• By   • Jacob Gershman  Lawyers are free to mine the social-
media accounts of jurors, but they may not request access to an
account that’s hidden behind a privacy wall, according to an
ethics opinion issued Thursday by the American Bar Association.
In sum, the rules give lawyers a green light to scour a juror’s
Twitter feed, Facebook account or any other site where they
posted comments, photos or videos about themselves for anyone to
see. Everything that’s public online is fair game. And the same
goes for potential jurors during jury selection.  But lawyers
are advised against Facebook ‘friending” a juror, sending a
Twitter follower or LinkedIn request to a juror who restricts
access to their accounts. That’s considered communication under
ABA rules restricting contact between lawyers and jurors not
authorized by the court.  “This would be akin to driving down
the juror’s street, stopping the car, getting out, and asking
the juror for permission to look inside the juror’s house
because the lawyer cannot see