A Blog on Legal Research and Writing
Susan McDonald, a Tennessee lawyer, publishes the Legal Research and Writing Blog. She says of herself:
The internet and outsourcing have enabled me to build a successful practice of providing legal research and writing services to other lawyers around the country. This unique practice is a win-win situation for me and for my clients. I can combine my broad experience in litigation and judicial clerkships with a genuine passion for legal research and writing. With that combination, I provide writing projects that help my lawyer-clients better represent their own clients, without the overhead of an additional full-time attorney.
My unique practice also gives me the opportunity to pursue my interests in legal research and writing while maintaining a flexible schedule that is or should be the envy of every lawyer in the country.
[via InterAlia]
I’ve blogged about her, too, (May 24) and find it a useful addition to my RSS feeds. Legal research in the US firms, from what I can gather, is done by law librarians, attorneys in the litigation groups, and by consultants such as Susan; ie. there don’t appear to be legal research practice groups within the firms. I would like to hear, though, from anyone with experience or information about that.