Why Do So Many Lawyers Blog?
John at PowerLine Blog has been asking some interesting questions. Yesterday he asked “Why Do So Many Lawyers Blog?”
The post refers the reader to a New York Times article “Opening Arguments, Endlessly”. The article continues, “Good lawyers write well, quickly and clearly and do not fear arguments, said Mr. Hinderaker of powerlineblog.com.” Note the caveat, good lawyers?
The article does its best to put out a positive reason for attorneys entering the blogospher but it probably misses the point. Here are a few points as to why I think lawyers write blogs:
1. The courts are so full that attorneys only get a few minutes to hear them selves talk. They probably have time on their hands (check out the coffee shops around the courts).
2. Attorneys think in volumes. They like to write and write in hopes that they cover all of the possible alternatives. They get to try their ideas out on the public.
3. Attorneys have a hard time with association. How many times has an attorney cited a case that sounds like theirs but is either not related or comes to an opposite conclusion. With luck, somebody my spot their disconnection.
4. There are no teaching positions available.
Enough of the list.
Lawyers blog hoping to be discovered. With Harriet Miers heading to the big bench, lawyers hope that they will soon get the nod to the local bench.
The post refers the reader to a New York Times article “Opening Arguments, Endlessly”. The article continues, “Good lawyers write well, quickly and clearly and do not fear arguments, said Mr. Hinderaker of powerlineblog.com.” Note the caveat, good lawyers?
The article does its best to put out a positive reason for attorneys entering the blogospher but it probably misses the point. Here are a few points as to why I think lawyers write blogs:
1. The courts are so full that attorneys only get a few minutes to hear them selves talk. They probably have time on their hands (check out the coffee shops around the courts).
2. Attorneys think in volumes. They like to write and write in hopes that they cover all of the possible alternatives. They get to try their ideas out on the public.
3. Attorneys have a hard time with association. How many times has an attorney cited a case that sounds like theirs but is either not related or comes to an opposite conclusion. With luck, somebody my spot their disconnection.
4. There are no teaching positions available.
Enough of the list.
Lawyers blog hoping to be discovered. With Harriet Miers heading to the big bench, lawyers hope that they will soon get the nod to the local bench.
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