Top 10 Legal YouTube Channels

The American Bar Association reports that online video is a much more viable format now than it was a few years ago because of the changes in online user behavior, online technology advances and reduced costs.

Kevin O'Keefe reports that with the advancement of YouTube, the growth in watching videos on mobile, and the integration of YouTube with home television, lawyers and law firms are sitting on a tremendous opportunity.  Here are some YouTube legal channels that we've selected that provide useful information on a consistent basis.

Harvard Law School
youtube.com/user/HarvardLawSchool

Harvard Law School's YouTube Channel provides lectures, speeches, interviews and more.  Our favorite video shows Mindy Kaling's speech at Harvard Law School Class Day 2014.



Stanford Law School
youtube.com/user/stanfordlawschool

Stanford Law inspires new ideas and explores innovation through its YouTube Channel.  Peter Thiel, JD '92, founder of Paypal and first major investor in Facebook, offers business tips in our favorite video.



Bloomberg Law
youtube.com/user/bloomberglaw

Bloomberg Law offers integrated legal research and business intelligence so professionals can deliver value to clients.  Our favorite video shows what taking the bar is really like.



Thomson Reuters Legal
youtube.com/user/ThomsonReutersLegal

The YouTube channel for Legal Current, the legal blog from Thomson Reuters, delivers advice for law students, guides for Black's Law Dictionary, and more.  Our favorite video provides one thing that new students need to know about law school.



Lexis Nexis
youtube.com/user/LexisNexisLawSchools

Lexis Nexis provides advice for job seekers, research guides, etc.  Our favorite video offers practical transactional and drafting skills.



NYU School of Law
youtube.com/user/nyuschooloflaw

New York School of Law has a long record of academic excellence and national scholarly influence.  Our favorite video showed a day long conference that examined whether the protections guaranteed by the First Amendment were under strain due to actions taken by the government in the name of national security.



Duke Law School
youtube.com/user/dukelaw

Duke Law takes scholarship, service, professionalism, and teaching seriously.  Our favorite video shows the 2013 Dean's Cup Final.



University of Chicago Law School
youtube.com/user/UChicagoLawSchool

The University of Chicago Law School's YouTube Channel shows lectures along with footage from the law school's events.  Our favorite video shows Martha Nussbaum's Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach.



University of Pennsylvania Law School
youtube.com/user/pennlawschool

The University of Pennsylvania Law School is one of the premier places to study law in a cross-disciplinary environment.  Our favorite video shows the impact of incarceration on motherhood.



FindLaw
youtube.com/user/FindLaw

FindLaw is the nation's #1 website for free legal information.  Our favorite video shows Attorney David Yannetti in Superior Court convincing a judge to grant his client a new trial.



BONUS

Yale Law School
youtube.com/user/YaleLawSchool

Yale Law School uses Vimeo.com/YaleLaw to post their most up-to-date videos and archive videos from the past several years on the law school's YouTube Channel.  Our favorite video shows Yale Law School's collection of rare law books.

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