Survey of Lawyers at Major Law Firms, Use of Twitter

Survey of Lawyers at Major Law Firms, Use of Twitter

This study looks at how much and how lawyers at major law firms are using Twitter. The study helps its readers to answer questions such as: How many lawyers use Twitter?  How valuable do they find Twitter for their practice of law.  What are they primarily using Twitter for?  Do they have personal Twitter accounts or do their firms have accounts?  How much time do they spend on Twitter daily?The tables provide data on the use of Twitter by lawyers at major law firms. Overall, 48.39% of the respondents have a Twitter account, while 50.40% do not, with 1.21% not answering the question in Table 1.1.

In Table 1.2, lawyers in the International Trade field have the highest proportion (83.33%) of Twitter account holders, while Personal Injury/Tort lawyers have the lowest proportion (16.67%). In Table 1.3, lawyers aged 40-49 have the highest proportion (63.16%) of Twitter account holders, while lawyers aged 60 or over have the lowest proportion (29.73%).