Legal Research

may law blogs be ghostwritten?

By John Gregory

Controversy has developed in the US about whether it is appropriate for law blogs to be ghostwritten. The ABA Journal has an article on the topic, and many comments that are about evenly divided pro and con.

Some would distinguish between a law firm blog, which sounds more like other publicity material that the firm may generate, and individual blogs that appear to – and thus arguably should – be the product of the individual personally.

Would it matter in either case if the ghostwriting were disclosed? Would disclosure matter if the firm or lawyer in whose name the blog is published did a final review of the content before posting?

Are any Canadian law blogs ghostwritten? Would it be OK if they were? I presume that a ghostwritten blog would not be eligible for a Clawbie!

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).