JusticeUpdated

JusticeUpdated is a blog available on the Worldcourts.com website. The stated purpose of the blog is "to keep those interested in ICL and ‘universal jurisdiction’ up-to-date by providing summary information about new developments in these fields." JusticeUpdated began in March 2010, and has proven to be a good resource if you are looking to keep current with recent, notable cases. In addition to covering international courts, the blog reports cases from domestic courts which would be of interest their readers.

JOTWELL - Journal of Things We Like (LOTS)

JOTWELL, the Journal of Things We Like (LOTS) is a new blog that aims to collect/post/highlight the "leading academics and practitioners providing short reviews of recent scholarship to the law that the reviewer likes and thinks deserves a wide audience."

Jotwell is a special type of law review housed on a set of inter-linked blogs. As a law review, Jotwell has only mission: to bring to readers' attention great recent scholarship related to the law. As a blog we invite your comments, and hope that some of our reviews will spark a conversation.

Jotwell features information in the following areas of law:

• Administrative law
• Constitutional law
• Corporate law
• Criminal law
• Cyber law
• Intellectual property law
• Legal profession
• Tax law

To access information, a reader can directly visit the Jotwell blog where browse and search features are both available. Jotwell offers RSS feed subscription to the main Jotwell section or to the individual subject sections. Readers can also subscribe via email to receive a message every time a new article is available. Happy Reading!

Keep It 'Light' While 'Lawyering'

Via Legal Technology Blog, an article titled Nutmeg Lawyer Adds Spice to the Blawgosphere is about Adrian Baron, an attorney in New Britain, Conn., who writes rather amusing blog The Nutmeg Lawyer, a blawg discussing the trials & tribulations of law practice. Baron is a general practitioner and partner of Podorowsky, Thompson & Baron. He handles everything from criminal defense to real estate to family law and immigration. He really gets to experience the legal practice and he likes to blog about it. His blog has been highlighted by many other blawgs, including the ABA Journal Blog.

Baron says,

There are a lot of funny things going on in the legal world. I could've just as easily done a scholarly blog, but I don't want to do homework every night.

While you are in law school, try not to turn into a complete jackass. Not only will you alienate your friends and family but you will eventually alienate those you will contact in your professional life. Jackass law students often turn into jackass lawyers. They are difficult to deal with and we tend to make fun of them in courthouse backrooms and on golf course fairways.

Take a look at his blog and some of the stories he has shared and enjoy!

Legal Blog Watch is Looking for Help

For all of you out there who like to write, blog, or just share your ideas, Legal Blog Watch, an excellent blog that has been around since about 2004, is looking for additional and/or guest bloggers.

John Bringardner writes:

[W]e're putting up a help wanted sign for a few good guest bloggers. Whether you've already got a blog or not; whether you're in BigLaw, solo practice, law school or somewhere in between; if you were blogging here you'd be home by now.

If you think you've got what it takes, or you'd like to nominate someone else who does, drop us a line at legalblogwatch@incisivemedia.com. Take a look at these handy guest-blogging guidelines first for an idea of what you're getting into and what we'll expect from you. We need folks who can turn around a couple of thoughtful posts on the legal news of the day for us every once in a while -- a little like Blawg Review, but more sporadic and without the need for a highbrow theme.

Check out the full announcement!

Legal Blawgs Archive

The Law Library of Congress has launched a Legal Blawgs Archive. It began harvesting legal blawgs in 2007. The collection has grown to more than one hundred items covering a broad cross section of legal topics. The following are some of the legal topics: Antitrust, Business, Commercial & Corporate Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional law, Courts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Family Law, Government, Administrative Law and Politics, Intellectual Property, International & Comparative Law, Law Review, Legal Ethics, Miscellaneous, Taxation, and Technology & Law.