Criminal Law Bloggers

Liberty & Justice For Y’all Calls It Quits (For Now)

January 28, 2013 Criminal Law Bloggers

Brandon Barnett of Liberty & Justice for Y’all announced yesterday that he is shutting down his blog: As our law firm grows and the demands on our time increase, the blog continues to get moved to the back burner.  I hate feeling like I have another competing priority out there.  If you are a regular follower, you could [...]

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The ABA Journal’s Most-Voted-For Criminal Justice Blog for 2012

January 3, 2013 Criminal Law Bloggers

This blog again received the most popular votes in the criminal justice category of the ABA Blawg 100. Thank you very much to everyone who nominated and/or voted for it. Here are the blogs that received the most votes in each category: Business of Law: Divorce Discourse Careers/Law Schools: Inside the Law School Scam Corporate: [...]

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Liberty and Justice for Y’all Wins Fantasy Football League

December 24, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Congratulations to Brandon Barnett of Liberty & Justice for Y’all for taking first place in the 2012 criminal law blogger fantasy football league. Barnett barely squeaked into the playoffs with a 7-7 record. He then beat Tempe Criminal Defense in the first round of the playoffs before defeating A Public Defender in the championship game. Tempe Criminal Defense, the team that [...]

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How To Increase Blog Traffic

December 4, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

H/T Kendall Gray  

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ABA Journal Blawg 100 for 2012

November 28, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

I was honored to be included again on the ABA Journal’s list of the top 100 law blogs, this time for 2012. The Journal is now taking popular votes to determine the top law blog in each of 14 different categories. My blog is listed in the Criminal Justice section, and I would greatly appreciate [...]

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Now on Sale: Nathan Burney’s “Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law”

September 19, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

As a faithful reader of Nathan Burney’s law blog, I have long known Burney to be someone who knows a little bit about criminal law. It is not just that, as a Georgetown law student, he once worked under Kristin Henning’s supervision in defending juveniles accused of committing criminal offenses in D.C.  It is also that, as [...]

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Thank You For The Referrals

August 31, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Just as I would thank other lawyers for referring clients to me, I thought I should acknowledge other websites/blogs for sending readers this way. Here, with my sincere thanks, are the top ten sources of traffic from law blogs for the month of August. My site currently averages just under 15,000 visits a month. Popehat [...]

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Internet Sites For Keeping Score

May 8, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

“Keep the score between us Earth,” my favorite poet once wrote, “because it matters.” It does matter.  And anybody who knows me at all knows that I am always keeping score. Fortunately, for those of us who crave external validation and who can’t take pleasure in anything unless it means that we are beating someone [...]

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Popularity Contests in the Criminal Law Blogosphere

April 12, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Because I am very competitive (and not in a good way), I always like to see how my blog is faring in comparison to other blogs I follow. Last time I did this, which was just under a year ago, I used my blogroll for comparison purposes. This year I decided to use the same [...]

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Blawg Review #316: Where Are They Now?

April 7, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

In the Blawg Review I hosted last year, “Images from the Criminal Law Blawgosphere,” I took a look at the photographs bloggers use on their sites. I was intrigued, for example, by how bloggers portray themselves to their readers. Do they go for the formal headshot? A more informal shot in casual clothes? Or do [...]

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