Public relations and marketing experts Gina Rubel and Laura Powers recently presented an online CLE to a national audience of lawyers. "Social Media for Lawyers," provided lawyers with tips and tactics for using social media to promote themselves and their law firms.

Public relations and marketing experts, Gina F. Rubel, Esq., owner of Furia Rubel Communications and Laura Powers, owner of HG Marketing Group present “Social Media for Lawyers: Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and More!” an online CLE (continuing legal education course) sponsored by Lawline.com. The course can be viewed by clicking here.

In a one-hour interactive forum, viewers are provided the information they need to incorporate ethical social media into their public relations and marketing plans. After viewing this program, participants be able to answer:

• What is social media, and why does it matter to attorneys today?

• Is social media marketing ethical for the legal industry?

• What are the different forms of social media and which outlets make sense for lawyers?

• What are the benefits to using social media for lawyers and law firms?

all while providing attorneys with practical tips about where they should focus their energy in order to reach the right audience and achieve their public relations and marketing objectives.

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc. is an award-winning, women-owned certified public relations and marketing agency located in Doylestown, Pa. The agency provides strategic planning, public relations, interactive communications, marketing, media relations, crisis communications and merger and acquisition communications to a wide array of clients including law firms, educational institutions, non-profit groups, retail property management companies, pharmaceutical companies and professional service firms. For more information on the agency, visit www.furiarubel.com.

HG Marketing Group, LLC is a full-service agency that provides award-winning strategic and tactical marketing services. These services include marketing strategy, marketing plan development, project management, print design and production, website design and implementation, custom website programming and e-commerce, and original art creation. Since 1996, the company has developed and implemented effective marketing strategies for a variety of businesses in the Philadelphia area. For more information, visit www.HGMarketing.com.

Since 1999, Lawline.com has been on the cutting edge of online Continuing Legal Education. Through their streaming audio and video courses and MP3 downloads, their goal has always been to bring high quality CLE programs to attorneys across the country. Lawline.com’s mission is not only to serve individual attorneys, but to make the CLE process easier, more efficient, & streamlined for law firms. Lawline.com recently launched Law Firm CLE to give law firms the ability to have unlimited access to courses or pre-purchase blocks of credit hours for their partners & associates. For more information, visit www.lawline.com.