Blawg 100: 2008 | ABA Journal

Blawg Directory: Blawg 100: 2008

ACS Blog
This decidedly left-leaning blog from the American Constitution Society covers court cases and proposed legislation that threatens individual rights. Editorials coming from the likes of the ACLU, the First Amendment Center and gay-rights groups appear regularly.
Taxgirl
"Tax news, tax info and tax policy—and it's not as boring as you think!" The author answers tax-related questions from readers, finds tales of woe from the news about individuals who didn't anticipate the tax consequences of their actions, and stays on top of the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.
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."
The Becker-Posner Blog
The Becker-Posner Blog explores current issues in economics, law and policy.
The Faculty Blog
The Faculty Blog posts articles and observations by scholars associated with the University of Chicago Law School and links to the related The Faculty Podcast.
FutureLawyer
The FutureLawyer experiments and tests all sorts of techno gadgets, software and screens so you don’t have to. Most of his tech reviews are in the context of law practice, explaining how technology can ease practice burdens and improve productivity. Posts are available in audio, via Odiogo. The vblog uses humor and attitude to provide information to lawyers about how to be more productive in their practices with the use of technology. Some off-topic posts cover the Redskins.
Ernie the Attorney
This blog mixes personal musings with takes on law and politics.
TechnoLawyer Blog
TechnoLawyer Blog covers "all the legal technology and practice management news that's fit to blog," including recurring features like TechnoEditorials. It also has a growing collection of online legal videos and is home to BlawgWorld, a free annual eBook that showcases essays from influential blogs.
Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog
This blog links to news stories and studies about law firms' marketing-related activities and makes notes of those who are and aren't successful, advises law firms on how their marketing dollars should be spent and reviews newly published books about networking and marketing.
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.
Law School Innovation
This blawg is a forum to discuss and discover law school innovation.
That’s What She Said
This blawg examines the NBC television series The Office and comes up with a per-episode estimate of the value of litigation claims against Dunder Mifflin.
L.A. Legal Pad
A daily blawg on the Los Angeles legal scene.
Empirical Legal Studies
"The ELS blog serves as an online forum to discuss and provide links for emerging empirical legal scholarship, provide conference updates, discuss empirical claims that have emerged in public and political discourse, facilitate discussion for guest empirical scholars and assess current empirical findings and methodologies." These law professors are “data junkies” not likely to share an anecdote or a theory without a study to back it up. They find and dissect law-related studies that appear in both the mainstream media and legal scholarship, and they also provide details about upcoming conferences in their field.
New York Personal Injury Law Blog
The New York Personal Injury Law Blog has information on New York personal injury law, medical malpractice, the civil justice system and cases of interest.
Counsel to Counsel
Provides a forum for discussing legal career issues facing associates, partners and in-house counsel.
Legal Juice
This a blog 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.
TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog
Provides "practical guidance" about corporate and securities law and legal issues.
Tex Parte Blog
Tex Parte is Texas Lawyer’s daily blog covering the Lone Star State’s legal community. Posts alert readers about profession-related events and cover state district attorneys' offices, federal and state court decisions, comings and goings at Texas-based law firms and the State Bar of Texas, and profile of Texas lawyers and law students with stories to tell.
Lessig Blog
Lawrence Lessig crusades for network neutrality and finite copyright restrictions, and against corruption within the Federal Communications Commission and elsewhere. This tech-focused blawg includes many of Lessig's articles as well as discussion posts by guests ranging from "Granny D," a 94-year-old U.S. Senate candidate, to Richard Posner of the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.