What is a Blawg? The
past year has seen incredible growth in legal web logs, or bLAWgs.
And that’s good news for attorneys in small firms who want to
brush up on their writing - and practice - skills. So what’s a
bLAWg anyway? It is a frequent, chronological publication of
personal thoughts and Web links.
A blog is often a mixture of what
is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the
Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as
many unique types of blogs as there are people.
People maintained blogs long
before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with
the introduction of automated published systems, most notably
Blogger at blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as
Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process.
Blogs are alternatively
called web logs or weblogs. However, "blog" seems
less likely to cause confusion, as "web log" can also mean a
server's log files.
"Blogs" (short for web logs) - legal blogs: see
www.lawtechnologynews.com for reports.
www.talkleft.com, Jeralyn Merritt, a
Denver-based criminal attorney. Merritt writes and comments about the
politics of crime.
www.appellateblog.blogstop.com, How Appealing, by Philadelphia-based lawyer
Howard Bashman, which discusses appellate litigation
The Lessig Blog http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog, written by Stanford Law School
Professor Lawrence Lessig. An expert in cyberlaw, Lessig discussed
intellectual property, the Internet and other topics.
www.daubertontheweb.com - analyzes the 1993 US Supreme Court decision in
Daubert vs. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals. More than 300 appellate cases
related to expert scientific testimony are available on this site, organized by
circuit and filed of expertise.
www.denniskennedy.com,
www.adamsmithesq.com/blog,
www.bgbg.blogspot.com;
www.RCAlawaz.com
www.legalunderground.com; www.technorati.com
(Note from Diane L. Drain -
There are thousands more - if you find one that you feel is
valuable please share it with me and I will include it in this
list. )
