I’m not sure about this one.

Lawbby.com describes itself as “where lawyers mingle…” It is a MySpace clone, focused on attorneys. The site was created because:

there really was no real “meeting place” for attorneys to chat, meet friends or simply network with other attorneys and people in the legal world.

If you’re an attorney that has desperately looked for a free site where you can search for other attorneys to date, this site might work for you. But if you’re really looking to network or market, I don’t know if lawbby will ever help you.

From Robert Ambrogi:

The site was just launched last month and has attracted only a smattering of activity so far. Legal lonelyhearts, you now have a home.

When you sign up for a Lawbby.com account, like MySpace, you can fill out a profile page. Here are the fields:

• Headline
• Occupation
• Dating Status
• Reason for lawbbying?
• Referral Friendly?
• Drink?
• Religion
• Turn On’s
• Turn Off’s
• Hobbies
• Movies
• Music
• Books
• About Yourself

Can you see attorneys telling the world about their drinking, religion, dating status, and turn ons? Even if you were a lawyer looking to date another lawyer, would you really want to do this?

I think having something like this isn’t a bad idea, but only if it becomes less MySpace and more attorney-focused. The site could definitely be a good networking tool, but only if it scrapped the whole “turn on/turn off”, dating focused theme. Maybe they could have something on areas of practice, etc.

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