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Blawg Directory: Law Firms

Build a Solo Practice
"Newly minted or well-seasoned, teaching you how to create and grow your legal practice." Business planning from the ground up: marketing, getting clients, keeping clients.
Home Office Lawyer
Discussion of how to effectively run a nontraditional law practice, utilizing Internet technology and nonhourly-rates billing options.
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.
What About Clients?
"What About Clients? is a weblog which contains my personal ideas and thoughts on servicing business clients as valued customers in American law firms. I started it in 2005 because I think that 1) the level of service at even the best American law firms is often inattentive and erratic—and that troubles me—and 2) even where service is sound, it can be a lot better."
Overlawyered
This blawg "explores an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its participants at the public's expense, and resists even modest efforts at reform and accountability."
Above the Law
Above the Law calls itself a legal tabloid. Its focus is legal gossip.
Temporary Attorney: The Sweatshop Edition
This blawg's intent is to "expose the nasty sweatshops, swindling law schools, and opportunistic staffing agencies."
The [Non]billable Hour
The [Non]billable Hour deals with law-firm management and technology issues. It says it is "changing professional practice one idea at a time."
My Shingle
My Shingle is a blawg for and about solos and small law firms.
California Condo & HOA Law
Covers news, issues and legal developments related to California condos and homeowner associations.
Skadden Insider
This blawg is "created to collect and pass along (and sometimes comment on) the gossip and news making its way through the halls of a certain law firm's offices. Have a rumor, some gossip or news you'd like to share? Well, contact us at ."
Conglomerate
This blawg is a collaborative project covering business, law, economics and society. There are several posts every day about U.S. foreign policy and trade—with room for law school news, the latest lawsuits and personal musings.
Point of Law
"Information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system."
Law Blog
"WSJ.com on law and business and the business of law."
More Partner Income
"This site is dedicated to ideas and techniques for the financial management of the law firm with the objective of increasing the income of equity partners."
Adam Smith, Esq.
Adam Smith, Esq. is "an inquiry into the economics of law firms." The blawg links to and analyzes articles about law firm strategy and profitability.
L.A. Legal Pad
A daily blawg on the Los Angeles legal scene.
Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession
Building a Better Legal Profession is a national, law student-driven grassroots movement that seeks workplace reforms in large private law firms. The blog and site post self-reported data on billable hours, pro bono participation and diversity. The blog strives to "ensure that practicing law does not mean giving up a commitment to family, community, and dedicated service to clients."
Legal Trade
This blawg focuses on the business of the law, especially in Houston and Texas.
Blank Sheet of Paper
Blank Sheet of Paper contains thoughts and advice about creativity and law firm management.