A Hot New Trend in Law Firm Recruiting: Facebook?
Facebook just got a lot less cool, and a lot more LinkedIn. Watch out, for your firm may be coming to F-book soon.
The ABA Journal reports that Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has launched a Facebook page to aid in its recruiting efforts:
Looking for a way to better promote itself to the next generation of lawyers, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has launched a Facebook page as part of its broader law school recruiting efforts.“We are pleased to be capitalizing on the popularity of the most widely used social networking site,” Nancy Delaney, a Curtis partner who is a member of the firm’s personnel committee, says in a release (PDF) about the page. “As a Firm, we recognized the power of this format of communication and the wide use being made of it by future lawyers.”
Their page has 55 fans at the moment. We would pooh-pooh that, but the Above the Law fan page currently has just 96 fans.
(The ATL group page on Facebook, however, has more robust ranks, with over 800 members.)
Facebook Page is New Twist in Biglaw Recruiting [Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites]
BigLaw Firm Recruits on Facebook [ABA Journal]
Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt & Mosle Facebook Page [Facebook]
CURTIS DEPLOYS FACEBOOK PAGE TO HELP ATTRACT TOP LAW STUDENTS [Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt & Mosle Press Release - PDF]
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JUDGE KENT!!!
Many law firm summer associate classes have Facebook groups set up.
They can commiserate on FB over getting no-offered.
ha ha. . . to work for a firm that has a facebook page and be a fan is sooo retarded. I would be ashamed!
summer associate facebook groups are just to keep in touch since we became friends and go to different lawschools. However, I know ours is by invite only for our summer class. For the firm to have a page is pathetic. I am part of our summer class group yet I would never join the firms actual page. That's just pathetic.
sorry about your tiny pink social network, bro.
facebook has jumped the shark
all of the associates at that firm look like trolls
What's with all the incorrect law firm name problems. It's Mallet-Prevost (that's one guy/woman). Probably the dumbest law firm name ever -- if you hyphenate you shoud be auto-disqualified from being a name partner at a large law firm.
do their associates in almaty get to participate in the running of the jew contest as seen in Borat?
How pathetic are you that on facebook you are friends with your employer! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!! You are a loser!
After reading all of these comments I have arrived at the conclusion that they all suck.
GULC rules you raw.
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Love the irony of firm setting up Facebook page to recruit while firms routinely ding candidates based on Facebook pages.
Facebook isn't available in Slovak yet, so this will be of limited use for hiring in Bratislava..