Law firms from around the world are submitting their blogs for admission into the LexBlog Network.
This morning, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a LexBlog team demonstration and discussion as to how the blogs were submitted, how the blogs were approved, how they were entered into the LexBlog Network site and…
Corporate philanthropy has been known to come in charitable contributions. Money.
Philanthropy can also come in the form of in-kind contributions. Goods or services offered free or at less than the usual charge result in an in-kind contribution.
Starting a company in a garage without a budget and with no name recognition was a challenge.…
Since the start, almost twenty years ago for LexBlog, I’ve thought of blogs as democratizing publishing for lawyers.
Rather than gatekeepers saying who gets to publish and who does not, any caring lawyer can share their insight to help people, while at the same time building a name for themselves.
No limit on who gets…
The New York Times’ Shira Ovide wraps up a good piece on free speech and social media this morning saying “There is no getting around the fact that Mr. Musk will join… the handful of corporate executives who have enormous say over granting or denying access to influential platforms of global discourse.”
Closed platforms ala…
The decision to report on a niche enabled a young Plano, Texas newspaper reporter to rise to the top in news journalism.
As reported by the New York Times’ Michael Grynbaum,
“Joseph F. Kahn’s first job out of college in 1987 was covering Plano, Texas, for The Dallas Morning News, and he was impatient…
Legal blogging as a means of achieving a sustainable law practice that serves lower and middle income people seems very possible.
I‘m speaking tomorrow to a group of nineteen Texas lawyers who are participating in the Texas Opportunity and Justice Incubator (TOJI).
TOJI rightfully believes that while everyone deserves an equal chance to protect their…
The Open Legal Blog Archive, backed by LexBlog, will serve as a moderator of legal content, and that’s a good thing, despite its arguable infringement on free speech.
Fred Wilson’s post this morning, citing a piece by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick discussed why moderation.
From Masnick:
“First, let’s look at the world without any content…
The Open Legal Blog Archive will soon begin to archive legal blogs relating to legal matters arising out of the Russo Ukraine War.
Seems a little hollow to be archiving legal blogs as a way to respond to Russia’s brutal assault on the people of Ukraine.
But there are are a myriad legal issues arising…
The University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law kicked off a Blogging Workshop for law students last week.
Students will leave with a basic understanding of how legal blogging during law school can enhance their reputation and build relationships so as to can gain employment in an area in which they have an interest.
I…
How has legal blogging changed in the last fifteen years?
That was one of the questions a veteran blogging lawyer asked me in a consultation this morning.
He started blogging on a employment law related niche awhile ago. He had good success, as measured in growth in business, from blogging.
Enough that as he told…
