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Blawg Directory: Associates

Counsel to Counsel
Provides a forum for discussing legal career issues facing associates, partners and in-house counsel.
Cotterman on Compensation
This blawg discusses all levels of law firm lawyer compensation, from associates to service partners, to rainmakers, to lawyer-managers, and senior lawyers who are phasing down in preparation for retirement. It comments on external market forces as well as the complex internal issues of system design, productivity, and motivation. It draws on Altman Weil’s extensive survey databases as a source of compensation trends and benchmarks.
Legally Brunette
"I write a lot about my beer-drinkin', poker-playin' mom "Philly" and my news-anchoring stepdad, "Ron Burgundy." They practically raised me. I also write about the rest of my family and friends, but I seldom use their real names, so no one gets incarcerated. I like making people laugh, but more importantly, I like people who make ME laugh. I blog because I care."
Bitter Lawyer
Some posts are short "webisodes" of Living the Dream, a scripted comedy series centered around Nick Conley, a BigLaw associate. Accompanying blog posts describe the real-life inspirations behind each webisode. There are also many columns: an advice column authored by "an Ex-Bitter"; "Associate Abuse," which posts associate war stories from all over; "Bitter by Numbers," an opinion column appearing in list form; "Loose Ends," which covers legal news; "Bitter Rant," which posts lawyer rants from all over; "Pictures Framed," which posts images or illustrations of lawyers and invites readers to submit captions; and "Temper(a)mental," written from the point of view of a legal temp.
Ellen Barshevsky—The BLAWG
This blog was launched after the author was banned from posting regular comments on ABAJournal.com. Ellen notes that the blog is about her and she, exclaims in her signature use of random all-caps, that, "I hope YOU enjoy it as MUCH as my BOYFRIEND."
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."
associate attrition statistic-to-be …
"This blog contains the observations, tribulations, and [occasional] triumphs of an anonymous junior associate who doesn't quite fit in ... and looks forward to the day when the law school loans are paid off and the freedom to do anything with a law degree becomes reality."
Legal Toast
"A legal cartoon blog about life as a senior associate at a large firm. It is also a hybrid of textual analysis, Chicago school of economics and chaos theory depicted in a graphic form. All people, places, situations and conversations depicted in legal toast are fictional, except for the tie. The tie is real. It means that he is a professional."
Young Lawyers Blog
"Features posts on the trials and tribulations of the young lawyer as well as posts that would be beneficial and interesting to law students. Readers will find a variety of posts on legal news, practice-specific issues, technology pitfalls, metadata, e-discovery, women’s issues, diversity issues, business development tips, and recruiting advice."
Rate a Partner
"Oh ... Feel free to be nice, but only if they are." A blog platform for clients, lawyers, associates, legal secretaries, paralegals, staff attorneys, special counsel, of counsel and law students to praise or pan partners with whom they've worked. The site has a weekly partner-of-the-week vote, covers law firm layoffs and other partners in the news, and allows readers who don't see a listing for a partner they know and want to comment on to fill out a submission form.
Unemplawyered
"A unique take on news and analysis from the legal and media industries."