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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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Ivory Tower

751
votes

The Volokh Conspiracy

Contributors make at least 10 timely and witty news posts daily, and fans—30 or more comments on one post is common—keep the debate fresh.
480
votes

Balkinization

Sharp essays from Yale Law School professor Jack M. Balkin and a large bullpen of law professors who mostly take on current events, as well as the constitutionality of government policy.
271
votes

Mirror of Justice

Where Pope Benedict XVI is the most-cited legal authority. Canon law is interpreted, and Catholic law school news is covered in detail.
227
votes

Althouse

Law professor Ann Althouse has become a favorite for her arty photographs, snark about politics and pop culture, and impressive occasional coverage of legal events.
108
votes

Concurring Opinions

Written by (and, to some extent, for) law professors, it calls itself a general-interest legal blog. Some posts cover academia inside baseball, and others offer opinions on recent court decisions.
83
votes

The Becker-Posner Blog

Two of the University of Chicago’s finest—one being 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner—pick policy and economic subjects and blog head-to-head.
80
votes

PrawfsBlawg

“Some friends” who blawg on law review articles—in particular or in general—and on legal topics in the mainstream media and blogosphere.
63
votes

Feminist Law Professors

A blog created for community-building among professors. Contributors note legal developments affecting women and ponder where to draw the lines of political correctness.
56
votes

The Faculty Blog

University of Chicago professors take on books and papers by leading legal authorities—and sometimes invite said authorities to guest blog.
55
votes

BusinessAssociationsBlog.com

Stephen Bainbridge no longer limits himself to one URL: This is the hard legal branch of his new trinity (another blog gives wine equal time). This one calls itself “a blog about corporate law and governance and legal education.”
51
votes

Lessig Blog

Professor Larry Lessig’s crusade for network neutrality and finite copyright restrictions—and against corruption (he’s recently started a Corruption Required Reading list) within the FCC and elsewhere.
36
votes

BlackProf

Law professors blog on racially significant legal, political and sociological developments of the past and present, and spotlight black media figures.
31
votes

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports

The latest law school hirings, firings and other turmoil, plus research and commentary suggesting how best to run a law school.
31
votes

Conglomerate

Several posts every day about U.S. foreign policy and trade—with room for law school news, the latest lawsuits and personal musings.