How do you react when you read a 2L or 3L making an announcement about joining a big law firm on LinkedIn? On one hand I get that it is a milestone but when they go on about how great their summer was or mention unlimited pro bono, I just roll my eyes. They will all learn soon enough but the long self-congratulatory LinkedIn posts seem both braggadocious and uninformed.

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I personally love seeing those posts.

Many students who post on LinkedIn (or at least the ones that show up on my feed) come from non-traditional backgrounds, are the first in their family to become a lawyer, and/or have faced tremendous hardship getting to where they are. I think it’s inspiring.

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They’ve almost all been told to do that by recruiting. So just like it or ignore it and move on.

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That’s so strange! I went through OCI in 2018 and my class was specifically told NOT to brag about it on LinkedIn because people were still trying to find jobs. How quickly things change…

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Why does this bother some people? Isn't that literally what LinkedIn is for? If people sharing career updates bothers you then why are you on LinkedIn? BTW it's a marketing tool for firms.

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For real. A lot of these posts are cringey, but the folks taking time out of their day to criticize them probably aren’t even thinking about building a personal brand. These self-promoters are going to lap a lot of their former classmates because they understand success isn’t just about churning out billables.

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Firms ask them to do it but they don’t ask them to write 4 paragraphs about the trajectory of their lives. Everyone is so self-important and it’s cringey AF.

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I think it’s tacky but I ignore it and move on.

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I don’t even notice. Firms ask them to do it for free PR.

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Sorry but… you came here to post this? Just let the kids have their day and worry about your own self promotion.

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Utterly unnecessary since your network gets notified when you update your job status. But, I just ignore them.

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Lol I can’t believe this bothers you that much? Put yourself in their shoes - they are trying everything to secure their position with the firm they summered for. Firms are all about optics.

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