Eric Segall

(2) is effectively closed. But a good article combined with a blog post and twitter and social media exposure can make a difference. Second, on twitter specifically, profs at non-elite schools can hob nob with profs at elite schools in ways that rarely occur at conferences (2)

(3) and these relationships can make a difference. Third, even established law profs at non-elite schools benefit from social media in ways that are different from profs at elite schools. I have received invites from students at top 30 schools based largely on my twitter (4)

(4) presence. Most con law profs at top 10-15 schools get more invites then they can accept. Finally, social media if done well can amplify a scholar’s presence in a number of different ways that scholars at elite schools just don’t need. Okay, sorry to take up so much space.

Sorry one more thought for this thread. My blogging at @dorfonlaw combined with my twitter presence has led to numerous media invites (national and international). Now I’d like to think my body of work also counts a lot but there are a lot of great con law folks out there so...

Thoughtfully said. You should write this up as one short essay.

Thank you. I’m afraid it might sound too self-serving and defensive. I was worried about that for the thread but figured twitter is intrinsically self-serving and defensive .....:)

Didn't seem those things, but I am a layman. I do often wonder if @scottjshapiro - Twitter's premier humorist, after all - could get away with half the things he tweets if he were at a "non-elite" law school.

I started at @CardozoLaw, which I loved, and would definitely be tweeting the same way. Might have been/might still be irrational, but my guess is that I would have acted the same.