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Our high LinkedIn posts of 2023

By Lee Rawles

December 21, 2023, 9:47 am CST

Social media is an ever-shifting panorama, however one development that we have seen on the ABA Journal over the previous few years is the uptick in using LinkedIn amongst legal professionals. It could have as soon as been a static place to dump resumé particulars or humblebrag, however LinkedIn is now internet hosting in-depth discussions and thriving communities of authorized professionals.

In 2021, we hosted Marc W. Halpert on an episode of The Modern Law Library podcast to debate how LinkedIn could possibly be helpful to legal professionals. Our follower depend has solely grown since then and is at present nearing half one million. In order we shut out 2023, we thought we’d give readers a glance behind the analytics curtain.

There are a lot of methods to gauge engagement on LinkedIn, however we’ve determined to indicate you the posts this yr that obtained probably the most clicks, probably the most feedback and probably the most reactions. Maybe probably the most fascinating ingredient is how little overlap there may be between the three classes.

Most clicks

1. “Law firm boycotts on-campus interviews at Harvard Law because of congressional testimony by its president”

2. An immigration lawyer who uses pink to brand her law firm says she was “elated” and “excited” when Inside Edition approached her for a story that compared her and her employees to the pink-loving Barbie featured in the new movie released July 21.

3. A New York appeals court has denied bar admission to a 2000 law graduate who practiced law for nearly 10 years without a license, rising to law firm partnership.

4. “Meet Peter Park, possibly youngest person to pass California bar”

5. “Your Voice: The curious case of why lawyers are not called ‘doctor’”

Most feedback

1. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been hobnobbing with billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, who has showered Thomas and his wife with gifts of luxury travel for more than two decades.

2. Twenty-five out of 94 federal district courts have never had a judge of color, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis.

3. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has attended at least two donor events orchestrated by the Koch network and has developed a bond with the conservative Koch brothers during all-male retreats, according to a new report by ProPublica.

4. The trial judge hearing the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump drew the line Tuesday after learning of a social media post targeting his law clerk that included her photo and her name.

5. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed four reimbursed trips in 2022 and his 2014 real estate deal with Republican megadonor and billionaire Harlan Crow in a financial disclosure form filed Thursday.

Most reactions

1. The U.S. Postal Service will soon unveil its new stamp honoring the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which celebrates “her groundbreaking contributions to justice, gender equality and the rule of law.”

2. “Meet Lawsuit Barbie: She’s been busy at Barbie’s courthouse”

3. Barbie has been living in the real world for a long time. Because of the doll’s colossal success since its introduction in 1959, countless lawsuits have gone through the courts as the doll’s maker has sought to enforce its rights and protect her image.

4. An immigration lawyer who uses pink to brand her law firm says she was “elated” and “excited” when Inside Edition approached her for a story that compared her and her employees to the pink-loving Barbie featured in the new movie released July 21.

5. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor died today in Phoenix at 93. The first woman to serve in SCOTUS devoted much of her retirement to campaigning for better civics education for Americans, working as a special advisor to the ABA.

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