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The Impact Of Blogging On The Practice Of Law: Hit The Snooze Button, Tom W. Bell Dec 2005

The Impact Of Blogging On The Practice Of Law: Hit The Snooze Button, Tom W. Bell

Tom W. Bell

To forecast how blogging will impact the practice of law, we need to consider how some similar, equally revolutionary technology has impacted attorneys. I nominate the clock radio. Given that example, you might suppose that I don't think blogging will radically change the practice of law. Correct. Blogging has many virtues. It offers a largely harmless outlet for extroverted cranks and cheap entertainment for procrastinating office workers. Blogging even stands to do some very real good. I have nothing against blogging; I blog, myself. I simply don't think it will change the practice of law very much. Why not? First, …