Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Florida Bar Examiners Peeks into Facebook

The Florida Board of Bar Examiners' Character and Fitness Commission recommended in a recent report that the board consider expanding its current review of personal Web sites during background investigations “as deemed necessary” and determine whether a question should be added to The Florida Bar application to require that all such sites be listed and access granted to the board.

After further review, the Board decided to adopt a policy that the investigation of social networking Web sites be conducted on a case-by-case basis.

Read about Florida and Facebook here.