Happy holidays from the ABA Journal! Web posts will resume Thursday, Jan. 2.
In the meantime, check out the December 2024-January 2025 magazine.
The official blog of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism discusses ways to foster professionalism and civility among lawyers and judges.
Articles offer advice on law practice management and legal technology. The law practice technology blog was added to the Blawg 100 Hall of Fame in 2014.
"Discussion of federal and state products liability litigation." Informal products liability posts and occasional “Abnormal Interviews” feature Q&As with law professors. "Friday Links" skip tort law and focus on the rest of the blawgosphere.
Irreverent and muckraking posts on breaking legal news and issues of the day. In additional to reporting on news events and cases of interest, ATL contributors offer commentary on legal controversies and the state of the industry at large. The site also has a career center with job listings and information for job seekers. ATL was added to the ABA Journal's Blawg 100 Hall of Fame in 2012.
Posts cover the blogger's thoughts on contract drafting and contract automation, critique other document assembly systems and otherwise explore language in legal contracts.
Venable's advertising and marketing team tracks the legal moves of the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and even Facebook's platform policy to call shenanigans on website language and the latest marketing tactics that do not (or soon will not) pass legal muster. Posts also note key appellate decisions and what they mean for advertisers.
Posts track how well arbitration agreements are passing scrutiny in appellate court decisions nationwide—paying special attention to rulings that define the limits of arbitrators' power and giving frank opinions on this jurisprudence. Some posts answer her readers questions about rules hidden inside the Federal Arbitration Act.
Posts analyze and discuss legal issues relevant to arms control, including actions of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
"Recent developments in art litigation and art finance."
Posts cover copyright lawsuits in the art world, legal issues related to art seized by Nazis during World War II, and rulings from United Kingdom courts related to art ownership.
"'One really good idea every day' to help lawyers create the career and lives they love." Posts give advice on productivity, networking, marketing and rainmaking and discuss technology for the legal workplace.
"Balkinization an unanticipated consequence of Jack M. Balkin." This blawg focuses on constitutional, First Amendment and civil liberties issues.
"A comprehensive news and analysis portal for Indian legal professionals." Posts focus on India legal news, including legal process outsourcing news.
Law professor-bloggers exchange ideas, concerns, and opinions concerning the future of legal education. Posts also cover news from the Association of American Law Schools.
Discusses entertainment law with a strong focus on intellectual property cases.
This blog highlights academic job openings and covers salaries of professors, salaries of recent law school graduates, recent law review articles and other law school news. It can also be counted on to come up with its own rankings of law schools and law reviews.
CAAFlog says its goal "is to facilitate serious and informed discussion of military justice appellate practice." It covers recent opinions and other military law news. "CAAF" refers to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Posts cover developments in corporate and securities law—mostly the latest in California, but also federal law.
“Our posts offer discussion on the practical aspects of cannabis law and how it impacts those involved in this growing industry. We provide insight into how canna businesspeople can use the law to their advantage; in plain language we tell you what works and what does not. We aim to help you strategize how to wield the law as both a shield and a sword.”
Posts cover law topics related to corporate governance; finance and economics; mergers & acquisitions; securities regulation; and the Dodd-Frank Act.
"Cogent Legal Blog covers news, views and how-to's on legal graphics, case strategy and the law. Practical articles and commentary about visual presentations for mediation and trial, courtroom technology, legal trends and litigation strategy."
New and noteworthy developments in the labor and employment law field, with a particular emphasis on Connecticut. This blawg looks at laws, regulations, decisions and news articles that will be of interest to practitioners, in-house counsel and human resource professionals.
"Smart conversation about the Constitution." Posts cover cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and blogger Lyle Denniston also writes a "constitution check" series of posts in which he investigates assertions made about the constitution in the media and appellate opinions.
Posts cover the latest actions, policies and staff changes of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Posts cover credit, bankruptcy, consumers and financial institutions.