David Allen Green contends there are three reasons why all lawyers should consider blogging - and other forms of social media - and one reason why they should not
22 February 2016
In my last post for Solicitors Journal I contended that there had been a 'revival' of legal blogging, attributable to senior and experienced lawyers now routinely using the blogging medium to explain law and legal practice. I also observed that the lawyers more likely to blog were barristers and not solicitors, though the reasons for this are not altogether clear.
To start with, though: what exactly is 'blogging'? It is now a rather familiar (if perhaps ugly looking and sounding) word. But, defining blogging (as opposed to merely describing it) is difficult. What can be said with certainty is that blogging is writing intended to be read on a screen and it is published and accessed online. Blogs normally have an identifiable author and blogposts are usually posted on identifiable dates (and can be read in reverse chronological sequence on th...
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