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Sarah Poriss Attorney at Law, LLC

Posts discuss issues that affect the blogger’s foreclosure-defense clients.

Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home

Posts discuss topics such as non-compete agreements, whistle-blowing and harassment—from an employee's point of view.

Sentencing Law and Policy

Several posts per day, keep “sentencing fans” updated on the latest news stories, commentary, cert grants, rulings, argument transcripts, research and scholarship on criminal penalties.

SeytLines

The blog is no longer active, but it offered marketing advice, strategies, law practice management tips and internal issue advice. It provided advice on how Lean Six Sigma can be implemented to increase productivity.

Simple Justice

Posts offer the author's jaded take on criminal justice news and issues within and sometimes beyond New York City’s borders.

Socially Aware

Posts cover legal questions that arise with the use of social media.

Solo Practice University

Susan Cartier Liebel and her rock-solid roster of contributors give comprehensive advice and frank opinions for those who are or want to be solo practitioners. Posts address both a reader's practical questions and conflicted emotions.

Strategic Legal Technology Blog

"Regular updates about interesting developments and themes in the application of technology to law practice and law business." For law firms and law departments on a quest for efficiency through technology and staffing. Posts cover knowledge management, outsourcing and alternate fee arrangements.

Taxgirl

Kelly Phillips Erb writes chatty posts about federal tax proposals that lawmakers are kicking around, and she gives her takes on whether they're worthwhile or likely to pass. She also warns readers of e-mail scams claiming to offer tax refunds.

Technologist

Posts tell readers which tech gadgets and applications are worthwhile to use in law practice or law school.

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This blog discusses Internet and intellectual property law with an emphasis on search engines, spam, adware/spyware, and other marketing issues.

Tempe Criminal Defense

First-person posts cover issues related to a small-firm lawyer's Arizona criminal defense practice.

Texas Agriculture Law Blog

Posts aim to keep readers up to date on legal issues impacting Texas agriculture and cover water law, oil and gas law, leasing, property rights, right-to-farm statutes and animal cruelty issues.

The [Legal] Artist

The blog is aimed at art professionals interested in learning about employment contracts and their other legal rights; copyright news is also covered.

The Am Law Daily

Churns out original BigLaw coverage from dawn to dusk every business day, and they also never fail to focus on how national and world news might affect the Am Law 200. Posts cover law firm news, new litigation (with a focus on the firms involved), as well as major federal and state court rulings.

The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times

"Law and lobbying in the nation's capital." While the BLT's law firm news for the most part stays inside the Beltway, its concise and timely original reporting on all three branches of the federal government gives it national appeal.

The Careerist

The blog has a stated goal of being a "career sherpa" for its readers. Some posts give advice to those who seek success in BigLaw or at least news about BigLaw hiring trends; other posts focus on women in the law and work-life balance issues.

The Criminal Lawyer

Analytical and philosophical posts cover criminal justice writ large: misconceptions about the rate of violent crime, how to fix the jury system, “overcriminalization” and the high rate of incarceration in the U.S.

The Droid Lawyer

Posts take note of new Android-powered devices and apps and how lawyers can use them in their practices.

The Employer Handbook

Labor and employment issues for employers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Posts cover actions of the National Labor Relations Board, critique corporations' social media policies and discuss how much the law protects trade secrets.

The Faculty Lounge

"A law professor blawg designed to feel like a faculty lounge with conversations about law, culture, and academia." A group blawg with multiple daily posts that discuss books and great legal thinkers, track law faculty openings and hires, and generally examine the lay of the land for law professors and law students. The occasional news-of-the-weird item will also slip in.

The Girl’s Guide to Law School

This blog, for aspiring law students, current law students and newbie lawyers, is less about finding inspiration and more about finding answers to specific questions. Expert guest posters (FYI, not all of them women) are brought in to take on specific topics—such as preparing for the LSAT, writing a law review note or applying for a clerkship. But this blog isn't only useful for those breaking into law. Those trying to break out of the profession will also find acceptance and words of wisdom.

The Jury Room

The bloggers offer an interesting overview of many psychological and sociological elements to consider when crafting an argument to appeal to specific juror demographics. We especially appreciate how they explicitly tailor their advice to address the concerns of both plaintiffs attorneys and defense attorneys.

The Korean Law Blog

Posts cover the Korean government's regulation of international commercial enterprises, cover Korean court rulings that are relevant to business (and sometimes criminal law) and take questions from readers with questions about the Korean legal system.

The Last Gen X American

The author conducts empirical research about legal education; student debt; and law students, law schools and lawyers per capita (of which he keeps an archive). Until July 2015, the law blog was called The Law School Tuition Bubble.

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