The Young Lawyers Committee (“YLC”) is now on Facebook! To find our page, log onto Facebook.com and then search for “DRI Young Lawyers”. I encourage you to take a look at our page and become a “fan” of DRI Young Lawyers.
Have you ever been to a DRI Seminar and discussed a potential case with someone and then forgot the person's name by the time you got back to your office? Have you ever needed to find an IP lawyer in California? Have you ever wanted to go to lunch with a colleague after a deposition in Alabama? The YLC's Facebook page can provide these types of networking opportunities and connect you to young defense lawyers from all over the country.
Fans of the site can network, post information or questions, stay in touch with lawyers they meet at YLC Seminars, and offer practice tips of interest to other young lawyers. The YLC's Facebook page also has great pictures of YLC members participating in YLC Seminars, public service projects and young lawyer breakout sessions at various DRI Seminars. Our page also includes announcements, information about YLC publications and information about the YLC Seminar scheduled for June 4-5, 2009 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which you don't want to miss.
The YLC is the first DRI Committee to have a Facebook page. Special thanks to YLC Webpage/Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Huff and Vice-Chair David Campbell who set up our profile and who are serving as administrators of our page, the DRI staff, and Cynthia Arends and Laurie Miller, who helped make our Facebook page possible.
The YLC's Facebook page can be a powerful and dynamic networking tool, but only if you use it. So, join us and then spread the word.
Melissa Roberts Tannery
Troutman Sanders