E-etiquette guide being studied.

An e-etiquette guide for electronic communications by lawyers has been referred by the Board of Governors to the Standing Committee on Professionalism for further action.

The board, at its Palm Coast meeting, approved the Communications Committee's recommendation to refer the Best Practices for Effective Electronic Communication.

Committee Chair Michelle Suskauer said the guide will be forwarded to the professionalism panel with a request that it review and compare it with all current professionalism guidelines and incorporate the electronic communications with those and with the Ideals and Goals of Professionalism.

"Although the guide is a work in progress, we're going to see ... how we can best push this information out to our membership now." The guide covers such topics as cell phones, cyber security, email, laptop and tablet use in public, texting, and using social media. On other communications matters:

* The board approved a report from a subcommittee on pro bono activities by the Bar, committees, and sections, which was forwarded to the Vision 2016 commission working on access to legal services issues.

* The board approved the committee's revisions to the Bar's social...