On Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, Gina F. Rubel, Esq., president and CEO of Furia Rubel Communications, will present at a Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) continuing legal education program, “Ethics of Social Networking.” The course will be held as part of PBI’s “Breaking Down the Basics” series in Philadelphia at the CLE Conference Center. The two-hour seminar will begin at 11:30 a.m. and a simulcast of the course will be available at the PBI Professional Development Center in Pittsburgh and the PBI Conference Center in Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Rubel, a legal marketing and social media expert and author of Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers, will explain the ethics of social networking and how attorneys can leverage these platforms to build business.

“Breaking Down the Basics” is a new series of practical seminars that will provide attorneys with the foundational “how-to” in several key areas of practice. Designed for the new attorney, or the attorney who has recently changed practice areas, started his/her own firm or expanded into new areas in a general practice, these programs will provide practical nuts and bolts information. To register, and for more detailed information about the seminar and faculty, visit PBI’s website at: www.pbi.org.

Rubel has handled a wide range of communications from internationally publicized death penalty appeals to whistle blower matters to multi-million dollar verdicts and other high stakes litigation. A nationally sought-after speaker, she runs a public relations and marketing agency with a niche in representing professional service firms. Rubel and her company have won many awards for public relations, marketing, website design, legal communications, corporate philanthropy and leadership.