December 2007
ABA Journal Blawg 100
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When we set out to name the ABA Journal’s inaugural Blawg 100, we knew we were up for a challenge. There are between 2,000 and 3,000 legal blogs—what we call blawgs. How many of those are worth a click? Turns out, quite a few.
The trick is fitting them neatly into a category. By their very nature, bloggers defy categorization. What in one week is a blog devoted to the black-letter practice of law is the next week a heartwarming chronicle of a baby’s first steps or a devastating battle with cancer.
Our Blawg 100 bloggers fill their posts with chatter about work, gossip, helping hands, frustration, love, rage and pleas for justice.
There is no end to advice (lots of it useful), tips (many of them helpful) and opinion (goes without saying). And there are volumes, we repeat, volumes of cautionary tales.
Continue reading...In This Issue
Web Extras
- Michael Grossman’s Favorite Web Sites
- Pencil to Paper to Prosperity
- The Law Office of Michael R. Grossman: An Update
Feature Section
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A Conspiracy of One
After months of planning, hoping and hand-wringing, Michael Grossman is ready to start his new life as a solo practitioner.
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ForeBlawggers
Seven lawyers who started the blawg revolution.
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Motormouth
Geoffrey Fieger’s fiery tongue has earned him millions. Now it could cost the Detroit Lawyer his career.
ABA Connection
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The IRS Gets Less Charitable
New tax rules for charitable deductions create hurdles to taxpayer philanthropy.
Opening Statements
- Junk Science Rx
- Law’some Gifts!
- IP Exits
- Behind Bars Cards
- Creative Thinking
- Tipping the Scales of Justice
