: "Virtual offices spring up, let lawyers expand reach" (January 2013)
  • New York Times: "Social Media, Growing in Legal Circles, Find a Role in Florida Murder Case" (November 2012)
  • Business Insider: "Best Legal Twitter Accounts" (October 2012)
  • Law Technology News at Law.com--"Apple Confirms Bigger Screen, Other Upgrades for iPhone 5" (September 2012)
  • USA Today--"Facebook, MySpace social media musings used in court cases" (August 2012)
  • Democrat and Chronicle--"Whatever you say on social media could be used against you" (August 2012)
  • The Nashville Post--"Strange Bedfellows" (July 2012)
  • Lawyers.com--"Guess What? You Don’t Own Your Tweets" (July 2012)
  • The Public Relations Strategist--"On Trial in the Court of Public Opinion" (July 2012)
  • Law.com, Law Technology News--"Book Review: Cloud Computing for Lawyers." (June 2012)
  • PBS News Hour--"As Zimmerman Surrenders, Is Social Media a Game Changer for Defense Attorneys?" (June 2012)
  • Law Technology News (LTN)--"A Flurry of New Hires" (May 2012)
  • Lexis-Nexis In-House Advisory--"LexisNexis In-House Advisory: Mitigating Confidentiality Risks Posed by Cloud Computing" (May 2012)
  • LawyersUSA--" Book review: Cloud computing for lawyers" (March 2012)
  • ABAJournal--"Tracking Techies: Finding the Footprints of America’s Switched-on Lawyers" (April 2012)
  • Lawyers.com--"Smartphone Usage Increases Risk of Identity Theft" (March 2012)
  • Lawyer's PC--"The New Road Warriors: Who Needs a Laptop Bag and All That Stuff Anymore?" (29 No. 11 Law. PC 1) (March 1, 2012)
  • Lawyer's PC--"TechShow Probes Desktop, Network, and Enterprise Issues (29 No. 10 Law. PC 7) (February 15, 2012)
  • Lawyer's PC--"Browsing the Blawgoscape: Blawgs Can be Instructive, Provacative and Inspiring" (29 No. 9 Law. PC 1 ) (February 1, 2012)
  • Law Practice--"Learn More: Useful Social Media Resources" (38 No. 1 Law Prac. 47)(January/February 2012)
  • Practising Law Institute, Corporate Legal Departments, PLIREF-CORPLEG s 6:7 Cloud Computing (4th Edition, 2012)
  • Fast Company--"2012 And Beyond: A Mega, Meta Mashup Of Predictions" (December 2011)
  • Lawyers USA--"The Ethical Pitfalls of Social Media" (November 2011)
  • Forbes blog--"Six Savvy Law & Technology Resources" (October 2011)
  • Legal Management (30 No. 5 Legal Mgmt. 40)--"Getting to the Cloud: The Administrator's Guide to Security, Accessibility and Staffing the SaaS Switch"--(September/October 2011)
  • Baltimore Sun--"Lawyers Turn to Social Media to Analyze Potential Jurors" (September 2011)
  • Metro NY--"Levi Aron’s defense attorney uses Facebook to defend rights" (September 2011)
  • Gonzaga Law Review--"Berchuis v. Thompkins: The Continued Erosion of Miranda's Protections" (46 Gonz. L. Rev. 189, 2010-11)
  • New York State Bar Journal--"The Law Office of the Near Future" (September 2011)
  • The Wall Street Journal--"Young Lawyers Building Buzz Tweet by Tweet" (July 2011)
  • The Wall Street Journal Law Blog--"Tweeting for Lawyers 101" (July 2011)
  • The Democrat & Chronicle--"Austin Chang sells social media startup to Google+" (July 2011)
  • The Democrat & Chronicle--"Social Media Leaders Find Time for Face Time" (July 2011)
  • The Lawyers Weekly--"How Facebook Helps Lawyers Achieve Their Goals" (July 2011)
  • Associated Press--"Senate examines privacy and cloud computing" (June 2011)
  • Legal Management Magazine--"iPractice or iReject" (May/June 2011)
  • ABA Journal--"Staking Your Reputation" (April 2011)
  • Lawyers PC--"Searching for Legal Apps-New Database Points to 850-plus Mobile Apps" (April 2011)
  • Diversity & the Bar Magazine--"Social Media: The Rules of Engagement"(March/April 2011)
  • The Lawyers Weekly--"Services for cloud computing booming" (April 2011)
  • The Lawyers Weekly--"Running a Legal Blog Takes Commitment" (March 2011)
  • New York State Bar Association Journal--"Social Media for Solos and Small Firms: What it is and Why it Matters" (February 2011)
  • Ohio Elder Law, Ch. 4 Practice Management (Ohio Elder Law § 4:9 (2011))
  • New York State Bar Journal -- "Requiem for a GP and the End of an Era" (February 2011)
  • Lawyer's PC -- The State of the Apps: They Do Much More Than Track Weather and Sports (28 No. 9 Law. PC 1, February 2011)
  • Lawyer's PC -- "Top Legal Technology Books" (37 No. 1 Law Prac. 41, January-February 2011)
  • Journal of the Professional Lawyer -- "Not All Lawyers Are Anti-Social: Social Media Regulation and the First Amendment (2011 Prof. Law. 133)
  • Maryland Law Review -- "Challenging the Academy to a Dual (Perspective): The Need to Embrace Lawyering For Personal Legal Services (70 Md. L. Rev. 420, 2011)
  • Federal Courts Law Review -- "Discovery of Social Media" (5 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 119)
  • Wyoming Lawyer -- "Social Media Information" (33-DEC Wyo. Law. 48, December 2010)
  • Lawyers USA -- "Trial Strategy: Should Lawyers Monitor Jurors Online?" (December 2010)
  • Lawyers USA -- "Social Networking Offers Value for Women Lawyers" (December 2010)
  • Judicature -- "Noteworthy" (94 Judicature 145, November-December 2010)
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly -- "How to Protect Your Online Reputation" -- (November 2010)
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly -- "Apps of the Trade" -- (November 2010)
  • LawSchoolTechTalk podcast, Episode #5, on cloud computing
  • WorkCompCentral--" New York Opinions Shed Light on Use of Social Media" (October 2010)
  • Dayton Law Review -- "Practicing Law Without an Office Address: How the Bona Fide Office Requirement Affects Virtual Law Practice" (36 U. Dayton L. Rev. 1, Fall 2010)
  • Lawyer's PC -- "A Social Media Guide: Authors Elefant and Black Explain the Potential of Networks" (September 2010)
  • Law Technology News -- "The Next Frontier" (September 2010)
  • Partner's report -- "Blackberry Apps for Lawyers Save Time and Money" (September 2010)
  • Finance & Commerce--"Never be boring, and other law firm website rules" (September 2010)
  • LawyersUSA--"The ‘cocktail party’ of social media marketing" (August 2010)
  • Canadian Bar Association Magazine--"@firms: #what are your lawyers tweeting about?" (Summer 2010)
  • Law Library Journal -- "2010: The Year of the iPad?" (Summer 2010--102 Law Libr. J. 513)
  • South Carolina Law Review--"Are Smartphones Like Footlockers or Crumpled Cigarette Packages?" (Summer 2010--61 S.C. L. Rev. 843)
  • Albany Law School review -- Black '95 Focuses on Intersection of Law with Technology (June 2010)
  • The Daily Record--The Big Law Office in the Cloud (June 2010)
  • TWIL 63 video (June 2010)
  • Mashable--How Lawyers Are Using Social Media for Real Results (June 2010)
  • Law Practice--"Marketing Resources" (June 2010-36 No. 3 Law Prac. 50)
  • Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (June 2010-27 No. 17 Law. PC 15)
  • Impirus blog: "Nicole Black and Carolyn Elefant; Internet Pioneers" (June 2010)
  • Law Practice--"The New Marketing Game" (May/June 2010-36 No. 3 Law Prac. 4)
  • New England In-House: "The iPad for lawyers: good now, but even better later?" (May 2010)
    LawyersUSA--New Legal Pad (May 2010)
  • Akron Law Review--From Armbands to Douchebags-How Doninger v. Niehoff Shows the Supreme Court Needs to Address Student Speech in the Cyber Age (2010-43 Akron L. Rev. 247)
  • Lawyers PC--Twittering Madly--Lawyers Are Leveraging the Popular Networking Tool (May 2010-27 No. 15 Law. PC 1)
  • LawyersUSA--Lawyers audition the iPad in and out of court (April 2010)
  • Rochester Democrat & Chronicle--Tweeters OK With Ad Plan (April 2010)
  • The Minnesota Lawyer--Firms Waking Up to the Possibility of Cloud Computing (March 2010)
  • Law Practice--"Favorite Tips from ABA Techshow Pros" (March/April 2010-36 No. 2 Law Prac. 34)
  • New York Law Journal--N.Y. Bar-Beware the Pitfalls of Social Networking (January 2010)
  • ABA Journal--"The Virtual Escape" (February 2010-96-FEB A.B.A. J. 27)
  • Albany Law Review--"Ethics of Lawyer Social Networking" (2009-73 Alb. L. Rev. 113)
  • Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law--"Thank You Sarah Palin for Reminding Us: It's Not About the Clothes" (Fall 2009-17 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 144)
  • Nicole Black: Boss of Blogs (ABA Legal Rebels project, November 2009)
  • The Daily Record-- Legal Rebels Recognized by ABA (November 2009)
  • Democrat & Chronicle--Live coverage of trials popular in two local cases 
     (October 2009)
  • Law.com--Rewards Trumps Risks at Social Media Event (September 2009)
  • Democrat & Chronicle--Tech-Savvy Lawyer is Connected (p. 2)(August 2009)
  • Democrat & Chronicle--Social Networkers Find Value In Meeting in Person (September 2009)
  • The Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (August 2009-26 No. 21 Law. PC 15)
  • Interview at Law.com’s legal tech blog (July 2009)
  • The Lawyer's PC--"Selected Reading" (July 2009-26 No. 19 Law. PC 15)
  • The ABA Law Practice Magazine--"Guideposts for Changing Times" (April '09)
  • The Democrat and Chronicle--"Social-networking site has everyone tweeting" (April '09)
  • The Daily Record--"@Lawyers Networking Online" (March '09)
  • eCommerce Law and Strategy--"Advanced Online Strategies for Lawyers" (March 2009-25 No. 11 e-Commerce L. & Strategy 7)
  • Marketing the Law Firm--"Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Lawyers" (February 2009-22 No. 10 Marketing L. Firm 2)
  • eCommerce Law and Strategy--"NETWORKING AND E-COMMERCE: GET TO IT AND STAY AT IT It's Essential, Especially for Niche-Practice Lawyers" (January 2009)
  • Internet Law Researcher--"The Blog Spot" (February 2008-13 No. 2 Internet L. Researcher 7)
  • Buffalo Law Journal--"Blawgs give lawyers space to vent, network, share tips"
  • The Daily Journal--"In Trying to Lure Gen Y, Firms Face Identity Crisis"
  • Times Herald Record--Article re: Cabrera NY Court of Appeals case
  • Memphis Daily News--"Court Dress Code Awaits Judicial Approval"
  • Lawyers Weekly USA--"Changes to Lawyer Ads Go Into Effect in N.Y."
  • Lawyers Weekly USA--"New York Weighs Tough New Advertising Rules"
  • Marketing the Law Firm--"Advanced Online Marketing Strategies for Lawyers"
  • Washington Internet Daily--"N.Y. Court System Rules Hit Lawyers’ Internet Practices"
  • IPLaw360--"Lawyers See Benefits to Online Networking"
  • Podcast Regarding Proposed NY Lawyer Advertising Rules
  • TWiL Podcast 16"