Social media and your professional reputation

What you post online reflects on you and the profession. Never post anything that could identify a client or their work.

Posting about your work

General posts about the kind of work you do are fine. Never name clients, share documents or describe a case in a way that could be recognised, even after the job ends.

Disagreements online

Criticise ideas, not colleagues. Public attacks on another member can be a breach of the code.

Good to know

• Breaking the law in your professional work is also a breach of the code.
• Panels of the Professional Conduct Committee always include at least one lay member.
• We publish anonymised summaries of complaint decisions twice a year to help members learn from them.

Downloads

• Code of Professional Conduct (PDF, 7 KB)
• Model terms of business (Word, 37 KB)

Page last reviewed 25 January 2026