Lawyers have been traditionally considered as the only legitimate providers of legal knowledge to their clients, and have held a privileged position in lawyer-client communication. The sociocommunicative component of law practice has continued to be neglected by the conservative lawyer-centred professional until the recent popularisation of law in the social media.The recently developed practice of writing client reviews on sociolegal sites is becoming an integral part of the current social practice of law. As this practice is rooted in the key concept of judgement, clients situate their reviews within the cultural set of institutionalised norms against which lawyer performance is considered positively and negatively. The main focus of this study is on investigating how judgemental discourse about legal professionals is constructed by their clients in online sociolegal sites.
Client Reviews of Lawyer Performance in Sociolegal Networking Media: An Appraisal Analysis.
PLASTINA, Anna Franca
2016-01-01
Abstract
Lawyers have been traditionally considered as the only legitimate providers of legal knowledge to their clients, and have held a privileged position in lawyer-client communication. The sociocommunicative component of law practice has continued to be neglected by the conservative lawyer-centred professional until the recent popularisation of law in the social media.The recently developed practice of writing client reviews on sociolegal sites is becoming an integral part of the current social practice of law. As this practice is rooted in the key concept of judgement, clients situate their reviews within the cultural set of institutionalised norms against which lawyer performance is considered positively and negatively. The main focus of this study is on investigating how judgemental discourse about legal professionals is constructed by their clients in online sociolegal sites.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
