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Catch of the Day

Posted on February 25, 2008
Brett Trout presents Blawg Review #148.

What's the Rush?

Posted on February 18, 2008
Rush on over to Blawg Review #147.

Unhappy Valentine's Day

Posted on February 14, 2008

Nipper's Blawg Review

Posted on February 11, 2008
Nipper (1884 - 1895) was a dog that served as the model for a painting entitled His Master's Voice, which later became identified with a series of audio recording brands, including RCA Records, and it's quite a story.Nipper?s original owner, Mark Henry Barraud, died in 1887, leaving his brothers Philip and Francis to care for the dog...

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Out And About

Posted on February 08, 2008
It's been an interesting week for the Editor of Blawg Review, who, like many bloggers, doesn't get away from the computer and out into the real world as often as he should.Invited by ALM's Jill Windwer, David Snow, and John Bringardner, to attend the blogger meetup at LegalTech this week, I didn't hesitate to fly to New York City to get together with several law bloggers who know me only through Blawg Review...

Super Bowl Blawg Review

Posted on February 04, 2008
Wondering what to do after the Super Bowl? If you're in New York, keep partying. If you're in Boston, keep drinking. Everyone else, read Blawg Review #145: The Super Bowl Edition, and click on the graphic above to watch Super Bowl Commercials on YouTube and vote for your favorites.

What's Happening?

Posted on February 02, 2008
Speaking of freezing at Grand Central Station, it's gonna be cold when we arrive for next week's LegalTech New York event. Still, I'm looking forward to covering the story on Blawg Review -- "live from New York" as they say.Here's the scoop from Monica Bay, the Editor-in-Chief of Law Technology News:Bloggers who are journalists, consultants, or analysts should let us know if they need free press credentials...

LOTR Blawg Review

Posted on January 28, 2008
Blawg Review #144 is hosted at Cyberlaw Central by hobbit-like cyberlawyer Kevin Thompson, my precious.

Minor Wisdom, Major Writing

Posted on January 27, 2008
What makes great blogwriting?A well written blog is a beautiful thing to read. When I hit upon a blog with great writing, I can spend hours digging into the archives, learning, laughing, getting to know a writer.Because a great blogwriter, in the end, is someone you want to be friends with...

Blawg Review Themes

Posted on January 21, 2008
Blawg Review #143 is a special presentation on Public Defender Stuff for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It's always interesting when our hosts are inspired to do something special for Blawg Review. If anyone's interested in hosting a special issue this year, there are still opportunities for specific themes on the following dates that are now available to be booked in advance to host Blawg Review:September 8th is  International Literacy DaySeptember 15th is  International Day of DemocracyOctober 6th is  German-American DayNovember 3rd is  Japan Culture DayNovember 10th is  USMC BirthdayNovember 17th is  International Students DayDecember 1st is  World AIDS DayDecember 15th is  Bill of Rights DayCheck out the roster of future hosts in the sidebar on our home page for other available dates to host Blawg Review, and send the editor an email if you'd like to book a date to host, yourself...

All I Ever Wanted

Posted on January 17, 2008
"All I ever wanted was one of these," lamented Rodney Dangerfield, whose claim to fame was that he never got any respect. With all due respect to Mr. Dangerfield, the premier law blog for public defender stuff has announced The Rodneys, the second annual Public Defender Blogger Awards...

Blawg Review of the Year

Posted on January 15, 2008
Following the Inferno-themed Blawg Review #35, named Blawg Review of the Year 2005, and Purgatorio-themed Blawg Review #86 that was Blawg Review of the Year 2006, The Divine Comedy's third cantica, Paradiso, provided the theme for Blawg Review #137, which received the most peer-reviewed nominations and is hereby recognized as the Blawg Review of the Year 2007...

Letter to a New Lawyer

Posted on January 14, 2008
Blawg Review #142 by Susan Cartier Liebel at Build A Solo Practice is an excellent example of the letter and the spirit of Blawg Review.Notice how she follows these hosting guidelines to the letter:Unlike most other blog carnivals, which rely only on submissions, Blawg Review collects the best of the law blogs each week from various sources, including the recommendations of readers of law blogs...

Join the Fun

Posted on January 09, 2008
For Blawg Review #142, Susan Cartier Liebel has an idea that challenges followers of this project to submit or recommend law blog posts that contribute to an "open letter" theme. Here's her proposition:Some have been after me for a while to construct a "Letter to a New Lawyer" giving them advice, wisdom, perspective...

Instalanche!

Posted on January 06, 2008
The neologism "instalanche" alludes to Instapundit. In the blogosphere, this is similar to being Slashdotted; it refers to an avalanche of traffic to a blog after a very popular site links to a post.Thanks to Professor Glenn Reynolds and all the thoughtful bloggers who link to the current issue of Blawg Review every week...

An Honor To Be Nominated

Posted on January 04, 2008
Blawg Review was honored to be nominated by the ABA Journal editors as one of the Blawg 100, where our humble Blawg Review blog was unfortunately categorized under the heading "Generally Speaking" along with many of the most popular law blogs, including QuizLaw, Overlawyered, How Appealing, Point of Law, Ernie the Attorney, and May It Please the Court, each of which, incidentally, has hosted Blawg Review...

Ed's Blawg Review Nominations

Posted on December 31, 2007
It's that time of year when law bloggers wonder which issue of Blawg Review will receive the honor of being named Blawg Review of the Year. And, this year, who gets this recognition will be determined not by the editor but by the nominations posted by previous hosts of Blawg Review and those listed on the roster of Future Hosts for the upcoming year...

Not Another Blawg Award

Posted on December 28, 2007
With the success of the Simply the Best blawg meme and the recent announcement of Dennis Kennedy's Blawggies, following the ABA Journal's Blawg 100, it seems the last thing the blawgosphere needs is yet another list of who's the best law blog in whatever category or niche, least of all another award from some anonymous editor...

So This Is Christmas?

Posted on December 25, 2007
Blawg Review #140 is a Christmas presentation by Jonathan Frieden, who is not the anonymous blogger in the photo above.Merry Christmas, everyone. ~Ed.

All I Want For Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2007
It's about giving a gift that keeps on giving. So if you'd like to give some link love to lawyers who blog, this is a good time to review your blogrolls and start the new year off right with resolutions to link more often to the best that the blawgosphere has to offer each and every week...

Season's Greetings

Posted on December 16, 2007
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, even without the snow.

Blawg Review Awards in SL

Posted on December 14, 2007
The nomination ceremony for this year's Blawg Review Awards will be held on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time at the offices of the Second Life Bar Association. Second Life users can follow this SLURL to the Second Life Bar Association offices on the 6th floor of the "Justice Center...

Health Wonk Review

Posted on December 13, 2007
David Harlow, who hosted Blawg Review #88 last year, as well as Blawg Review #129 this year, is now hosting Health Wonk Review at Healthblawg.Health Wonk Review is a biweekly compendium of the best of the health policy blogs. More than two dozen health policy, infrastructure, insurance, technology, and managed care bloggers participate by contributing their best recent blog postings to a roving digest, with each issue hosted at a different participant's blog...

Human Rights Day

Posted on December 10, 2007
PG at de novo hosts Blawg Review #138 on Human Rights Day, which is celebrated annually around the world on December 10th.As noted in Wikipedia, the date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global enunciation of human rights...

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

Posted on December 07, 2007
I'm here in Newport Beach, where exotic cars outnumber humans, and what do you think is in the hotel parking lot?Oscar Mayer's famous Wienermobile, which has toured the United States for over 70 years. The first was created in 1936, and only six have since been built...

Our Foreblawggers

Posted on December 04, 2007
In a companion-piece to the ABA Journal Blawg 100 published this month, the editors name seven lawyers who started the blawg revolution -- Foreblawggers. Three of them, Denise Howell, Howard Bashman, and David Lat, have hosted Blawg Review. The others, not yet...

Blawg Review In Paradiso

Posted on December 03, 2007
Following the Blawg Review of the Year Award-winning Inferno-themed Blawg Review #35 and the Purgatorio-themed Blawg Review #86, The Divine Comedy's third cantica, Paradiso, provides the theme for Blawg Review #137, to which Colin Samuels of Infamy or Praise welcomes us this week...

ABA Journal Blawg 100

Posted on November 29, 2007
Here are the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.When we set out to name the ABA Journal?s inaugural Blawg 100, we knew we were up for a challenge. There are between 2,000 and 3,000 legal blogs?what we call blawgs...

Blawg Review Up Down Under

Posted on November 27, 2007
Blawg Review #136 is up at Aussie law blogger Peter Black's award-nominated Freedom to Differ. Pete enjoys a good YouTube video as much as the next bloke. Well, maybe more, actually!So where the bloody hell are you?

Thanksgiving Mummers?

Posted on November 22, 2007
We can give thanks again this year that Peter Black, an associate lecturer in law at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, who hosted Blawg Review #85 on Freedom to Differ, is hosting Blawg Review #136 so we can enjoy this long holiday weekend gathering together with family, friends, and loved ones, to reinforce the ties that bind us and give thanks for our many blessings...

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