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The Buzz About Blawgs

Discover the world of blawgs - legal blogs that offer insights, opinions, and information from diverse contributors including lawyers, professors, students, and journalists. Learn why people read and write blawgs and how to navigate this valuable resource.

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The Buzz About Blawgs

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  1. The Buzz About Blawgs Mary Whisner March 2008 Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  2. What’s a blawg? Web log blog • reverse chronological order • on Web • (ability to comment) blog  blawg Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  3. Who writes blawgs? • Big firms • K&L Gates - Electronic Discovery Law • Akin Gump - SCOTUSblog (started when authors were in small firm) • Small, specialized firms • Marler Clark - Marler Blog • Sole practitioners • Carolyn Elefant - MyShingle Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  4. Who writes blawgs? (cont.) • Public defenders • Arbitrary and Capricious • Ipse Dixit • Public Defender Stuff • often anonymous • Journalists • Legal Times: BLT • Wall Street Journal Law Blog Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  5. Who writes blawgs? (cont.) • Law Students • UW Federalist Society • Nontraditional Law Student (Thomas M. Cooley) • Tax Exempt Law Student Blog (Chicago) • The Legal Scoop: Law Students’ Perspectives on the Law (Tennessee) Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  6. Who writes blawgs? (cont.) • Law Professors • Solo • Douglas A. Berman, Sentencing Law and Policy • A. Benjamin Spencer, Federal Civil Practice Bulletin • In teams • Concurring Opinions (Daniel J. Solove et al.) • The Volokh Conspiracy (Eugene Volokh et al.) Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  7. lawyers law professors law students journalists clients public judges Who reads blawgs? Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  8. Why??? Why read blawgs? • to keep up with new developments • sorting function • to see what others are thinking • to get ideas • to answer questions Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  9. Why??? Why write blawgs? • to share information • to express opinions • to reach a wide audience quickly • to participate in community • to market Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  10. Blogs and the Academy • Scholarship? • Service? • Aid to scholarship? • Aid to teaching? • Distraction from real work? Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  11. Comments by Profs • Jack Balkin: “scratch pad” • Douglas Berman: research • Peggy McGuinness: content, community • Paul Butler: op ed experience • Bartlett: another newspaper analogy • Volokh numbers • Harv. L. Rev. circ.: 8,000 • Volokh Conspiracy 25,000 hits/day Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

  12. How do readers get there? • Google or other search • blawgsearch.justia.com • Visit favorite blog • Directories of blawgs • Search within a blog • Email subscription • Feed reader • Bloglines • Google Reader Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu

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