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An Extra Helping of Blawg Review #223

By Carolyn Elefant

For nearly four and a half years now -- 223 weeks, to be specific -- the weekly carnival of law blogs known as Blawg Review has been going strong. That impressive streak was nearly broken last week, but thanks to a last-minute substitution we now have not one legal blog news roundup today, but two: Blawg Review #223 (Sphincter Rules edition), and Blawg Review #223 (Caribana edition). Here's the backstory: When the scheduled host for Blawg Review #223 (an unidentified "law practice coach") went AWOL, Blawg Review editor-in-chief "Ed." put out the call to Simple Justice blogger Scott Greenfield, challenging him to fill the void. Greenfield took the bait and produced a roundup of interesting posts, including one from PrawfsBlawg pondering whether law professors should keep their licenses active, and an announcement from Arbitrary and Capricious that the blog will go on hiatus after five years of activity. In the meantime, anonymous Ed. couldn't resist adding his own Blawg Review #223, chiming in with reference to a great post by Jordan Furlong at Law 21 on the impact of "free" on the legal profession, and another from his go-to blogger Scott Greenfield, whose commentary on life and death in the...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).