Day: April 8, 2021

The Law Society of Kenya’s “Social Media Regulations” 2020: Contextual Review Within the Profession – By James Gitau

Change, the only constant phenomena on earth, attempted to make headway in the legal profession in Kenya in 2020, in the context of Advocates’ conduct online. This was after the Law Society of Kenya’s Ethics Committee shared the Draft Advocates Social Media Code for public participation. The reception of the regulations by members of the society was quite telling of the “how-not-to-go-about” social media regulation. In the paragraphs below, this feature shall attempt to dissect the issues, from a broad sense.