Tag Archives: Legal Blogs

What Is The Difference Between Good and Really Awful Lawyer Advertising?

27 Friday Dec 2013

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How Bad Lawyer Advertising Hurts Our Legal System, by Gregory H. Haubrich, The Haubrich Law Firm, P.C., Butter’s Blog

http://greghaubrich.com/2013/12/17/how-bad-lawyer-advertising-hurts-our-legal-system/

I was talking to my friend Bobbie a few years ago when John Edwards was running for President — and before it was known that he was not just a pretty boy, but a lying pretty boy who cheated on his wife. I had met Senator Edwards and was one of many who were more than disappointed when he imploded. Bobbie said: ‘Greg, I could never vote for him.’

I asked why? ‘Because he’s a trial lawyer.’

‘Well, shoot, Sis, I’m a trial lawyer. What’s the problem with that?’

It turned out that what Bobbie really hated was the mass media lawyer advertising that encourages people to call lawyers and file lawsuits when they would not even know they had a claim unless they saw the idea on television.

Named “The Best Legal Blogs of 2013” – so far. . . .

26 Saturday Oct 2013

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Although I think it is too soon to call it, these blogs have been named, to date, the top legal blogs for 2013. Some great blogs may be missing, but everything here deserves the title. There are many top-notch regional or special legal area blogs deserving of high recognition regardless of whether they make a national list. Even though the ABA will not announce its list of the top 100 blogs until later this year, my guess is that the majority listed below will no doubt will make the cut.

Best Law Blogs of 2013, by Andrew Cabasso, JurisPage Blog
http://bit.ly/1cjRpkz

Top 30 Law Blogs of 2013, By Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog
http://bit.ly/1hjv0Uj

BlawgWorld Rounds Up the Best of Legal Blogs, by Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites
http://bit.ly/1dWBxoQ

If you are interested, the ABA’s choice picks for 2012, posted December 1, 2012, were:

6th Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 (a correction has been made to this story), by Molly McDonough, Sarah Randag, and Lee Rawles
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/6th_annual_blawg_100

Which Do You Quote – Law Reviews or Legal Blogs?

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by in Law Reviews, Legal Blogs, Legal Writing, Quotations, Research, Trust Accounts

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Have law blogs surpassed law reviews?, by Kevin O’Keefe’s Real Lawyers Have Blogs (quoting Adam Liptak from Supreme Court Reporter for the New Times)
http://kevin.lexblog.com/2013/10/21/law-blogs-surpassed-law-reviews/#!