Law Firm Web Strategy


"This blog is about Web innovation in the legal space and making the connection to law firm business interests."

Author: Steve Matthews is the founder of Stem Legal, a company that helps law firms build online profile and increase Web-driven business. He is the 2007-08 president for the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries. He also authors Vancouver Law Librarian Blog, VLLB Linkblog, created Florida Lawyers Blog Watch and contributes to Slaw.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Consultant

Recent Posts from Law Firm Web Strategy


  • Conference Paper on Web Based Referral Marketing

    I’m about a week late with this post, but it’s always a good time to plug ABA Techshow! Right? The paper I wrote with Reid Trautz last year, titled Supercharge Your Referrals With Technology, has…

  • Lawyers, journalists and trust

    As polling samples go, 43 respondents to a survey is not exactly what you’d call statistically significant. So the fact that 43 journalists who cover legal issues gave lawyers poor marks when it comes to…

  • LegalPubs for Greener Law?

    A couple of years ago, we launched LegalPubs.ca to aggregate RSS feeds from Canadian legal publishers. The site helps identify the latest books and products being offered, and is typically followed by law librarians who…

  • Stem Client Roundup for October ‘09

    Stem’s clients were busy again in October, publishing thoughtful commentary, appearing in the media, and launching new sites and services. Here are this month’s highlights: Law practice management software tool Clio announced its new “Clio…

  • Law Firm Social Media Blocking

    My latest Web Law Connected column is up at Slaw.  The article is titled Social Media & Business Productivity, and addresses the current trend of law firms using proxy servers to block in-house access to…

  • PLTC 2009: Web 2.0 Social Networking Slides

    I spoke at the Pacific Legal Technology conference this past Friday with Susan Van Dyke. The topic, as perhaps expected, was web 2.0 tools for lawyers, with a slant toward business development. The PPT slides…

  • Happy Birthday Clio!

    A big pat on the back for Stem client Themis Solutions, makers of law practice software Clio, on the occasion of its first birthday! It’s been a tremendous first year for Clio since it launched…

  • Stem Client Roundup for September ‘09

    Fall is in full swing for Stem’s clients — here’s a quick peek at what everyone’s been up to since our last update: Mike Myers, a corporate owned life insurance lawyer at McClanahan Myers Espey,…

  • 101 Law Firm Taglines – 2009 Edition

    Taglines as branding devices have been a subject of  interest for some time now.  Jeanine Magsitza compiled a list of 100 law firm taglines in 2002;   Nathan Burke analysed AmLaw 200 firm’s use of taglines…

  • New Canadian Law Blogs at LawBlogs.ca

    Since our last update in June, we’ve added 12 new blogs to LawBlogs.ca: Canadian Business Law Blog (Shane McLean) Disability Denied (Mark Yazdani) Les chroniques de droit criminel (Eric Bernier) IP, Innovation and Culture (James…