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June 13, 2006

Simon Chester

Inside Big Law Firms

Those of us who have ever been part of a group trying to design a law firm website should check out a wonderful new law firm website launched to coincide with a book by the great law firm blogger Jeremy Blachman – not a familiar name? Well he does have a straight blog, but you'll likely know him better as the author of the satirical Anonymous Lawyer, the popular blog that mocks large-law firm life.

I particularly liked the Blog's take on The Meaning of Life, and the wonderful law firm biographies, which hit too close to the bone.

And yes, Blachman has parlayed a blog into a book, and fame and fortune

Simon Chester's involvement with legal information goes back to the Seventies when he taught legal research at Osgoode Hall and served on CLIC's board - that was the Canadian Law Information Council. He has practiced law on Bay Street for almost thirty years and speaks and writes widely on legal, technology, ethical and professional issues.
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4 Comments on “Inside Big Law Firms”

  1. Steven Matthews says:
    June 13, 2006 at 10:41 am

    Another 'fun' one :-)….

    http://www.ppbfh.com/

  2. Simon C says:
    June 13, 2006 at 11:23 am

    There is a nice NYT piece on the phenomenon of bloggers cashing in reprinted at http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=128668

  3. Administrator says:
    June 14, 2006 at 10:34 pm

    This is a test. Yet another test to ignore.

  4. Simon C says:
    June 15, 2006 at 9:49 am

    How can we ignore tests, when as Woody Allen says half the key to success in life (and possibly in exams) is simply showing up.

    Whenever a professor says this is a test, but it won't count, I get suspicious.

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