I'm only interested in practising lawyers. I don't mind if they're not practising in NZ, so long as they are active in the NZ twittersphere. I'm also not interested in firms, just individuals. At a stretch I might accept legal academics... [updated: legal academics are being included]
Let me also be clear, since this point seems to be confusing some of my readers, that I am not making any claim that any legal academic or other person listed by me and who does not hold a current practising certificate, is a "lawyer".
Let me also be clear, since this point seems to be confusing some of my readers, that I am not making any claim that any legal academic or other person listed by me and who does not hold a current practising certificate, is a "lawyer".
At the time of posting here are my interim findings (highest to lowest ranking, Twitter address, and number of followers) [note: I've now updated this list to include a few more I've found]:
- S. Rochelle Furneaux, @kiwiseabreeze, 2714
- Rick Shera, @lawgeeknz, 2396
- Cathy Odgers, @cactuskate2, 1386
- Jeremy Sutton, @jeremysuttonnz, 1129
- John Edwards, @jcelaw, 1089
- Isabel Blake, @isabelblake, 1087
- Scott Yorke, @imperatorfish, 1021
- Matt Adams, @patentbuff, 641
- Graeme Edgeler, @graemeedgeler, 429
- Joshua Hitchcock, @jcphitchcock, 282
- Aliza Eveleigh, @aliza27, 207
- Dean Knight, @dean_knight, 169
- Willie Hamilton, @hamiltonesquire, 145
- David Abricossow, @davidabricossow, 123
- Greg Presland, @gregpresland, 116
There are bound to be others I haven't even thought of. I know of a bunch of other tweeting lawyers, but most of them have at best a few hundred followers, so I'm not sure whether to include them in the list just yet. [updated: I included them]
I also know a number of other prominent blogging lawyers/legal types whose failure to use the Twitter platform should have them struck off forthwith (yes you, Professor Geddis!). I have hopes that this post might encourage more lawyers to take up the fine and noble art of tweeting.
Please, people, help me out here. I need names and Twitter addresses. I'll keep updating as and when I get more suspects.
But my question is, how many of these followers are "ghosts"? I expect an in-depth analysis of this very important issue in a follow-up post.
ReplyDeleteAs for "I also know a number of other prominent blogging lawyers whose failure to use the Twitter platform should have them struck off forthwith (yes you, Professor Geddis!)" ... have you seen the length of my Pundit posts? You really think I could manage with only 140 characters? Plus, I never did profs, so striking off is an empty threat.
Finally, does this threat (empty though it may be) indicate your intention to commence another blog war? Because I will DESTROY you, Yorke.