The Latest Scoop on Legal Weblogs (Not)
We dare you: Find something useful in this article about legal weblogs. (The Recorder/New York Lawyer, Cover Letters and Resumes Are for Dummies: Try a Blog, by Brenda Sandburg, 05-15-04).
skepticalEsq’s country cousin obliviousEsq has never been online, and he learned:
Bruce MacEwen launched his own Web log. Dubbed “Adam Smith, Esq.” in the hope of landing a big-time law firm management position.
One gets recognized among the “overwhelming” number of legal weblogs “by word of mouth, which intensifies as their blogs get listed on other people’s directories”
Despite having overwhelming numbers, the legal weblog community is ”pretty tightly knit and courteous“
“While it can be difficult to find a particular blog, the legal community has its own directory, dailywhirl.com.”
There are at least a half dozen other legal weblogs
“MacEwen hasn’t developed marquee status in the blogosphere. Nor has he gotten any job offers yet”
ObliviousEsq may be unemployed, but he’s no Dummy, and he’s sticking with resumes.
Dare #2: Guess how long it took the writer to research and draft the article (please: no snide remarks about how long it took the Editor to write this posting).