The 2010 ABA Journal Blawg 100

These are this year’s 100 best legal blogs, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.

Welcome to the fourth annual ABA Journal Blawg 100—the best legal blogs as selected by the Journal's editors.

Each year, we scour the Web to bring you the best and brightest law bloggers in a variety of categories, and this year is no different.

Read the full intro and magazine version here.

Voting is now closed.



For Fun: You’ll find serious content in some of these blogs, but their pop culture sensibilities or overt humor make them feel like guilty pleasures.

481
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Law Law Land

While its amici were divided over whether its jokes are witty or awful, we come down on the side of "awesomely bad." Run by LA's Greenberg Glusker, it's consistently one of the most entertaining entertainment law blogs out there. Full of pop-culture references, its posts are lighthearted but informative.

 

439
votes

That's What She Said

The lawyers at Ford & Harrison take a closer look at the employees of Dunder Mifflin on NBC’s The Office—more specifically, at the egregious violations of labor and employment law featured in every episode.

 

102
votes

Corporette

Billed as “a fashion and lifestyle blog for overachieving chicks,” Corporette features fashion tips, etiquette lessons, guest authors and sweet bargains. Are thank-you notes on personalized stationery a thing of the past? Can women of color wear their hair naturally in a corporate environment? These questions and more are hotly debated.

 

92
votes

Lowering the Bar

“Kevin Underhill has a knack for finding the most absurd lawsuits and law-related events and then describing them with amazing wit,” writes Jeff Richardson of iPhone J.D., also in this year’s Blawg 100. “Every visit to Lowering the Bar is guaranteed to bring a smile to my face.”

 

65
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The Namby Pamby, Attorney-at-Law

“Namby blawgs/tweets, and hilarity ensues,” says University of Arkansas law student Erica Durr. “I appreciate his candor, pithiness and ability to make the practice of law seem like a fun (albeit tumultuous) roller-coaster ride.”

 

26
votes

The Prime-Time Crime Review

Ripped from the headlines, but with a twist! Law & Order: SVU is in its 13th season and Allison Leotta, novelist and former federal sex-crimes prosecutor, is fact-checking their work. Leotta analyzes each episode, then discusses what they got right and wrong. She’ll also comment on high-profile crimes of the day and crime novels.

 

26
votes

Hollywood, Esq.

When celebrities battle studios over publicity rights or take their employment disputes to court, the Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq., has the scoop. Tightly written—and, yes, entertaining—the blog also chronicles intellectual property rights assertions and the comings and goings of lawyers working in and around the entertainment industry. As one Hollywood insider tells us, it’s “by far, the best site for entertainment legal matters.”