Go JW Go!! – Jackson Walker Puts Twitter Follows Front & Center

By Greg Lambert on November 17, 2008

There have been a few law firms out there that have taken a slow approach to Twitter, but I ran across one today that has taken Twitter straight to its homepage and says “Follow Me!!”

Jackson Walker, a 300+ Texas-based law firm has created a number of Twitter accounts based on the type of law that someone may want to follow. Here is what they have so far:

Jackson Walker(News about the firm)

http://twitter.com/Jackson_Walker

JW Law(Legal updates in all categories)

http://twitter.com/JW_Law

Entertainment Law

http://twitter.com/entertainlaw

ERISA

http://twitter.com/ERISA

Financial Recovery Solutions

http://twitter.com/FinanceRecovery

First Amendment

http://twitter.com/FirstAmendment

Health Care Law

http://twitter.com/HealthCareLaw

HIPAA

http://twitter.com/Hipaa

Intellectual Property Law

http://twitter.com/JW_IPLaw

Labor and Employment Law

http://twitter.com/LaborLaw

Litigation Alerts

http://twitter.com/LitigationAlert

Media Law

http://twitter.com/Media_Law

Real Estate Law

http://twitter.com/RealEstate_Law

Tax Law

http://twitter.com/Tax_Law

I have to say that I’m impressed with JW taking the Twitter bull by the horns (or would it be the Twitter dove by the tail feathers??).

I’ve run across a couple other firms that have Twitter accounts, such as @fulbright, @weilgotshal, and @WCSRtwit but none have made the leap like Jackson Walker. It will be interesting following this to see if JW finds this to be a way to bring in new business. (Here is a growing list of big law attys on Twitter – thanks to @SecuritiesD.)