Criminal Law Bloggers

On Commies, Pinkos, Fags and Happyspherers

January 16, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Mark Bennett coined the term “Happysphere” a while back, and it has now become a phrase that you need to throw into a blog entry every once in a while to show that you are a member of the tribe.  Use of the term doesn’t require any imagination or thought.  As with the use of [...]

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Toward a “Flawging Quotient”: Justifications of a Self-Professed Flawger

January 15, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

There was an extended discussion over at Simple Justice recently about “flawging,” a phrase used, as I understand it, to describe blogs that are intended primarily as marketing tools for their authors. Antonin Pribetic, the blogger who coined the term, suggested a rather narrow definition.  A flawg, according to Pribetic, is a “legal blog without [...]

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The ABA Journal’s Most-Voted-For Criminal Justice Blog for 2011

January 4, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Thank you very much to everyone who voted in the 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100.  Included among the list of top 100 blogs overall, the Koehler Law Blog received the highest number of popular votes in the “Criminal Justice” category.  As I am a big fan of the other blogs that were included in this [...]

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Brucklaw Wins CLB Fantasy Football League

January 2, 2012 Criminal Law Bloggers

Congratulations to Michael Bruckheim for winning the 2011 Criminal Law Blog Invitational.  Bruckheim defeated Paul Kennedy of The Defense Rests in a nail-biter championship game, 144-140.   David Benowitz of D.C. Criminal Defense took third place by beating Brandon Barnett of Liberty & Justice for Y’all.  Here are the final standings. Final Standings (Win-Loss, Points) Brucklaw [...]

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D.A. Confidential Sitting in a Tree . . .

December 17, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers

We see our friend Maria F. at the annual Christmas party hosted by some of our friends. Down from Boston for the party, she tells me she caught up on 6 months of blog reading in anticipation of seeing me.  She also tells me she voted for this blog in the ABA Blawg 100, and [...]

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The 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100

December 2, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers

Last year I wrote about the ABA’s annual list of the top 100 legal blogs – the ABA Journal Blawg 100 – asking readers to vote for their (and my) favorite blogs for 2010. I repeat that request this year with the benefit of being able to ask you to vote for my blog as [...]

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On Blogrolls and Egotism

November 19, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers

Over at People v. State, John Kindley announces that, as part of his “intermittent quest for minimalism,” he has eliminated the blogroll and links page on his blog.  In its stead, he has inserted a drop-down menu in which each of the bloggers who were formerly on his blogroll are now listed as a “category.”  [...]

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D.A. Confidential on 48 Hours

October 13, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers
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Rookies Dominate Fantasy Football League

October 11, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers

Congratulations to David Benowitz of D.C. Criminal Defense who moved into first place after week 5 of the criminal law blogger fantasy football league.  In addition to vying for the top prize, Benowitz is competing with Nathan Burney of The Criminal Lawyer for the 2011 Rookie of the Year award.  Michael Bruckheim slid into second [...]

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Brucklaw Extends Lead in Fantasy Football

October 4, 2011 Criminal Law Bloggers

Congratulations to Michael Bruckheim of Brucklaw who remains the only undefeated team after week 4.  He is followed by David Benowitz of DC Criminal Defense, Nathan Burney of The Criminal Lawyer, and Paul Kennedy of The Defense Rests.  Gideon of A Public Defender dropped into fifth place after a second consecutive loss.  Benowitz still leads [...]

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