Lawyers who blog
by Philip
On a quiet employment law day, I thought some navel gazing was in order. I am currently making my way round all the legal blogs out there. My preliminary conclusion based on what I have seen and read to date is barristers probably make better bloggers than Solicitors. Why is that? Probably because you need to have a huge ego be single mindedly indivualistic to work at the bar and also the chambers system of work allows individuality to flourish. Solicitors on the other hand quite often work in firms where individuality is frowned on and everyone has to conform to the firm culture and toe the line. Conformity and homogeneity are not traits that will make good blogging. To illustrate my point I would refer you to this post by geek lawyer which explains why lawyers blog. Another blog which allows outsiders a look into the dickensian and ultra traditional forward thinking and dynamic world of the bar and barristers is this one by pupil barrister. Let’s hope her pupil master does not read her blog! For those of you not familiar with the arcane language of the bar pupil is a short word for trainee. Tomorrow I will have look at Solicitors’ blogs out there.
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Agreed, Infact everyone has his field of expertise and only a competent persona make a better move.
slatch said at February 23rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm
On behalf of the uncalled, I protest.
Although I grant you the wonderful world of solicitors as yet shows no sign of wanting to embrace me as close as, say, a training contract, despite my undoubted abilities.
Nearly Legal said at February 27th, 2007 at 10:00 pm