The ABA Journal Blawg 100
These are the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.
Voting ended on Jan. 2.
For a printable list of all 100 blawgs, click here. For profiles of seven lawyers who started the blawg revolution, click here.
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- Generally Speaking
- All Business
- Politics for Sport
- Ivory Tower
- Black Letter Law
- Lawyer's Toolkit
- Your So-Called Life
- Crime Time
- JDs in Training
- Lawyers Behaving Badly
- Gossip
- Benched
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Crime Time
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395
votes
Crime Scene KC
All the crime that’s fit to print in Kansas City. The cops’ beat is updated throughout the day and organized by dozens of criminal justice categories.
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280
votes
Sentencing Law and Policy
Highly respected and oft-cited, Professor Doug Berman’s scholarship and avant-garde commentary is open for discussion.
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135
votes
Grits for Breakfast
Covers criminal justice news and events, with a healthy dose of Texas-size politics.
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122
votes
Meeting the Sin Laws
Like the blog says, nothing generates more controversy (except maybe when a Wal-Mart comes to town) than when a strip, er, gentleman's club opens up. Covers a range of so-called vice industry laws and legal developments.
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99
votes
Blonde Justice
A pretty-in-pink anonymous take on life as a pink-suited public defender in an unnamed city, with some details fudged to keep identities private.
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51
votes
Simple Justice
Entertainingly jaded take on criminal justice news and issues within and sometimes beyond New York City’s borders.
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33
votes
Capital Defense Weekly
Nothing fancy, but a solid source of death penalty news, litigation updates and case information published on the blog as they are found, then shipped direct in a weekly e-mail.
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28
votes
Crime and Consequences
Takes a prosecutorial, victim’s-rights view of the criminal justice system and is hosted by the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.
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25
votes
Clews The Historic True Crime Blog
Proof positive that truth is stranger than fiction, Clews draws in true-crime enthusiasts with stories from the horrifying to the surreal.
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22
votes
The Chicago Syndicate
The Syndicate blog has made our hit list as a go-to site for courtroom mafia news. Syndicate is a historical repository for a list of infamous made men—plus, recently, marathon coverage of Chicago’s Family Secrets trial.