Noah Feldman, Columnist

Twitter's Not a Great Place for Legal Advice

Even 280 characters are not enough to provide the clarity needed.

January 16, 2018 at 5:19 PM UTC

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People."

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We have our first confirmed federal Twitter judge, Judge Don Willett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. More than 500 legal scholars both young and old, as well as sophisticated practitioners, use Twitter to comment, analyze and argue. From a practical perspective, legal Twitter is thriving.

But is legal Twitter a good thing? The question has been bouncing around on (surprise) Twitter -- but without (surprise) any very sustained engagement.