"It’s one thing to draw a line in the sand, but it’s something else altogether to bury your head in it."

This month, the American Bar Association addressed lawyers' reluctance to embrace technology when it amended the comments to Rule 1.1 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (entitled, "Competence") to emphasize that a lawyer's obligation to provide competent representation to a client, which includes keeping abreast of changes in the law and its practice, also includes a duty to keep abreast of benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.

Lawyer and noted commentator Bob Ambrogi, relating that a lawyer recently told him that he he refuses to use e-mail in his law practice and has no idea what a blog is, put it perfectly:

It’s one thing to draw a line in the sand, but it’s something else altogether to bury your head in it.