Mar 04
Florida Lawyers and Law Firm Websites Face New Changes
Guidelines for Florida Lawyer and Law Firm Websites
Approved by The Standing Committee on Advertising
(January 1, 2010)
Effective July 1, 2010, lawyer and law firm websites must comply with the general lawyer advertising requirements set forth in Rule 4-7.2, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. Although websites must comply with these requirements, they are not required to be filed with The Florida Bar for review. Rule 4-7.8(f), Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The Florida Bar Board of Governors has adopted a policy that The Florida Bar will not accept voluntary filings of the entire contents of a lawyer or law firm website, although staff of the Ethics and Advertising Department will respond to specific questions involving a specific phrase or image to be included on a website. To make such an inquiry, please call the Ethics and Advertising Department at (800) 235-8619.
Click here for the Guidelines for Lawyer and Law Firm Websites
Lawyer advertising and business solicitation are strictly regulated by The Florida Bar. Lawyer advertising can provide crucial information about legal rights and increases access to lawyers for the public. Visit this link for more information: Advertising Regulation
Guidelines for social networking sites
Guidelines for video sharing sites
Examples of complying and noncomplying ads
Quick Reference Checklist – Websites
Quick Reference Checklist – Direct E-mail Ads
Quick Reference Checklist – Other Internet Ads
The Handbook on Lawyer Advertising and SolicitationThe handbook has been updated to include the most recent amendments to the lawyer advertising rules, including changes to Rule 4-7.6 on computer accessed communications (effective January 1, 2010) and changes to other lawyer advertising rules from the 2008 Master Rules filing (effective February 1, 2010). The quick reference checklists have been updated to include these amendments as well. To obtain the full handbook, please download both the handbook
and the examples of complying and noncomplying ads.
The Florida Bar
651 E. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300
(850) 561-5600
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