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The article discusses the results of the journal's State of the Legal Blogosphere Survey, and it mentions the attitudes of American bloggers, attorneys, and law students regarding topics such as law-related blogs and the practice of law in the U.S. According to the article, law bloggers are attracted to practice-area expertise, trends, and legal news as of 2016. Loneliness is examined, along with the views of blogger Keith R. Lee and marketing director Peter Moeller.

The article announces that 10 law-related blogs have been added to the American Bar Association's Blawg 100 Hall of Fame in 2016, including Attorney@Work which is located at www.attorneyatwork.com, Divorce Discourse located at divorcediscourse.com, and Marler Blog located at www.marlerblog.com.

Several law blogs are presented discussing tips for crime writers, advices on civil litigation and latest in corporate and securities law for California and Nevada.

The article reports that the journal is initiating 100 different law blogs in 12 different categories including criminal justice, business law, and legal technology on the journal's fifth anniversary. As stated, the Constitutional Daily Blog have humorous news summaries. Further discussed is the Blow Tie Law blog that explains the key points of legal issues through a detailed description, and Crime and Consequences Blog have comments on sentences in violent crimes.

Several blogs related to law and justice are discussed including one on constitutional law, one analyzing U.S. Supreme Court and lower-court cases, and one on defense-side drug and medical-device litigation.

Several blogs from various people in the legal profession are discussed including the 2008 election from Ann Althouse, economics and media from Glenn Reynolds and mainstream media coverage of law from Mark Obbie. INSETS: Ann Althouse;Ernie Svenson;Bernard Hibbitts (and students).

The article reports on the practice of some defense counsels and ordinary U.S. citizens to write blogs about high-profile trials. The prosecution of music producer Phil Spector by Los Angeles, California prosecutor Alan Jackson was regularly attended by semi-retired massage therapist Betsy Ross, who posted blogs that focused on the Spector prosecution. According to some attorneys, they are troubled by the blogs, which feature posts ranging from the objective to the opinionated to the demonstrably inaccurate because they can not control the message.

The article provides information on the legal blogs, called blawgs, included in the Inaugural Blawg 100 of the "ABA Journal." Harley-Davidson enthusiast Norman Gregory Fernandez marries his personal injury/family law practice to his passion for biking, using his blog to offer tips to potential clients and chronicling his scenic travels. Coastal South Carolina solo Sheryl Sisk Schelin offers advice and moral support for the solo practitioner, as well as those who want to strike out on their own to improve their quality of life.

The article discusses several technological applications for legal transcription and Web site development. The features of asynchronous JavaScript and XML programming techniques and blog technology are discussed. NaturallySpeaking 9 Legal speech recognition software from Dragon has the capacity to transcribe and understand legal terminology.

The article presents an interview with North Carolina attorney Cheslie Kryst who took a leave of absence from her employment at a law firm in order to fulfill her duties as the Miss USA Pageant title holder. Kryst's daily schedule is examined, along with the inspiration behind her decision to get involved in pageants while in high school. A swimsuit competition and Kryst's fashion blog are assessed, along with preparations for the Miss Universe pageant.

The article discusses the State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct's issuance of Formal Opinion No. 2016-196 which is designed to provide attorneys with guidance regarding various aspects of blogs, blog posts, and other forms of blogging activity, and it mentions the difference between lawyer-related noncommercial information and advertising. U.S. freedom of speech rights and the blog-based case Hunter v. Virginia State Bar ex. rel. are assessed.

How so, exactly? For the first time, the ABA Journal's extensive favorites list has added a web tools category that includes apps, subscription services and other digital solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The White-Collar Wives Project blog includes a private online support group with about 80 women from four continents who learned the hard way that they were married to white-collar criminals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Great legal blogs go deeper into practice niches than the mainstream legal press and share well-written personal insights. Here we're highlighting 10 blogs that are new to our Web 100 list, 20 making a repeat appearance and five joining the Blawg 100 Hall of Fame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The list of best law blogs has grown to 60, with five new additions for 2018. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the author's role as the president of the American Bar Association (ABA), and it mentions an effort to work with state, local, and other bar associations in the U.S. to meet the membership- and technology-related needs of ABA members. Blogs and law-based articles are examined, along with the well-being of lawyers and law students, pro bono legal services, and diversity in the ABA.

The article evaluates the journal's law website blog for lawyers known as the Web 100.

Corrections are provided for the article entitled "The 10th Annual Blawg 100," the Contents section of the journal, and a photo credit for "Mobile Justice" which all appear in the December 2016 issue of the legal periodical.

The article discusses the utilization of application software and mobile device applications in legal professions and states that only few law professionals considers websites and blogs as an advantage to business. It also informs that the applications for legal professions falls in two categories namely, big-firm apps and auto-accident-firm apps and discusses the difference betweeen the two. It further offers some suggestion for the creation of one's own application.

The article presents comments of several bloggers related to legal profession including Kevin O'Keefe, Eric Goldman, and Jeff Richardson, regarding the use of social networking web media like Twitter and YouTube by lawyers. According to the internet study conducted by Pew Research Center, blogging among 34- to 45-year-olds has increased by six percent during 2008-2010. It was also found that blogging among children between 12- to 17- year-old have decreased by half during 2006-2009

The article presents information on the arguments related to the use of Like button in the social networking site Facebook as a protected method of expressing freedom of speech with reference to the U.S. First Amendment protections. The problems related to the involvement public employees in blogging and creating issues in workplace is now becoming common. The need of caution in government employees while posting on such sites is also discussed.

The article presents information on the risk associated with using of social media by lawyers. It is stated that lawyers that engage themselves in blogs and other social media may soon get call from their disciplinary authority or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. It has been warned that attorneys recklessly exploiting the media could soon face grief.

The article discusses the results of a survey conducted by the American market research firm LexisNexis concerning law firms and marketing which reveals the increased of blogs by law firms in the U.S., as of April 2016. Topics discussed include the need of law firms to use technology to enhance the practice of law and deliver services to their clients; use of social media in attorney-client relationship; and role played by the technology in the f the U.S. legal system.

The article discusses the journal's 9th Annual Blawg 100 list of the top legal blogs, and it mentions how 10 additional law-related social media blogs are being added to the periodical's Hall of Fame. Readership of legal blogs is addressed, along with information about The Jury Room blog authored by trial consultants Douglas Keene and Rita Handrich which deals with the human psychology aspects of juries. Layer Jon Hyman's Ohio Employer's Law Blog and A Wine Law Blog are examined.

The article discusses the various legal blogs that are being included in the journal's Blawg 100 Hall of Fame in 2015, including information about law-related blogs such as abovethelaw.com by David Lat, adamsmithesq.com by law firm consultant Bruce MacEwan, and electionlawblog.org by law professor Rick Hasen. Social media posts by "American Lawyer" Magazine reporter Vivia Chen and Houston, Texas defense attorney Mark Bennett are examined, along with the overlawyered.com blog.

Focuses on the effort of Web log writers in the U.S. to hire lawyers to defend them against lawsuits. Impact of technology on laws according to Mark Litvack, chair of the Committee on First Amendment Rights in the Digital Age in the Science and Technology Law Section of the American Arbitration Association; Purpose in launching the Media Bloggers Association, a group of media-critic bloggers; Percentage of U.S. citizens who have created blogs according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project in May 2005.

The article lists blogs that come under the journal's Blawg 100 Hall of Fame list on topics including failure of judgments regarding product labeling in the U.S., relation between economics and the law, and an employment law for Connecticut.

In this article, readers of the journal are invited to nominate blogs from the journal's Blawg 100 Twitter list for the periodical's 30-blog-Hall of Fame list as of December 2014. Topics discussed include voting by readers to vote for the best blogs under the poll, December 19, 2014 being the deadline for the poll, and the blogs that fall under the journal's Blawg 100 Twitter list on topics such as relation between economics and the law and employment law.

Several winning law blogs that were picked by the editors of the American Bar Association (ABA) journal on various aspects including criminal justice, business of law and labor and employment are presented.

The article lists the 6th Annual American Bar Association (ABA) Journal Blawg 100 Fan Favorites selected after online voting by readers and includes law blogs Business of Law: Divorce Discourse, Careers/Law Schools: Inside the Law School Scam and Corporate: California Corporate & Securities Law.

The article presents information on the use of blogs by the law firms and lawyers in the U.S. for the development of the business and the improvement in their gross revenue.

The article presents information on the reviewing of the lawyers in the Internet by clients, firms and other lawyers in the U.S. Several law firms are reviewed through attorneys posting comments and blogs. Information on the role of Google and other online networking sites in the review of lawyers and law firms is also presented.

The article presents information on a voting conducted for law blog fans for their favorite useful, funny, informational and practice specific blogs that were featured in the fifth Annual Blawg 100. The top 12 vote getting categories includes labor and employment, trial practice and business law. Blogs based on criminal justice and legal technology was also selected in the top lists.

The article presents information on the decline in fairness, decency and common sense in the society with reference to recent cases. A case based on breach of contract in which an officer's weapon accidentally discharged killing the criminal is an act of lack of common sense. Lack of fairness was found in the case in which person's car was stolen and was also sued due to an accident caused by the thief. A sex offender sued mother of minor for writing about him in a blog thus lacking decency.

The article presents information on attorneys James Daily and Ryan Davidson, whose law blog Law and the Multiverse started recently in November 2010. Daily and Davidson examined various issues such as whether the government can regulate superpowers as weapons. Daily said that the idea of the blog started during a dinner party and friends at the party encouraged him to explore various legal issues that superheroes might face.

The article focuses on the plight of law students in the U.S. who have chosen the blog to express their frustration. Some of the sites where the students have lamented on debts and law school education include But I Did Everything Right, Tales of the Fourth-Tier Nothing and Third Tier Reality. An organization calling for increased law school disclosure called Law School Transparency, takes the stand that the information available from these sources doesn't address issues meaningfully.

The article offers information on the most popular law blogs chosen by the readers in the U.S. Some of the blogs mentioned are written mostly by lawyers and include 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog on federal securities laws, and Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog. The chosen blogs covered nearly twelve categories including Torts, Criminal justice and Law business.

The article presents information on how attorneys like Gary Nitzkin of the U.S., are hiring professional writers for contributions to their blogs. When the amount of work on the blog rose, Nitzkin began employing the services of behind-the-scenes ghost bloggers. White-collar criminal defense attorney Jeff Ifrah turned to the professional writing and editing services of former journalist Jonathan Groner, for his blog.

The article offers information on Mike Sacks, law student at the Georgetown University. It states that law students generally emphasizes on finding a job after the completion of their courses but Sacks has done the things differently. He has taught high school in London, England and has also worked as a freelance writer. He has also written his experiences on his blog. It informs that he has completed his graduation from the Duke University in December 2004.

The article discusses the use of blogs by lawyers. It informs that the New York City-based lawyer Eric Turkewitz uses law blog titles to promote lawyers in its directory instead of creating legal forums to analyze and discuss the justice system. It states that blogs which don't allow reader comments are presented as local legal news websites and are not intended to serve as a platform for legal discourse.

The article highlights the importance among lawyers to create technology boundaries to increase productivity. The experts suggest that lawyers need to find ways to disconnect from technology for the sake of sanity, productivity, and interpersonal interaction. Debra L. Bruce, a certified career coach, states that attorneys could save time by simply picking up the telephone instead of constant e-mail and messaging. Furthermore, legal blogger Nicole Black stresses that the idea of technology break could be terrifying to individuals who are used to smartphones.

The article explores the occurrence of comment spam as a move of achieve search engine optimization (SEO). Lawyer Kevin O'Keefe of LexBlog, states that lawyers must publish valuable and credible content in order to become better bloggers. He notes that this content encourages readers to reference those posts on the Web. Furthermore, he mentions that companies which are less reputable surpasses the impressive firms due to unrelated gibberish. Moreover, he suggests that in order to improve SEO rankings, attorneys must ensure carefulness in providing list outside sales and marketing firms' services.

Several blogs featuring San Diego practitioner Marc Randazza and his band, Bitter Lawyer, and Volokh Conspiracy are discussed.

Several blogs related to law, firms, and associates in the U.S. are discussed including The Am Law Daily, The Blog of Legal Times, and FP Legal Post.

The article focuses on technological innovations such as the mobile internet platform. It discusses several ways on how to create mobile-optimized versions of web pages that work very well on mobile phones. It also highlights two services that work very well with blogs such as MoFuse.com and Goggle Mobilizer.

The article lists the top legal blogs from "ABA Journal" including Above the Law, TechnoLawyer Blog, and Defending People.

The article offers information on the magazine "Sue" for women lawyers. Chere Estrin, the publisher of "Know," a magazine for paralegals, stated that women lawyers always face the same complaints as unequal pay, and child and family challenges and mentioned that "Sue" will aim at abolishing stereotypes and acknowledge strengths of female litigators. The inaugural edition of "Sue" will focus on issues like confronting your case's weaknesses, and female litigation bloggers. Contributors to the issue include law professor Laurie Levenson and author Lois Frankel.

The article reports that the number of lawsuits filed against bloggers over the last 10 years has increased exponentially, from 4 in 1997 to 89 in 2007 in the U.S., according to data from Citizen Media Law Project. It is stated that liability insurance is too costly for a typical blogger. Now the Media Bloggers Association is offering BlogInsure, a first-of-its-kind liability insurance for bloggers with premiums starting at $540 a year. Bloggers first must take the MBA's media law course to qualify for the insurance.

The article discusses competitive intelligence tools for lawyers. These tools enable lawyers to regularly monitor what is happening with clients or practice area, specific cases or news items and other data the can improve competitiveness. An example is Google Alert, which sends regular e-mails from Google with a selection of items that best match desired search terms. Really simple syndication (RSS) instantly delivers items from frequently updated sites without the need for visiting those sites individually. Technorati is an example of RSS system that creates feeds that monitor blogs.

A correction to the article "ABA Journal Blawg 100" is presented.