Bar members may soon have to provide an official e-mail as well as a name and contact address to the Bar.
The Bar’s Communications Committee has recommended that Rule 1-3.4 be amended to require that Bar members who have business e-mail addresses submit those to the Bar.
Committee member Murray Silverstein said the committee felt that as the court system moves toward an e-filing system and also online access to court records, it was important for the Bar to have an official e-mail address for members.
The proposal has been forwarded to the Rules Committee for review, he said, and will then come to the board.
On other matters, Silverstein said the committee is continuing its work to update the Bar’s Web site, including an improved search engine that will help potential clients find lawyers.
The Career Center also has begun operating on the Web site, aimed at helping lawyers find jobs and helping law firms publicize their vacancies, he said.
On another issue, the committee is continuing to evaluate a request from avvo.com, an online lawyer rating service, to allow Bar members to list their avvo rating on their Bar Web site profile page, Silverstein said. Currently, lawyers are allowed to list their Martindale-Hubbell rating, he noted.
— Courtesy Florida Bar News