Not exact matches
There is often excellent
blogging in more specialist spaces - academic, scientific, liberties /
legal, environmental - which sometimes the political
blogs pick up on, but there isn't that much linkage, and there might sometimes be some value in thinking specifically about the linking spaces.
Create a sequence of
blog posts on a particular theme or topic with the help of video tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP428f69lLpaIqY7RhpPA1XNQgWBk1HOW) Use
blogging as a way to write creatively Develop a critical, reflective view of a range of media, including text Ethical and
legal responsibilities of being online Pupils are able to screenshot, paste, crop and resize in order to collate evidence NEW - revision on a page sheet (Jan 2017)
All three panelists decry the practice on both ethical and practical grounds, passionately arguing that
legal ghost
blogging is a material misrepresentation in advertising and damages the attorney - client relationship by undermining the natural trust that a good
blog can establish between a lawyer and their readers.
Furthermore, the Climate Science
Legal Defense Fund views the malicious and fraudulent manner in which the Climatic Research Unit documents were obtained and / or thereafter disseminated, as well as the repeated
blogs about them, as providing the basis for civil actions against those who obtained and / or disseminated them and
blogged about them.
Add that to the more than 3,000
blogs now tracked by the ABA Journal «s Blawg Directory and you can start to see how prevalent
blogging has become throughout the
legal profession.
So says University of Pennsylvania law student Alison I. Stein in a thoughtful commentary recently published on SSRN, Women Lawyers
Blog for Workplace Equality:
Blogging as a Feminist
Legal Method.
The Horace Hunter
legal blogging vs advertising saga ends and he must add an attorney advertising disclaimer to his
blog.
This new
blog will be content oriented and referential in nature, and should help fill what has previously been an empty space in
legal blogging.
After providing a brief history of women in the
legal profession, Stein's article analyzes
blog entries on topics such as equal pay, institutional discrimination and gender dynamics and then suggests reasons why women lawyers seeking equality might turn to
blogging in place of
legal channels.
Launch a
legal blog today and there is a pretty good chance you will not still be
blogging a year from now — maybe not even four months from now.
LexBlog was founded in 2003 to empower lawyers to increase their visibility and accelerate their business relationships through
blogging, Today, its platform is home to more than 15,000
legal bloggers and over half of the nearly 1,000
blogs published by the 200 largest U.S. firms.
Other than outliers such as Overlawyered, however, the first wave of
legal blogs really started to appear on the scene in late 2001 and 2002, and the recent birthdays marking a decade of
blogging at The Volokh Conspiracy and How Appealing are just the beginning of many 10th birthdays that will be coming in 2012.
One of the best parts of being involved with the Clawbies is learning about new
blogs, and seeing just how many different
legal topics are being
blogged about in Canada.
ounded in 2003 to empower lawyers to increase their visibility and accelerate their business relationships through
blogging, Today, its platform is home to more than 15,000
legal bloggers and over half of the nearly 1,000
blogs published by the 200 largest U.S. firms.
And second, the host
blog puts itself on the radar of the
legal blogging community.
This means that anyone who is
blogging about the law will be able to extend the
blog's reach to wider audiences and be part of a first - of - its - kind
legal news network.
Thanks to Laura Orr at Oregon
Legal Research for including this
blog in a pair of thoughtful posts on the art and practice of
blogging for lawyers: Blogging for Lawyers and Blawgers as (real)
blogging for lawyers:
Blogging for Lawyers and Blawgers as (real)
Blogging for Lawyers and Blawgers as (real) Writers.
In the ABA survey, 39.1 percent of lawyers who
blog answered yes to the question, «Have you ever had a client retain your
legal services directly or via referral as a result of your
legal topic
blogging for professional purposes?»
He was well - acquainted with the concept of
blogging and familiar with some U.S.
legal blogs, but could identify no Russian
legal bloggers.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner of Boston, who attracted the attention of bloggers and the news media earlier this year when she joined the roster of contributors to the new Slate
legal blog, Convictions, shares her thoughts on judicial
blogging, judicial speech and courtroom cameras in this week's episode of our
legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer.
More than a
legal guide, the handbook is a how - to for new bloggers, with chapters on setting up
blogs, gettting
blogs recognized by search engines, and the ethics of
blogging.
Thank you Carolyn — it's terrific to have a
blogging colleague of your caliber here at
Legal Blog Watch
U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner, who attracted the attention of bloggers and the news media earlier this year when she joined the roster of contributors to the new Slate
legal blog, Convictions, shares her thoughts on judicial
blogging and judicial speech in this week's episode of our
legal - affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer.
Steve Covell says that, with his
legal blogging friends moving to TypePad, he started thinking about his Blogger
blog and the future.
This week we're saying farewell to Rob Ambrogi at
Legal Blog Watch, who won't be
blogging there any more.
Another
legal blogger, Scott Greenfield, wrote on his
blog that he has to read Twitter because all his
blogging friends use it to comment.
Blogging today at
Legal Blog Watch: «Civil Action» Star Gets SLAPPed Down
Blogging Scooter The Urge to Undress and Unmask
The explosion in
blogging has been felt within the
legal field, with lawyers, academics, pundits and even judges introducing
blogs of their own.
It offers several real - life examples of the impact
blogging has had on the
legal profession and on the lawyers who write
blogs.
My intent in the column was only to highlight a handful of recently launched
blogs to serve as examples to show that
blogging is alive and well within the
legal community.
Cathy Kirkman reports — here and here — on the weekend's events at BlogHer» 06, the second - annual conference on women and
blogging organized by former
Legal Blog Watch editor Lisa Stone along with Elisa Camahort and Jory Des Jardins.
Gee, just when I was about to tease Dennis Kennedy for naming his own
blog as among his 2005 Best of
Legal Blogging Awards, I read that he cites me as precedent for so doing.
In conjunction with the new
blog, West today released a podcast,
Legal Blogging: Trends and Tips, in which I was honored to be one of three guests interviewed by West's Gretchen DeSutter, along with -LSB-...]
Still,
blogging success stories abound, says Borzo in this article dubbed a «survival guide to
legal blogs»:
I'm not exactly sure what this development means for the current state of
legal blogging, but just know this: There are now two
blogs dedicated to mixed martial arts law!
Meanwhile, Best's effort stands as a well - organized guide to
legal blogs, useful both to newcomers to
blogging and old hands.
It is no wonder in - house lawyers are reluctant to
blog,
legal consultant Rees Morrison of Hildebrandt International tells Aman: «There are a lot of ways
blogging by in - house counsel could go wrong.»
Two ways
legal bloggers might increase their
blogging success rate are by posting to their
blogs more frequently and interacting more with their readers and with other
blogs.
Of those who personally maintain a
legal blog, 76 % do it for client development, 47 % because they enjoy writing and outreach, and another 47 % report
blogging for career development / networking.
There seemed to be something going around, as Dennis Kennedy likewise found himself sidelined from live
blogging and even my colleague here at
Legal Blog Watch, Carolyn Elefant, produced but one post, citing her own suffering from «a bit of a pain.»
And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal Law
Blog had the scoop on a «hot off the presses» ruling by federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG partners in pressuring the firm not to advance them
legal fees (I originally
blogged about the matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or employee rights when government comes knocking on the corporate door).
The first of Bob's five tips are about starting your own
blog: use WordPress (differences between wordpress.com and wordpress.org are discussed); develop your theme (write about what you know, and don't let competition dissuade you); practice before you publish (wait at least a month or two before you announce your
blog to the world); develop your voice (recognize that
blogging is very different from most
legal writing); and remember that it's not about you (examine your motivations for
blogging, and remember a conversation goes two ways).
While the law
blog may build on — or, perhaps, remediate — aspects of the law review article,
legal blogging also emerges out of a tradition of conversation.
That's the topic of an excellent
blog posting by Kelly Anderson of Southern African
Legal Information Institute — SAFLII — over at VoxPopuLII, which is a guest -
blogging project sponsored by Tom Bruce and our friends across the lake at the
Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.
One interesting question the survey asks each year is whether lawyers who have
blogs have ever had a client retain them directly or via referral as a result of their
legal blogging.
Others among the several
blogs honored here are Above the Law as Best New Law
Blog, Overlawyered for Best Blawg Theme, Likelihood of Confusion for Best Law
Blog Name, Antitrust Review and PHOSITA sharing the award for Best Group
Blog, TalkLeft for Best Politicio
Blog by Lawyers, Althouse for Best Personal
Blog by a legally oriented female blogger, SHLEP: the Self - Help Law ExPress for Best Law
Blog in the Public Interest, Online Guide to Mediation for Best Law
Blog by a
legal mediator, and Denise Howell as Blawg Diva for her
blogging at Bag and Baggage, Between Lawyers and Lawgarithms.
For two years now, I have had the honor of sharing
blogging duties here at
Legal Blog Watch with Washington, D.C., lawyer Carolyn Elefant.
[3] Law
blogging is certainly not new, either, dating to approximately 1998, when the first
legal blog was launched.
I'm really pleased that Law.com's home page editor, Scott Martin, will join me in
blogging on
Legal Blog Watch.
Legal blogging advocates [1] encourage lawyers that they can
blog and they should
blog and they will receive great benefit from
blogging; similar advocacy - tinged advice touches on writing for other social - media platforms such as Twitter and LinkedIn.