Does Your School Have A Social Media Policy?
Effective social media use can help law schools connect with prospective and current students, reach donors, and build rapport and trust within the school’s local and global community. Like any communication tool, there are basic principles and practices that schools should follow to get the most out of social media. The process of crafting, adopting, and implementing social media best practices or policies will educate law school leaders why and how they can use social media well.
- Here’s a draft/example policy for staff use (editable .doc file)
- See a variety of policies for comparison at the Social Media Policies Database.
- The University of Kansas agreed to share its Facebook use guidelines.
- View the presentation materials for new students from The University of Iowa College of Law.
- Check out social media in law school survey results.
If your school has a social media policy, please comment below, including a link to the policy if possible.
Does Your School Need A Social Media Policy?
Interesting food for thought on whether a formal policy is necessary. The discussion is about law firms, but easy to see how it could be applied to law schools.
Here is an interesting rebuttal to the idea that policies aren’t necessary, from Shel Holtz.
