More on Big Law Blogs
There have been a couple great BigLaw blog lists that have come out over the past week, and both are well worth noting here on Slaw.
First up, 3 Geeks and a Law Blog have published a list of officially sanctioned BigLaw law blogs, with the term sanctioned being defined as a link from the firm’s main website. A good metric, IMO. This list now totals 141 blogs from 56 law firms, and is based on looking at the NLJ 250 firms.
The second list comes from the crew over at Law Blog Builders Lexblog, and is an updated version of their August 2007 list of AmLaw 200 blogs. The list was updated in March 2008, and has now been updated again in November, 2008.
Both are worth a click on by… And for those of you who might still be trying to sell the value of blogging internally, these lists offer great examples of the types of commentary that are possible.
As I gear up for a 2008 version of the Clawbies, lists like these certainly help focus on the big law trends down south, and seeing how they compare to our Canadian editions. :)
Steve, is there a growth in law firms crafting “acceptable use” types of policies for blawgers, or is blogging seen as an extension of corporate communications or marketing programs?
Depends on who is initiating the blog. One would presume that a firm sponsored blog doesn’t have the same issues as an Associate taking a self-publishing initiative. Larger firms have less control so they can also become more policy driven.
And as an aside, my feeling has always been that ‘blogging policies’ should be addressed within a firm’s electronic communications policy, and not be tied to a technology. Otherwise, you end up with a blogging policy, listserv policy, wiki policy, FB, Feed Friend, Twitter policy … all present and future software genres should be covered by the singular ecomm policy. IMHO.