Law blogs
BabyBarista lucks out
Tim Kevan is on a roll. BabyBarista now has a tenancy at the Guardian in their new Law section. Congrats Tim! He’s suitably nice about the Grauniad: I’m really delighted to be joining the Guardian at such an exciting time in the development of their online strategy. With over thirty million users a month they […]
Behind the times
Alex Wade in Times Online looks at blawging: “only a handful of legal practitioners maintain blogs”. No way! Sure only a handful of law firms maintain firm-branded blogs, but as we on Binary Law all know, maybe half the hundreds of UK blawgs out there are by practitioners; and let’s not forget to mention the […]
Monitoring LexMonitor
There has been a fair amount of comment on LexMonitor, Lexblog’s law blog aggregation service in the last few days since its soft launch. Aside from straightforward reports of its launch and what it is, there have been some who have been quick to trash it – either the whole concept or because of current […]
LexMonitor
Congrats to LexBlog who have just launched LexMonitor, “a daily review of law blogs and journals highlighting prominent legal discussion as well as the lawyers and other professionals participating in this conversation.” LexMonitor pulls feeds from nearly 2,000 sources and 5,000 authors, classifies them and serves them up, sliced and diced by subject category, author […]
Blawgs of note
I was asked to write an article for the Legal Executive Journal (April issue) on the best law blogs. I’m not into “the best” and conferring awards, but I did agree to write a piece on “What makes a good blawg”, mentioning a few of my “blawgs of note”: established law blogs that have made […]
One more glass of Rioja, please
(The continuing adventures of Mike Semple Piggot) From before sparrow’s fart till late into the night Mike SP beavers away producing and publishing news, comment and analysis for our enjoyment and edification. He’s recently rearranged his furniture, and to help you keep up with his whereabouts, here’s a quick run-down. Consilio Nearly ten years ago, […]
Law prof blogs
I’ve been meaning for some time to investigate the US law prof blog network as it’s a phenomenon that is not apparent in the UK. Carolyn Elefant on Law Blog Watch has prompted me to do so, pointing to Paul Caron’s study of law prof blog traffic for the period Feb 2007-Jan 2008. Here’s the […]
IHT – die happy
Time to mention the blogs IHT Solutions and Law and Death and Taxes who both post about the death of the nil-rate band discretionary trust. IHT Solutions: You could certainly call the government politically cynical but for once, one can be magnanimous and simply accept that the government have listened to the voices of “middle […]
Oh dear!
Ed at Blawg Review has pulled me up for supplying only 6 best blawgs: There is no rule that you are not to include a blog already named by another. In fact, it’s encouraged, as those most deserving of the acknowledgment will be given it from many other top bloggers who have been nominated. So, […]
Have news? – blog it!
I said in my state of UK blawging post that blog-like functions will increasingly be incorporated into all websites. I should have added that the best way to do this is using blog software rather than your own CMS. Why? 1) Blog software provides you out of the box with all the functionality you need […]
Simply the best
I have been tagged by Charon QC to name 10 blawgs I consider the best, continuing the meme started by the editor of Blawg Review. As most involved have said, this is difficult. There are several blogs I do not follow closely, being outside my main sphere of interest, but which I recognise as top […]
UK blawgs – where are we now?
Although a handful of UK law bloggers were active before 2006, it was only then that the UK blawgosphere started to take off. Since then, new law blogs have continued to appear at the rate of about one a week. On infolaw I catalogue all known UK law blogs (plus a small number of notable […]
Cutting the mustard
Every now and then I’m prompted to revisit the question “What is a blog?” I won’t rehash all my thinking here. Let’s instead consider the rather circular argument: a website produced with blog software is a blog. This must be true in 99% of cases, though it’s quite possible to produce a site with blog […]
Branching out
Steve Matthews – the Vancouver Law Librarian blogger – has set up a new business called Stem Legal to help law firms build their web profiles. On the site he’ll be blogging on Law Firm Web Strategy. Good luck to Steve.
Extended family
Quite a gaggle of family law blogs now. Joining the established Family Lore from John Bolch (note the new URL) and DivorceSolicitor from Lynne Bastow, we now have: Bloody Relations from barrister Jacqui Gilliatt who specialises in family and education law (“Where there’s a relative there’s a bloody good argument to be had.”) Family Law […]
