Legal Blogs

We've started a collection of legal blogs as we hear about them.  We like to showcase Colorado ones, too.  If you know if a good legal blog, feel free to send a link to Michelle Gersic at the CBA, mgersic@cobar.org, and we'll get it listed on this web page.

Blog is short for weblog.  A weblog is an online journal or diary that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption.  Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the website.  Some blogs allow users to post informal journals of their own thoughts, comments, and philosophies.

Colorado-based:

Brock's Law Practice Technology Blog, written by program attorney Brock R. Wood of CBA-CLE, offers practical tips on getting the most out of office technology in your law practice with an emphasis on FREE and LOW COST technology solutions.  Brock frequently posts tips on using data backup, network security, using pdf's, etc.
http://www.eurekais.com/eureka_blog/

Decisions, orders, and other news from the Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals from Blain D. Myhre
http://www.colorado-appealsblog.com/default.htm

Jerrilyn Merritt's Talk Left:  The Politics of Crime:  The online magazine with liberal coverage of crime-related politics and injustice news.  Includes a lengthy list of "blogs we like."  Jerrilyn is the creator of Crimelynx®, a legal resource center for the criminal defense practitioner.
http://www.talkleft.com/

Public Defender Stuff from Greg Worthen:  collects news from around the country relevant to public/indigent defense. The blog also includes a PD Blog Guide listing every public defender blog - no matter what subject the blog features - and headlines from many news sources, from Sentencing Law and Policy to TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime (another Colorado-based blog).
http://pdstuff.blogspot.com/

Colorado Springs personal injury attorney Edward "Ted" Bills posts informational articles related to his areas of practice:  Auto Accident (Car, Truck, and Motorcycle crash), DUI, Personal Injury, and Criminal - Traffic Violation law.
http://bodilyinjuryblog.com/?p=123

Beth Klein, a personal injury attorney in Boulder, focuses on issues related to product liability claims and significant product recall and warning information for the public.
http://www.lawcolorado.net/

Control Protect and Leverage - a Leyendecker & Lemire blog:  Intellectual Property blog that covers patent, trademark, and copyright issues.  It is updated fairly regularly and contains honest reflections of the attorney's thoughts - providing pertinent and humorous information.
http://www.lld-law.com/IPblog.html

Colorado Homeowners Association Law from Winzenberg Leff Purvis & Payne:  for the latest commentary and opinions on the law affecting homeowners associations.  Sign up for e-mail updates, or subscribe to their RSS feed for automatic updates.
http://www.cohoalaw.com/

Rocky Mountain Appellate Blog:  Analysis and commentary on the practice of appellate law and on news, events and decisions from the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court
http://rockymtnappellateblog.typepad.com/rocky_mountain_appellate_/

Linda Chalat's Colorado Law Blog:  focused on consumer issues, accident prevention, and changes in Colorado law which impact the civil rights of individuals. 
http://www.coloradolaw-blog.com/

Family law in Colorado from Jennifer Rice of Rice Law Office.  Jennifer is passionate about helping the public and her clients have tools and information to make the process easier.
http://www.coloradofamilylaw.blogspot.com/

The Burg Simpson Blog is used to promote the firm's extensive experience in the representation of their clients in a variety of practice areas and often provides a personal perspective about these topics. Posts to the Burg Simpson Blog often address issues relating to pharmaceutical litigation, commercial disputes, products liability, and other new developments and interesting topics affecting Burg Simpson's practice and clients.
http://blogs.burgsimpson.com/

Translation For Lawyers - is a legal blog of interest to international lawyers, inside counsel, patent attorneys, litigators, transactional lawyers, and other law practitioners, who occasionally or regularly deal with clients, plaintiffs, defendants, and witnesses from other cultures; or who encounter foreign-language evidence requiring foreign language document translation in the course of transnational or domestic litigation.  It's written by legal translator and court interpreter Nina Ivanichvili, who runs the legal translation service All Language Alliance, Inc.  This blog contains news, information and tips from the realm of multilingual legal document translation and court interpreting, and focuses on the role of foreign languages and cultures in the practice of law.
http://www.translationforlawyers.com/

IMMIGRATION:

Stern Elkind & Curray LLP's blog on immigration issues has monthly posts, FAQ's pages, and archived articles. 
http://www.secimmigration.com/news.html

Holland & Hart's Immigration practice group has launched an Immigration Law blog to help employers understand and comply with the frequently changing area of immigration law.
http://immigrationlaw.typepad.com/

Others outside of Colorado

Law Practice Management

Thoughful Legal Management, written by David J. Bilinsky, Practice Management Advisor and staff lawyer for the Law Society of British Columbia. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and the Editor-in-Chief of Law Practice Magazine.  He also links to tons of websites that are categorized by topic.  
http://thoughtfullaw.com/

Jim Calloway's Law Practice Tips Blog.  "This is an Oklahoma-based weblog about law practice management, the Internet and technology as it applies both in law practice and in all of our lives."  Jim is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Management Assistance Program, and chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2005.  His blog was a 2005 TechnoLawyer Awards winner.
http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/

Ellen Freedman's Law Practice Management Blog is out of Pennsylvania and written by one of the premier law practice management advisors in the country.  There are lots of categories, archives, and a blog roll with links to other blogs that Ellen likes.  The website is also searchable.
http://www.pa-lawpracticemanagement.com/

Technology

Apple Macintosh Computer Users:  Home Office Lawyer from Grant D. Griffiths in Clay Center, Kansas.
http://gdgrifflaw.typepad.com/home_office_lawyer/macs_in_the_law_office/index.html

Adobe Acrobat Users maintained by Rick Borstein, Business Development Manager for Adobe Legal.  Rick is an Adobe Certified Expert in Acrobat and a member of the American Bar Association and the International Legal Technology Association.  You'll find tons of tips on using Adobe in the legal profession.
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/

Legal Technology:  technology, tips and advice for a lawyer's life and business from Adriana Linares in Winter Park, FL.  She started this blog as a place to share information, tips, training and thoughts that she hopes "will help you fall in love with technology too."    There are lots of great tips on this blog.  Check out the "My Blogroll" for other web blogs.
http://ihearttech.typepad.com/

The Carnival of Law Bloggers:  Blawg Review.  "Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law. A blog carnival is a traveling post about a topic or theme. For example, there's Carnival of the Capitalists, concerning business and economics, while Grand Rounds is about medicine and healthcare, and Blawg Review has topics discussed by lawyers, law students and law professors."  It also gives awards for the best blogs.
http://blawgreview.blogspot.com/

Immigration

Bender's Immigration Bulletin - Daily Edition is edited by Austin, Texas attorney and Denver, Colorado native Daniel M. Kowalski.  Although connected to LexisNexis, this is a free site, is updated daily, and is for immigration lawyers and members of the public interested in immigration law and policy.
http://www.bibdaily.com/
 
Federal Appeals

"A daily summary of the best (and worst) of federal appellate decisions" from Robert Loblaw.  He says on his website, "This website is intended purely for entertainment. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of appellate law. It is not intended as a legal research tool. Nothing in this blog should be interpreted as legal advice."
http://appellatedecisions.blogspot.com/

Supreme Court of the United States Blog brought to you by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.  This is the big Supreme Court one and mentions lots of other blogs. 
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/

Sentencing

Sentencing Law and Policy (a member of the Law Professor Blogs Network) from Douglas A. Berman.  This one is heavily referenced with good links and was named 2005 Best Blog by a Law Professor. 
http://sentencing.typepad.com/

Miscellaneous

Stephen P. Gallagher started a blog to help create more of a dialogue about coaching attorneys.  He is in Narberth, PA, is a former Practice Management Advisor for the New York State Bar Association and is currently the president of an executive coaching company for attorneys.
http://attorneycoach.squarespace.com/welcome/

Legal Ethics Forum is written by 12 law school professors from around the U.S.  The American Bar Association named it one of the top 100 law-related blogs around the country.  The December 2007 posting named the CBA Ethics Committee's Formal Ethics Opinion 115 (Ethical Considerations in the Collaborative and Cooperative Law Contexts) one of the top 10 legal ethics stories of 2007.  It lists recent posts, archives, and has a search engine.  It also lists lots of other favorite blogs and websites.  There is so much ethics information here that it's too much to list.  Everything legal ethics is on this blog.  
http://legalethicsforum.typepad.com/