Blogging about Judges Can Be Dangerous
Most lawyers like to know a little about any judge they are going to appear before in a case. If a judge is new to them, they ask around. What do other lawyers think? Does the judge normally permit...
View ArticleLegal Blog Nominations
OK, this is just a little outside my normal subject matter. But since I figure most of my visitors are regular readers of legal blogs, I thought I should tip you all off to the fact that Legal Antics...
View ArticleReturn of “Underneath Their Robes” Blog?
Yesterday, the irreverent blog about the federal judiciary, “Underneath their Robes,” had its first new post in nearly nine months. The sole commenter takes the blogger, David Lat, to task,...
View ArticleLegal Antics Announces Legal Humor Law Blog Poll Winners
That was fast. Legal Antics announced the winners in its “Top 10 Funniest Law Blogs” contest that it announced less than two weeks ago. Sixteen blogs were nominated. In order to generate traffic to...
View ArticleThe Last Law Professor without a Blog?
University of Colorado Law School Professor Paul Campos had a piece in our local paper yesterday morning in which he thought out loud about starting a blog. Confessing that he is “attracted to the...
View ArticleThe Danger in Blogging about Writing
I’ve been blogging less than two months, and one of the things I am still getting used to is that the need to post quickly about current developments or about my comments on other blogs forces me to...
View ArticleUpdated Report on Cases Citing Blogs
Concurring Opinions has a new report on cases citing blogs. Looks to them like citations to blogs may be slowing down. The Law Blog Metrics report is about a year old, so its nice to have the update....
View ArticleBlawgWorld 2007
If you’re relatively new to legal blogs — and even if you’re not — you might want to check out BlawgWorld 2007, a collection of posts from around the legal blogosphere, and published in PDF format by...
View ArticleMore Internet Commentary about Judges
Legal Pad (a very good blog regarding legal issues in California) brings our attention to CourthouseForum.com, a 2-year old website with a directory of more than 27,000 judges and a discussion forum...
View ArticleWoo-Hoo! We’ve Hit the Big Time!
One sort, anyway. My post on alternative fee arrangements in appellate practice is featured in Blawg Review #123 hosted by Texas Appellate Law Blog. According to the Blawg Review website: Blawg...
View ArticleNew California Law Blog
Matthew Stucky, a newly admitted attorney in San Diego, launched the Cal. Civ. Blog three days ago. He describes his blog as “self-serving” because it is intended to force him to keep up with recent...
View ArticleA Plug for “Old School” Research
Thanks to the Second Opinions blog, I found Law Dawg Blawg today, which has this post summarizing an article at Legal Times by a Big Law partner about his concern that young associates rely too much on...
View ArticleBlogRush Widget Added to Sidebar
Regular readers will notice the addition of the BlogRush widget in the right sidebar. Go ahead, take a look. You can’t miss it. The widget displays headlines and blog (or author) names from feeds of...
View ArticleSite Upgrade Notes and Request for Assistance
I upgraded the blog from Wordpress 2.2 to Wordpress 2.3 overnight. You may see some minor fluctuations in the site as a result. For example, I have removed the site stats from the right sidebar because...
View ArticleNew Links in Sidebar
I’ve added RSS feeds to the right sidebar, below the category listing, with the self-explanatory headings of “Blogosphere Coverage of California Appeals” and “Blogosphere Coverage of the Ninth...
View ArticleLa Meme Chose – Simply the Best Law Blogs
Unless my blog is the only legal blog you look at — and what are the odds of that? — you’ve probably run across this meme elsewhere. Law bloggers are being asked to name their top 10 law blogs....
View ArticleGold . . . Pure Gold
I post a lot about legal writing, usually with reference to briefs or judicial opinions. But what about blogs? If you saw my Simply the Best Law Blogs post, you know that Decision of the Day is among...
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The Week in a Graph
As you get ready to enjoy your weekend, I thought I’d offer this picture of the last week of blog traffic. Believe it or not, there are some interesting things here. The first thing I noticed was the...
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2007 Weblog Awards Nominations Due by Oct. 15th (Monday!)
Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this. Nominations for the 2007 Weblog Awards close on Monday. These awards go far beyond law blogging, with nominations being accepted in 49...
View ArticleA Light Posting Week
This week is likely to be light on posts, as I will be very busy on a couple of cases. I am trying to get as many posts up this weekend as I can and set them for publication over the course of the...
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