What are law communities?

Communities for law students, attorneys, and people navigating legal systems. Reddit hosts active communities for LSAT prep, law school admissions, and general legal discussion, with more specialized professional networks for practicing lawyers seeking peer support and career resources.

Where do most law communities live?

LinkedIn is the most common platform in this report (35% of 31 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

97% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical law community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 304K members and the median is 37K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Law topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Law Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends & Data...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 31 law communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: law communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-04-28

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Communities: 31
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 304K
Median members: 37K

Where Law Communities Are Hosted

LinkedIn
11(35%)
Reddit
11(35%)
Independent Platforms
7(23%)
Circle
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
18(58%)
Other platforms
12(39%)
Private membership
1(3%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (58%), but other platforms is also well represented (39%).

LinkedIn leads, but Reddit and Independent Platforms also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(6%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(10%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(35%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
9(29%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(6%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (304K vs 37K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Law Differs From Other Categories

Law is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Law	Hive Index average
Free to join	97%	85%
Median members	37K	25K
Average members	304K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	3%	15%
Topic pageviews / mo	189	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
100%

Niche Features

Job Board
13%
Courses
10%
Online/Offline Events
10%
Live Chat
6%
Member Perks
6%
Newsletter
6%
Paid Community
3%
Pairing
3%

Forum appears on 100% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 14

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
LinkedIn	11	35%	2	14%
Reddit	11	35%	7	50%
Independent Platforms	7	23%	5	36%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit gets 50% of clicks but only 35% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
12(86%)
Other platforms
2(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
5(36%)
Medium
4(29%)
Large
2(14%)
Huge
1(7%)
Gigantic
1(7%)

Top-clicked listings

AttorneysHelp
4(29%)
ExpertLaw
2(14%)
Websleuths
2(14%)

Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

1999

2008

2009

2010

2012

2013

2017

2019

2021

8 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

AttorneysHelp
Reddit · 5.0 stars · 152 members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Law. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•Last updated 2026-04-28

FAQ

: Communities for law students, attorneys, and people navigating legal systems. Reddit hosts active communities for LSAT prep, law school admissions, and general legal discussion, with more specialized professional networks for practicing lawyers seeking peer support and career resources.
: LinkedIn is the most common platform in this report (35% of 31 listings).
: 97% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 304K members and the median is 37K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Law topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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