Metaphors abound on and about the Internet.
And, within limits, they are useful. They help us to relate to the unknown, to link it to our sense of the useful or frivolous, profitable or risky. A recent New York Times article invited readers to think about the Internet as a huge new city, population 20 million or so, growing rapidly. Several but not all of the reasons I see for lawyers and law firms to be on the Net can be framed in terms of that image. Now a community of that size and vibrancy must be chock-full of potential business for lawyers.