Blawg 100 | ABA Journal

The 2008 ABA Journal Blawg 100

These are the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.

The voting period has ended.

Thank you to all who participated. The final results are listed below.

For a printable list of all 100 blogs, click here. Check out the mini profiles of Ann Althouse, Ernie Svenson and Jurist-Paper Chase. For our list of One-Hit Wonders, click here.

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Quirky

2050
votes

BabyBarista

Fun from across the pond: An admittedly fictional diary of a junior barrister at the English bar. (Although this blog started in 2006, when BabyB was in pupillage.) It was a sensation from the start, and the London Times picked it up within months of its launch. It’s part soap opera and part snark from an author who’s cheesed off with the legal profession.
998
votes

Living the Dream Blog

This combination blog/vlog has television producer and BigLaw refugee Rick Eid behind the scenes. Posts contain short episodes of the BigLaw-based series Living the Dream with Eid’s notes on each show’s real-life inspirations. The blog is a feature of the humor site Bitter Lawyer.
413
votes

Sweet Hot Justice

“The Legal Tease,” a female BigLaw associate in Manhattan, writes hilarious posts about how glamorous her professional and personal life are not, while “Sweet Hot Counsel” takes questions from those clawing their way to the top: “How can I get more work?” “How can I say no to more work?” “How do I handle a serial winker?”
324
votes

That’s What She Said

In 2006, Ford & Harrison started a blog with a simple but brilliant premise: For every episode of NBC’s The Office, a lawyer spots its potential litigation claims and estimates the possible value of those cases.
300
votes

QuizLaw

Blog posts round up the day’s wild criminal justice stories and BigLaw drama. The potential client is not left out of this site’s vision, though: It also has links to legalese-free legal definitions and a state-by-state attorney directory.
231
votes

Corporette

This blog, anonymously written by a Manhattan BigLaw associate, gives advice on etiquette and professional attire for “overachieving chicks” with more money than time. Readers can subscribe to e-mail alerts about new content on the blog or follow Corporette on Twitter.
163
votes

Blonde Justice

Blonde Justice, who has been at this blogging game since 2004, reports that she is back in her “dream job” as a public defender after a depressing foray into private practice. Though she hides her name and location behind a wall of pink, she otherwise doesn’t hold back when she’s writing about her life and her work.
151
votes

The Namby Pamby, Attorney-at-Law

This 20-something lawyer practicing personal injury law in Chicago logs in a few times a week to share laughs at the day-to-day of his job and his own interpersonal missteps. There are a lot—a lot—of lawyers out there who blog about their lives. We only wish they were as funny as this guy.
150
votes

Legal Juice

This blog by Washington, D.C., personal injury lawyer John Mesirow focuses on criminal and tort law news, with categories like “doctor doctor,” “gross” and “just weird.” The blog’s investment in design and spot-on images kicks it up a notch, and posts are frequent enough for you to have juice every day.
42
votes

The Precedent Blog

This is the blog of Precedent, the Canadian magazine of “law and style.” Look here for weekly columns on fashion and wine, as well as roundups of legal news affecting our neighbors to the north.