{"id":28807,"date":"2019-12-16T13:42:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=28807"},"modified":"2020-11-12T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:35:03","slug":"professor-kirsten-k-davis-publishes-piece-on-lawyer-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/professor-kirsten-k-davis-publishes-piece-on-lawyer-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Kirsten K. Davis publishes piece on lawyer blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Kirsten K. Davis<br><em>Appellate Advocacy Blog<\/em><br>Nov. 14, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"159\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/davis.jpg\" alt=\"Kirsten K. Davis\" class=\"wp-image-18977\"\/><figcaption>Professor Kirsten K. Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/files\/FO_480_FINAL.pdf\">Formal Ethics Opinion No. 480,<\/a>\u00a0issued in the Spring of 2018, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/professional_responsibility\/committees_commissions\/ethicsandprofessionalresponsibility\/\">American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility<\/a>\u00a0considered for the first time how a blogging lawyer must treat the confidentiality of client information&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I&#8217;m going to make the case that writing public commentary&#8211;whether digital or not&#8211;is a unique genre of legal writing.\u00a0 First, writing public commentary to influence thought and discourse on legal topics is decidedly less client-centered than other, more traditional forms of legal writing.\u00a0 Writing public commentary is more connected to the lawyer&#8217;s role as a &#8220;public citizen with a special responsibility for justice&#8221; than it is to the lawyer&#8217;s role as a representative of clients.\u00a0 Both of these roles are identified (along with others) in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/professional_responsibility\/publications\/model_rules_of_professional_conduct\/model_rules_of_professional_conduct_preamble_scope\/\">Preamble to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct<\/a>\u00a0(most if not all states have adopted the Preamble&#8217;s language).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"border-top: 1px solid #cccccc;width:100px;margin: 20px 0px 15px 0px !important;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 11.5px;line-height:18px;padding-bottom:15px;\">The complete blog post was originally published on the Appellate Advocacy Blog website on Nov. 14, 2019, with the headline, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/appellate_advocacy\/2019\/11\/digital-public-commentary-a-new-rhetoric-for-lawyers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Digital Public Commentary&#8221;: A New Rhetoric for Lawyers<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kirsten K. 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