State Law

Welcome To ?A Connecticut Law Blog 2.0?

By Ryan

I launched www.aconnecticutlawblog.com at the very end of 2007. 

This weekend, I completed a month long redesign of the blog.

I’ve changed the site’s theme added some bells and whistles and installed programs that will improve the look and feel of this site. I’m pleased with the outcome and I hope you are to. 

Opening Day: April 6, 2009

No matter how much lipstick I put on this blog, content is at its core. I now have a library of nearly 200 posts on a wide variety of topics. Try the search feature in the upper right corner of the site (below the orange rss logo). I’ve had several guest bloggers and am always looking for more. Let me know if you want to try your hand at blogging.

When my prior theme stopped working I was distraught. Looking back, it was the best thing that happened to this site. I learned how to use WordPress and unlock it’s potential.

For example, I learned how to post videos, wrap text around pictures (see above), and improve my site in the eyes of Lord Google.

A launched “A CT MicroBlawg” which is just my twitter feed. I’m not sure where I’m going with this though. I hope I can use it to say more than just “Too busy to blog today.” We’ll see where it goes and if it isn’t working I’ll stop using it. Flexibility is my mantra.

The little “share this” button below the post allows you to easily email, bookmark, and share a post.

I always envied blogs with that cool “Creative Commons License” so I figured out how to add one here. In addition you’ll notice that I registered this site with “My Free Copyright.” I did this because I noticed that some commercial sites were lifting entire posts verbatim from this site. Hopefully this helps to curb that. If I’m not making money on this site than other’s shouldn’t either.

If you’re new here, I hope you stick around. Look through the archives and use the search function: you never know what you’ll get.

This blog is a product of my legal curiosity and nothing more. Lots of my posts come from my experiences. For example, I drive through Litchfield and see scenic roads everywhere and I look for “scenic road law”. I’ve written about Connecticut seaweed law, sprinkler law, and it’s possible to legally be a skier without skiing.

Some posts are on very serious issues like what happens to civil unions in the wake of the Court’s ruling in Kerrigan.

Where else can you find posts about Connecticut foul ball liability, dignity on trial in our foreclosure courts, and a prediction on Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health?

One of the great things about having a blog is coming in contact with people I would otherwise not have. I thank Matt Berger for sharing his insights on Mary Hall with this site.

Connecticut has some great law blogs. Gideon (who’s real name I don’t know) at A Public Defender and Dan Schwartz are two of the best law bloggers on the internet. Their insipiration, support, and counsel mean a lot to me.  I’m thankful that they blog generously.  

I hope you enjoy my work on this site.  Every ABA magazine I pick up tells lawyers that they need to “blawg” for marketing purposes. If I did this blog purely for marketing I would have quit by March.  This is my hobby and my work here is a labor of love. It would be gravy if someone were to retain me on a seaweed law case.

Thank you for making me a part of your day.

Full post as published by A Connecticut Law Blog on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).