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Blawg Directory: Women in the Law

A Woman in Law School
"Law school from a woman's perspective. Topics include class observations, book reviews, feminism, and a variety of legal issues of interest."
Because you never know ...
"... whether you'll stub your toe on a rock or a pearled oyster as you wade through the muddy waters of life."
Corporette
"Corporette is a fashion and lifestyle blog for women lawyers, bankers, MBAs, consultants, and otherwise overachieving chicks. Our readers work in conservative environments but want to look professional and fashionable."
Darling Hill
"Where life and flexible lawyering meet. Where there's no shame in the mommy track (or daddy track). Where lawyers come to find flexible lawyer jobs, alternative legal career ideas and work/life balance. The legal niche for part-time lawyers, stay-at-home lawyers, and work-from-home lawyers."
disputed terms
"Blog chronicles steps toward law school taken by a nontraditional student. Thoughts on application process, 0L preparation, work/life balance, making a career change. Will soon tackle life as a law student, job hunting, legal issues and any other odds and ends I have time to put in pixels."
Ellen Barshevsky—The BLAWG
This blog was launched after the author was banned from posting regular comments on ABAJournal.com. Ellen notes that the blog is about her and she, exclaims in her signature use of random all-caps, that, "I hope YOU enjoy it as MUCH as my BOYFRIEND."
Feminist Law Professors
Highlights the work of feminist law professors and contains information about articles and events that are likely to be of interest to them. Posts cover court cases, legislation and scholarship related to sexual discrimination for like-minded readers, as well as alert them to relevant conferences.
Feminist Legal Theory
News stories about women in the legal workplace and political arena.
Gender & Sexuality Law Blog
"A forum for students, faculty and law school alums to discuss current issues in gender and sexuality law.
Lawdable
"Lawdable is a forum for in-house and managing attorneys to discover and share information related to the issues they face on a daily basis. Through a 'best practices' approach, the blog provides commentary from experts in a wide range of areas, citing specific client examples of progressive and innovative (or 'laudable') initiatives that have helped legal departments become more efficient and economical without sacrificing quality. More specifically, it focuses on national issues and general commentary on the use of attorneys in a nontraditional manner, issues affecting legal departments on a daily basis and how both new and tested approaches can offer solutions, litigation support and e-discovery, best practices regarding technology implementation and efficiency training methods for teams of attorneys, and the work-life balance sought by attorneys."
Leadership, Women, Lawyers
"Provides resources, inspiration and amusement to women and men who have an interest in developing and supporting leading lawyer ladies. The site includes links to reviewed sites, helpful resources and commentary." The blogger also notes "that the most common Google search that brings readers to this site involve some variation of 'what should a female lawyer wear to work?' " and she posts on that topic as well.
MamaLaw
The blog focuses posts on the lives of three moms and wives who are also lawyers. The trio have seven kids between them, which creates countless opportunities for the sharing of "funny stories, touching moments, reasons to rant and the occasional kernel of parenting wisdom."
Mommy Madness
"Life and times of a working mother."
Ms.JD
"Serving women in law school and the legal profession, Ms. JD is an online community that provides a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and aspiring lawyers." The blawg features issues relating to the numbers of women who opt out of the legal profession and the poor representation of women in the courts and legal community. The site also addresses the role of gender in legal careers.
Nerdlaw.org
"Law for nerds at heart."
On Being a Black Lawyer
"A place where African-American attorneys and law students can gather to network, disseminate information and poke fun."
Repo(sess) Repro(ductive) Justice
"Look for posts here about everything from women in prison to midwifery and doulas to Supreme Court decisions to transgender rights."
The Mommy Esquire
"One working mom's guide to crazy."
think like a woman ... act like a man
Journal about the blogger's life and fledgling legal job. "How much of the blog is based in fact and how much of it is based in fiction is a finding of fact that you, the reader, must determine."
Woman of the Law
"I'm a fast-talkin' hell-raisin' son of a bitch, and I'm a sinner and I know how to fight."