Law Students

my blog: the Q&A for law firms and other interested parties

By Luis

This looks long… is there an executive summary?

Sure. Nutshell: if you’re a law firm considering hiring me, and you stumble across this blog, please don’t get nervous. Instead, talk to me, and/or read the rest of this post. I’m eager to explain why I blog, and why I think it may make me a better lawyer and a good addition to your firm.

Why are you writing this post now, about this topic?

Yesterday I finally got the interview question I’d been dreading/looking forward to: “So, you have a blog…” The interview was a little rushed, so we didn’t get to discuss it much, but they seemed to think it was interesting and a potential positive.

Not all firms who find this blog are going to be so forward-thinking, of course, and some will be legitimately nervous about finding that a candidate is so far outside the expected norm. I thought I’d write this Q&A to demystify the blog and explain why it shouldn’t worry (and might even excite) them.

What is a Q&A, anyway?

A Q&A is a blog post format I borrowed from my friend Steven O’Grady, an analyst at Redmonk. Basically, it is exactly what it says it is on the label- a question and answer format. I’ve found that it can be a useful way of clearly communicating information when you anticipate a lot of questions about a specific issue- which is exactly the situation here.

So why do you blog? (the answer… below the fold.)

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Full post as published by Luis Villa's Home Page on September 12, 2007 (boomark / email).