With 2 million members and a thriving “economy,” I suppose it’s not really surprising that lawyers are making themselves at home in Second Life.
According to this CNN report, Second Life lawyering is among the hot “new new careers:”
Count Stevan Lieberman among the virtual world’s earning elite. Instead of trying to practice purely virtual law–which few if any lawyers have turned into real money–Lieberman has taken a hybrid approach, using Second Life as a meet-and-greet area for new clients, who then take their real-world legal needs offline. And since he took in $7,000 in fees in the first two weeks after hanging up his virtual shingle, he’s optimistic: “I fully expect to keep getting more business this way.”
So bullish is Lieberman that he’s helping to set up the site’s first “law island,” a place for other members’ practices and legal entities to do business. The American Bar Association and the FBI have asked him to help them set up their outposts too.
Can a Second Life law school be far behind?
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