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Appendix: Resources

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Current official LLS social media channels include:

Primary: 

    Secondary: 

    Important contacts

    Marketing & Communications Office

    Location: Burns 126 

    Loyola Safety & Security Office

    Parking garage, ground level 

    Highlights of guidelines from popular social media channels

    Facebook

    • Facebook posts are subject to its Community Standards.
    • Facebook will remove content that violates the Facebook Terms (i.e., pornography, hate speech, threats, graphic violence, bullying and spam).
    • Facebook users are encouraged to use the report link near the offending content to submit a report.
    • Facebook rules state the following:
      1. Users who see something offensive on Facebook that doesn’t violate its terms may:
        1. Hide it from the News Feed;
        2. Send a message to the person responsible for posting the content;
        3. Unfriend or block the person responsible;
        4. Delete the post if it appears on your timeline;
        5. For photos, removal of the tag.

    Instagram

    • Instagram's Community Guidelines and Terms prohibit posting of content not owned by the poster, harassment and other conduct. Users are subject to Community Guidelines. Users may report the account of the person who posted it or report the individual piece of offending content.
    • Abusive users may be reported via Instagram’s internal flagging feature. Or if you would like to delete an abusive comment, you may do so.
    • For copyright and intellectual property violations, Instagram maintains its own online form at http://help.instagram.com/454951664593304 (an Instagram account is required for filing). Users may also file a DMCA report.
    • Users are solely responsible for their conduct and any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, links and other content or materials submitted, posted or displayed on or via Instagram.
    • Bottom line: You can delete an individual comment as you can on Facebook.

    Twitter

    • Twitter’s rules allow users to report an abusive user.
      • Include direct links to any Tweets you wish Twitter to review (to find the direct status links to individual Tweets, refer to the help page.)
    • Twitter recommends that when you receive an unwanted communication from another Twitter user, you block the user and cease all communication in order to prevent the offending person from following or replying to you. 
    • Users are allowed to post content, including potentially inflammatory content, provided they do not violate the Twitter Terms of Service and Rules.

    YouTube

    • YouTube maintains Community Guidelines that state users may identify content they find in violation of YouTube’s Terms of Use by clicking the button that says "Flag" under the offending video to submit it for review by YouTube staff.
    • YouTube maintains parameters for moderating channel comments.
    • Offensive comments may be deleted, and offending users may be blocked so that they cannot view other videos or leave more comments. Account holders may also turn comments off for any video or manage comments by requiring pre-approval before they get posted.  

    Glossary

    Handle: Term for the name, starting with the @ symbol, of a user’s account on Twitter. It is recommended that “LLS” or “Loyola Law School” be used in the naming of handles  for official LLS accounts when possible for the sake of branding uniformity. 

    Hashtag: A searchable keyword on Twitter that is preceded by a #, like #LoyolaLawSchool. It is recommended that “LLS” or “Loyola Law School” be used in hashtags for official publications when possible for the sake of branding uniformity. 

    Poster/user: This term applies to anyone publishing or commenting on a social media site. It applies to both those managing accounts and their audience/community. 

    Terms and conditions/terms of use: These are the rules for use of social media as provided by LLS and/or an individual social media website. Violation of these terms can lead to removal from the services. 

    FOR STUDENTS

    Considerations specifically for law students:

    • Employers do Internet searches of candidates, and there are websites that will gather information relating to a candidate’s social media profile regardless of "private" status.
    • Deleted does not really mean deleted. Almost everything can be retrieved forensically.
    • Never post confidential information. Remember that the rules of ethics apply to your posts and that you can be in potential violation of the attorney-client privilege if you are posting information about cases you are working on with the firms that you are employed with.
    • Be accurate with your profile information. Consider the information you are posting about your work history and education as if you were putting together your resume. This information should be accurate and not misleading.
    • Be respectful to your peers and colleagues. Your reputation is your highest commodity as an attorney.

    Things Law Students Should Never Do on Social Media

    By Andrew Lu, FindLaw

    Unlike high school or college students, law students have to be especially careful of what they post on social media sites.

    When you were younger, social media was a great way to express your individuality and share your day-to-day experiences with friends.

    But as you get older -- especially when you enroll in law school -- you should consider evolving your social media use to consider its ability to benefit or hurt your career prospects and how your potential clients view you.

    Unlike in college, you are likely sitting next to your life-long colleagues in law school. Like it or not, these people may be a part of your professional life for as long as you are an attorney. For this reason, law students should consider these five things before posting anything on social media sites, as reported by Mashable:

    1. Illegal Activities. A picture of you smoking a bong or stealing a street sign is questionably cool in high school or college. But you just look like a fool no one will want to work with if you post these pictures while you're a law student.
    2. Bullying. Cyber-bullying is a major problem on social media sites, and law students are not immune. Be above the bullying as these kinds of behavior can be interpreted as poison in the office environment.
    3. Disparagement of Professor. Save your griping off the Internet. Remember that what you post online, will remain online forever. Someone who complains and whines about a professor is likely to be viewed as someone who will complain and whine about a supervisor.
    4. Lies. Lying about your background and capabilities can really come back and bite you. Should you ever enter the public sphere either as prosecutor or as an elected official, you should remember that the things you post as a 20-some-year-old may be vetted and could come back to haunt you.
    5. Unprofessional Pictures. Everyone knows that your Facebook profile is not your resume. But being "yourself" does not necessarily mean posting the most extreme pictures you can find of yourself (e.g., drunken photos). Use some discretion and be aware that more than your friends will see you profile.

    Facebook and other social media sites are great because it keeps you connected. The downside for law students is that it keeps you connected -- connected to potential employers, colleagues, voters, etc.

    Marketing & Communications Office

    Contact Information

    Loyola Law School
    919 Albany St.
    Los Angeles, CA 90015

    Brian Costello
    213.736.1444
    brian.costello@lls.edu
    213.736.8300
    media@lls.edu