Can I promote my legal software here?
No. The rules ban direct and indirect advertising of jobs, surveys, and products, with zero tolerance.
Subreddit guides
r/Lawyertalk rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Lawyertalk: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 207,062
- Verified
- October 20, 2026
- Category
- Legal practitioners and lawyers
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Respect Reddit's Content Policy.: All users must comply with Reddit's [Content Policy](https://www.redditinc.com/policies/content-policy), strictly prohibiting NSFW content (in non-NSFW communities), spam, illegal activity, and doxxing. As part of our prohibition on spam, we do not allow direct or indirect advertising in this subreddit (for jobs, surveys, or products). Violations endanger the entire community's existence; therefore, there is zero tolerance for these offenses.
- Adhere to Reddiquette.: Follow [Reddiquette](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439-Reddiquette). Be nice, relevant, and respectful; provide sources and format your posts properly. Knowingly participating in threads that violate community rules is itself a breach of Reddiquette. If you message the mods with a question answered explicitly by the rules or the message first sent to you, we may issue you a short temp ban for wasting our time. This standard applies to all posts and comments.
- Do Not Request or Provide Legal Advice.: This community is for professional peer discussion, not legal counsel. Members must not provide any legal advice, whether full, partial, hypothetical application of law to facts, or strategic recommendations. A ban will be issued to the requesting party and anyone that engages with their request. This prohibition covers all posts and comments and is applied mechanistically; no in-depth analysis of context or intent will be performed.
- Only Legal Practitioners should participate here.: A Legal Practitioner is an individual who has been formally admitted or authorized by the competent regulatory authority in their jurisdiction (Bar, Order, Chamber, Court, or equivalent body) to practice law, and whose admission remains valid (i.e., not revoked or suspended). This includes current/active, non-practicing, retired, and judicially appointed practitioners alike. LPs will also have practice insurance and typically pay annual fees. Retired or Non-Prac. LPs are welcome.
- Please use the right post flair or Megathread.: For example: Any content related to US current events, politics or news should use the "US Legal News" flair. For example: posts about legal tech, AI or off topic subjects should go in our megathreads. This rule is enforced without notice to users and is not something you can appeal, so please review the flairs before posting. If your post keeps getting removed, this is likely the cause.
Works well
- A first person anecdote about firm culture or daily practice, posted by an admitted lawyer with the correct flair
- A peer discussion question about the legal world that asks for professional experience rather than legal advice
- A legal tech or AI topic shared in the megathread, since the rules send those subjects there
- A lighthearted amusing anecdote from practice that fits the community's stated love of funny stories
Avoid
- Posting any kind of ad, product plug, job listing, or survey, because the spam rule has zero tolerance and covers indirect advertising too
- Asking for legal advice or answering someone who does, because rule three bans both the requester and anyone who engages
- Posting as a non-lawyer, since participation is limited to formally admitted legal practitioners
- Skipping the right flair, because misflaired posts are removed without notice and cannot be appealed
- Putting legal tech or AI content in the main feed instead of the megathreads
- Messaging the mods with a question the rules already answer, which can earn a short temp ban for wasting their time
What r/Lawyertalk Is For
r/Lawyertalk is a place for lawyers to talk about lawyer things with other lawyers. The description points to firm culture, amusing anecdotes, and the legal world as the main topics. The rules make one thing very clear before anything else: only legal practitioners should participate here. That means people formally admitted by a bar, order, chamber, court, or equivalent body, whose admission is still valid. Current, non-practicing, retired, and judicially appointed practitioners are all welcome. The community is for professional peer discussion, not legal counsel, and the description itself says no legal advice requests and no marketing.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides everything here is “Rule 4. Only Legal Practitioners should participate here.”, because participation is limited to people formally admitted to practice law by a regulatory body. Then there is “Rule 1. Respect Reddit's Content Policy.”, which bans spam and says direct or indirect advertising of jobs, surveys, or products is not allowed, with zero tolerance. “Rule 3. Do Not Request or Provide Legal Advice.” matters too, because it is applied mechanically and bans both the person asking and anyone who engages. “Rule 5. Please use the right post flair or Megathread.” decides whether your post even stays up, since posts with the wrong flair are removed without notice and cannot be appealed. Finally, “Rule 2. Adhere to Reddiquette.” warns that messaging the mods with a question the rules already answer can earn you a short temp ban.
What To Post
I will be honest with you here. This community has almost no lane for a founder doing Reddit marketing, and that is by design. If you are a lawyer yourself, a good post looks like a story or question about firm culture, a funny anecdote from practice, or an observation about the legal world, posted with the correct flair. If your topic touches legal tech or AI, the rules say it goes in the megathreads, not the main feed. If you are not a legal practitioner, the safest good post is no post at all, and the smart move is to read and learn how lawyers talk about their work.
What To Avoid
Do not post anything that looks like advertising, because the spam rule has zero tolerance and covers indirect promotion of jobs, surveys, or products. Do not ask for legal advice or answer someone who does, because rule three is applied mechanically and bans both the requester and anyone who engages, even in hypothetical terms. Do not participate if you are not a formally admitted legal practitioner, because that alone breaks rule four. Do not use the wrong flair, because misflaired posts are removed without notice and cannot be appealed. Do not put legal tech or AI content in the main feed, because those belong in the megathreads. And do not message the mods to ask something the rules already answer, because that can get you a short temp ban for wasting their time.
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Common questions about r/Lawyertalk
Can I post if I am not a lawyer?
No. The community is restricted to legal practitioners who are formally admitted and in good standing with their regulatory body.
What if my product is legal tech?
The rules say posts about legal tech or AI belong in the megathreads, so that is the only sanctioned place for such topics.
Are links allowed?
Unknown from the evidence, so treat links as risky and assume any promotional link falls under the spam rule.
Do I need flair on my post?
Yes, flair is required, and posts with the wrong flair are removed without notice and cannot be appealed.