mastodon.law
Mastodon.law is a public social network built specifically for the legal community — hosted by Alt21 Development, and part of our broader effort to make digital publishing in law open and connected.
Law is a networked profession. Attorneys already gather in sections, bar groups, and listservs to exchange insight. Mastodon.law brings that same professional conversation into a modern, decentralized space — open to read, ad-free, and chronologically ordered. It’s not about building followers; it’s about building understanding.
Why we built it
Traditional social networks reward attention, not relationships or learning. Their design collapses every audience—clients, peers, and strangers—into the same feed, which turns thoughtful professional exchange into performance. For lawyers and legal technologists, that setup leaves little room for the kind of candid, practice-level discussion that actually drives progress. The most valuable conversations about law, marketing, and technology end up happening out of sight—in private chats, client calls, and conference rooms—where others can’t learn from them.
We want to change that.
Mastodon.law offers a public but professional space where lawyers, marketers, writers, and technologists can discuss how legal publishing, firm marketing, and technology actually work — the behind-the-scenes craft that shapes how law shows up online.
How it fits into the Alt21 ecosystem
Alt21 builds open publishing infrastructure for the legal profession—tools that help lawyers and organizations publish, connect, and establish identity online. That work naturally led to this one: creating a space for the conversations that happen around those tools.
Mastodon.law isn’t a Alt21 product showcase or support forum. It’s a commons for the broader legal community to exchange ideas about how we all build, publish, and communicate more effectively. Hosting it is simply part of Alt21’s commitment to keeping the legal web open, professional, and connected.
Each community in Mastodon is independent but linked through shared protocols. By maintaining mastodon.law, Alt21 contributes one well-moderated home to that wider network—one where attorneys, marketers, and technologists can speak publicly without the noise or incentives of commercial platforms.
What you’ll find here
- Ad-free, chronological conversation. No algorithms, no “engagement” games.
- Public but professional. Anyone can read; posting access is limited to verified members of the legal community.
- Connected publishing. Profiles link directly to your legal hub, firm site, or Legal Examiner page — part of your professional identity, not a separate persona.
- Open standards. Built on Mastodon and ActivityPub, mastodon.law participates in the open social web — meaning your posts can reach across compatible platforms while still belonging to you.
Who it’s for
- Attorneys shaping their firm’s publishing and outreach.
- Marketers, writers, and consultants helping firms communicate clearly.
- Technologists building the tools behind modern legal media.
Join the conversation shaping how law shows up online.
Mastodon.law is a professional, ad-free social network for lawyers, marketers, and technologists building the future of legal publishing and communication.
Hosted by Alt21
Alt21 is a development agency building open, identity-driven publishing systems for the legal profession. Our goal is to give lawyers and their partners better control over how they publish, connect, and collaborate online — using open tools, structured data, and shared infrastructure rather than proprietary platforms.
Mastodon.law is one small piece of that mission: a digital commons for the professionals shaping how law is communicated in the 21st century.