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Blawg Directory: Law Firms

Legal Pad
Legal matters of interest to businesspeople.
Law21
"In the 21st century, the practice of law is shaking loose from its traditional moorings and heading out into uncharted territory. Opportunities abound, but so do pitfalls. Most of the old rules won’t apply anymore, while some will matter more than ever. Welcome to the new legal profession, powered by collaboration, innovation, and client service. This is your front-row seat."
The Adventure of Strategy
The Adventure of Strategy offers "regular high-quality snippets and insights into the sharp side of strategy. The side that is interesting, stimulating, provocative and, yes, even adventurous."
The Dreams of a Solo
"This blog covers my thoughts, observations, insight and advice related to starting and building a solo law practice."
ALM Research Online
ALM Research Online says it offers "observations about research and competitive intelligence resources for business development and professional marketing in the legal field, with a special concentration on large law firms."
Leadership for Lawyers
Leadership for Lawyers focuses on issues of leadership, practice management, and marketing for professional service firms.
Law Practice Management
"This blog covers the gamut of practice management including financial management, technology and security issues, marketing, risk management, and more."
Thoughtful Legal Management
This blawg "empowers lawyers to anticipate the changes, realize the opportunities, face the challenges and embrace the expanding possibilities of the application of practice management concepts to the practice of law in innovative ways that provide service excellence."
Opinionistas
Opinionistas bills itself as "a continuous observation of the ridiculousness of human behavior." Many of the posts are about law-firm life. Categories on the site include "self-indulgent, semi-lucid thoughts" and "firm absurdity."
Thompson Hine News
The latest news and information from the business law firm Thompson Hine.
Mendelson’s Musings
"Tales from a VC and recovering ~~drummer~~, ~~software guy~~, lawyer." Jason Mendelson takes on law firm management strategies from the perspective of an in-house counsel (and onetime BigLaw associate).
Legally Easy
"Helping you discover a different perspective on the legal world."
My Attorney Blog
Commentary on the working life of a contract attorney in Washington D.C. and temporary legal staffing.
Thelen the Pain
"Thelen the Pain is a support site for the recently or about-to-be laid off employees of Thelen, a soon-to-be defunct global law firm."
Lawyer On! The Contract Attorney’s Blog
"Features posts on outsourcing legal work, solo and small firms, law practice management, and any other topics that become relevant to my practice and yours. My practice focuses on cultural and natural resource issues, so this may be a common theme as well."
Editors’ Blog
First-person takes on law firm news covered by Legal Week.
Portland Contract Lawyering
"Promotes solo practice and freelance legal work and discusses changes in the legal profession, modern law practice and technology, and legal research and writing."
Solicitr
"Looking at life through legal lenses, Solicitr presents a dash of news with a dose of views, gossip and entertainment. Flick through for a bit of light relief or take the opportunity to have your say; your opinions, insights and stories are welcome."
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."
Lawyer-Coach
Tips on topics that law school never taught you about—the business of running a law practice. It also helps lawyers find ways to make their practices more enjoyable and meaningful.