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The Buzz About Blawgs. Mary Whisner March 2008. What’s a blawg?. We b log blog reverse chronological order on Web (ability to comment) blog b law g. Who writes blawgs?. Big firms K&L Gates - Electronic Discovery Law
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The Buzz About Blawgs Mary Whisner March 2008 Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu
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
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
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
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
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
lawyers law professors law students journalists clients public judges Who reads blawgs? Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu
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
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
Blogs and the Academy • Scholarship? • Service? • Aid to scholarship? • Aid to teaching? • Distraction from real work? Gallagher Law Library http://lib.law.washington.edu
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
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