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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.
- Court Watch
- Law Biz
- News
- Law Prof Plus
- Torts
- In Labor
- IP Law
- Criminal Justice
- IMHO
- Niche
- For Fun
- Legal Tech
Law Biz: These virtual mentors discuss the nitty-gritty about day-to-day practice and share cautionary tales and real-world anecdotes to keep their readers connected to a larger legal community.
190
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3 Geeks and a Law Blog
“It is a vital resource of ‘law geek’-related news, and I rely on it,” Jan Rivers, competitive intelligence liaison at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis, wrote us. Last fall, the geeks started their Thursday Elephant Posts, which pose a question (What will your firm stop buying in five years?) and post answers from librarians, marketers and other legal practitioners.
154
votes
Legal Practice Pro
Consumer bankruptcy lawyer Jay Fleischman is also a legal marketing consultant who writes on the business of law. Written primarily for solos and small firms, his posts discuss client billing, law practice management, professional development, legal technology, virtual law firms and, of course, marketing and social media.
65
votes
MyShingle.com
Carolyn Elefant is the “queen of solos,” says blogger Nicole Black, a Rochester, N.Y., lawyer who co-authored Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier with Elefant. “She’s a true thought leader,” Black says. Elefant of Washington, D.C., was featured as a 2010 Legal Rebel, in part for the time she devotes on her blog to mentoring other solos.
50
votes
Lawyerist
“Lawyerist is one of the best practitioner-driven blogs that I’ve come across, and they cover practice management topics from an unusually practical, war story perspective,” writes David Whelan of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The topics of legal marketing, technology, news and career advice abound, written by various authors; and new posts go up several times a day.
46
votes
What About Clients?
Hull McGuire’s Dan Hull doesn’t pull any punches when he challenges readers to go beyond what’s currently en vogue, take a step back and be sure they’re serving the people who matter most to the firm: clients.
46
votes
22 Tweets
22 Tweets houses Lance Godard’s live, often insightful “Twitterviews,” essentially mini-profiles of lawyers who tweet. In 22 tweets, lawyers reveal professional challenges, marketing tips and how to best interact with clients.
42
votes
The Client Revolution
The Client Revolution is where practitioner Jay Shepherd is waging war with the billable hour. With witty, easy-to-read anecdotes and commonsense commentary, Shepherd makes the case for alternative billing.
39
votes
The Careerist
Vivia Chen is the chief blogger at Careerist and a senior reporter for American Lawyer. A major source of news tips for us, the blog discusses the industry’s employment outlook, hiring trends and career advice.
31
votes
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Kevin O’Keefe, the Seattle-based CEO of LexBlog, “isn’t afraid to speak his mind as he challenges the legal community to use social media effectively,” Technola blogger Kate Bladow wrote us. And O’Keefe, not to put too fine a point on it, thinks a lawyer needs a blog to be taken seriously on the Internet. But we regret that the lion’s share of the blog’s posts are increasingly devoted to promoting blogs in the LexBlog network.
29
votes
Law21
Ottawa, Ontario, lawyer Jordan Furlong is a management consultant, speaker and ex-journalist whose writing is clear and forceful. He addresses cutting-edge topics in law practice management, with a look to the future of the industry.
23
votes
Adam Smith, Esq.
If the eponymous Adam Smith had been a stakeholder at a law firm in the 21st century, he would surely be reading Bruce MacEwen’s take on the economics of law firm management. Ron Friedmann, Arlington, Va.-based author of past Blawg 100 honoree Strategic Legal Technology, describes it as a “must-read,” with “penetrating economic and business analysis of the global law firms, especially the Am Law 200.”
20
votes
AdamsDrafting
AdamsDrafting is a regular tutorial on clear writing for lawyers looking to cut to the chase, avoid legalese and simplify contract language for the sake of clients, adversaries and themselves. Lawyers love to debate language use, so it’s no surprise that posts here often generate lively discussions. Editors' note: On, Dec. 2, 2010, Ken Adams announced that "the AdamsDrafting blog is dead," and that he is now posting at The Koncise Drafter.
12
votes
"Avoid a Claim" Blog
“Avoid a Claim” Blog “provides a running tally of scams directed at attorneys, creating something of a red-flag list for the wary attorney. This is an essential, if often overlooked, aspect (that of avoiding scams) of running a law practice,” says blogger Jared Correia of Mass. LOMAP.
