Lawlink is a new social networking site that limits its members to licensed attorneys. It looks like from the sign up page that this is limited to the United States, but maybe they’ll expand a bit in the future. The “no non-lawyers allowed” policy is enforced through an application procedure where they check you out (presumably through state bar records) to see if you are the real deal. I put in my application, and will give a bit more detail once I’m in. The site was recently featured by the ABA Journal, and (at least prior to publication) only had about 200 members. According to the article:

the site is intended to serve as a forum for referrals, discussion of professional issues and information-sharing

I actually use the ABA’s excellent email discussion list SOLOSEZ for this kind of information gathering. But discussion lists are somewhat limited, and it will be good to see if LawLink can develop into the kind of community that makes SOLOSEZ such a wonderful resource.

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