3L Epiphany: Table of Contents

Update: This Table of Contents was compiled in April, so it does not include the following major posts from the end of the semester (in chronological order):

• Cases Citing Legal Blogs

• A Collection of Law Review Articles Citing Legal Blogs

• Justice Judith Lanzinger (Ohio Sup. Ct.): "The Future Will Belong to the Flexible"
• Judge Richard Kopf (D. Nebraska): Legal Blogs Will Fill the Practicality Gap
• A Mention in the Beltway Blogroll, and a Third Judge Responds
• 3L Epiphany Gets Cited in Four Academic Papers
• What About Political Blogs? Explaining an Inconsistency
• Q and A with a Skeptical Professor: "It's All Online!"
• Blogging the Harvard Bloggership Conference
• Advice for the Incoming Class of 2009
• American Lawyer: Blawgs on a Roll
• The (Temporary) Final Conclusion of 3L Epiphany 
• Open Invitation for Additions to Taxonomy 

     

Table of Contents

    

1. A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs

• A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs – the focus and final product of 3L Epiphany.
• Taxonomy Reviews – national and international blogger reactions.
• Recent Locations – post-taxonomy.
• Taxonomy Main Page (Spanish) – Spanish translation.
• Now the Creation Begins… – an explanation of the process.
• My Research Project: A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs – the broader rationale behind my taxonomy.
• Taxonomy: Statement of Intentions – possibile categorizations of legal blogs.
• Taxonomy: Legal Specialties – an initial collection of specialty blogs.
• Numerical Classifications for Legal Blogs – a tongue-in-cheek classification by number.

    

2. Academic Blogging

• Academic Blogging – original collection of blog posts and online articles on whether blogging constitutes academic scholarship.
• Addendums to Academic Blogging: 1 and 2.
• New Introduction to Academic Blogging – placing the Academic Blogging collection within the larger context of 3L Epiphany.
• Blogging Law Profs Assault Ivory Tower – significant article from the National Law Journal.
• What about Academic Blogging in Business Schools? – the blogging-as-scholarship debate is not confined to law schools.

    

3. Advice for Law Students

• 1L Blues – advice from three OSU law professors for 1L’s who just received their first semester grades.
• More Advice for 1L’s – from Letters of Marque.
• Sleep, and New Advice – treat the Registrar well.
• Frontload the Extra Stuff – no procrastinating allowed.
• Advice on Transferring and Other Matters – from other law student blogs.

    

4. Analogies

• A Beethovian Analogy – bringing structure to the blogosphere.
• Paradoxical Movie Analogy – blogging about blogging.

    

5. Announcements

• Two Major Blogging Events on the Horizon – a conference in San Francisco, and a symposium at Harvard Law School.

    

6. Blame

• Who’s to Blame? – find out whose fault it really is.

    

7. Blog Articles

• Legal Blogging Article – the advantages of blogging for lawyers, from D.C. Bar.org (the most important article in this collection).
• The Shifting Legal Landscape of Blogging – the legal complications of blogging, from Wisconsin Lawyer.
• A Safire Article on Blogging – the language of blogging, from the New York Times.
• Time for the Last Post – would Orwell have blogged?, from FT.com.
• Will Instapundit become an Instant Best-seller? – review of Glenn Reynold’s “An Army of David’s.”
• Blogs and the Tireless New Reality They Have Created – book review in the Washington Times.

    

8. Blog Collections

• A Wiki Collection of Fortune 500 Blogs – corporate blogs, and their relevance to law students.
• A Global Directory of Legal Blogs – a fantastic international repository.
• New Census of Law Professor Bloggers – 235 law professors can’t possibly be wrong.
• A List of Legislative Blogs – blogs from politicians.
• Complete List of Law Library Blogs – blogs from law libraries and librarians.
• A List of Law Student Blogs – thank you, Clever WoT.

    

9. Blog Storm

• I See a Blog Storm Arisin’ – they come and go.

    

10. Blog Usurpation

• Can Blogs Be Usurped by Hostile Takeover? – a malevolent force takes over the Volokh archives. 
• Update to Blog Usurpation – a suggestion for what can be done.

      

11. Blogosphere

• The Incredible Growing Blogosphere – lawyers take heed, these people will become your clients.
• The Global Blogosphere – reflections on my Sitemeter, and a potential international crisis.

      

12. Blogs and Law Reviews

• Law Reviews: “So…what’s it all for?” – “[B]logs provide impact, relevance and immediacy which law reviews lack by nature.”
• Timeliness of Blogs for Legal Practitioners – “I will assert emphatically that blogs are superior to traditional means of legal scholarship in a multitude of ways.”
• Are Blogs Superior to Law Reviews? – “yes,” says an actual practitioner.
• Law Reviews Adapt to New Era – the transition from traditional legal scholarship to new online forms; from the Wall Street Journal.

      

13. Blogs in the Law

• Blog Definitions from Case Law – only four so far.
• A “Blawg” – Lower than a Student Note – typical “old school” sentiment.

      

14. Credit for Blogging?

• Blogging for Credit – a write-up in the Moritz e-Record concerning my Independent Study project.

• And So it Begins… - announcing to the legal world that law school credit is being granted for blogging.
• My Research Project: A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs – describing what exactly I'm getting credit for.
• High School Student Receives Academic Credit for Blog Study - a high schooler beat me to it.

      

15. Definitions

• Just What is a Blog Anyway? – defining a “blog,” from Online Journalism Review.
• A New Meaning of the Word “Blog” - suggesting a new definition for “blog,” which was quickly shot down by an expert.

      

16. Dialogues

• Dialogue: Blogs and Debate Boards in the Classroom – blogging as a new model for legal education, extending the Socratic method into the online world.

      

17. Electronic Footnote

• Electronic Footnote Explanation – explaining Footnote 123, its ramifications, and my plans for a perpetual case note update.
• Response to Comment on Footnote 123 – brief response to fellow student blogger’s comment.
• See also Footnote 123.

    

18. Experiments

• Experiment #1: The Floating Opinion – a failed dud of an experiment, after which no more were attempted (but I have one coming).

      

19. Footnote 123

• Footnote 123 - an electronic footnote to my student case note that merges traditional and online forms of publishing.
• See also Electronic Footnote.

      

20. Futuristic Summer Job

• Futuristic Summer Job – suggesting that law students work as a research assistant for a professor who blogs.
• Futuristic Summer Job Update – requesting feedback from students and professors.
• Summer RA’s for Blogging Professors – some professors like the idea.

    

21. Greetings

• Greetings! And a brief introduction… - my public launching and introduction of 3L Epiphany.
• Welcome, New Readers – brief post-taxonomy introduction to 3L Epiphany.
• Hello, Brazil – completing the continents.
• Welcome to a Tanzanian Visitor – beginning to keep track of locations.

    

22. Historical

• A Historical Blog Event – an underrated moment in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    

23. Ideas

• Ideas for a New Form of Legal Website – a proposal with broad applicability that incorporates new online mediums.

    

24. Interviews

• Glenn Reynolds Interview on C-Span – making up for not including Instapundit in my taxonomy of legal blogs (plus a Supreme Court case involving Glenn’s father and Richard Nixon).

    

25. Launch Day!

• Greetings! And a brief introduction… - post #1.
• And So it Begins… - post #2.

    

26. Lawyer Blogging

• Legal Blogging Article – a must-read for lawyers.
• Of Blogs, Bears, and Disgruntled Clients – profile of Alaskablawg.
• First Lawyer Blogger Link – self-explanatory.

    

27. List of Legal Blogs

• List of Legal Blogs: An Introduction – the original list from which my taxonomy emerged.
• A B C DE FGH IJK L MNO PQR S T UVWYZ – legal blogs listed alphabetically.
• More Legal Blogs, and Another Exception – additions to my list.
• Final Number of Legal Blogs: 610! – final count #1.
• Final Count: 686 – final count #2.

    

28. Locations

• Recent Locations – post-taxonomy.
• 1,972 Visitors, 25 Countries – and how many people read law review articles?
• New Locations (and an Explanation) – it doesn’t take long to grow a global readership.
• Location of Visitors to this Site – lots of states and countries only one week after launch.
• Where Am I? Find Out Now – This is where I’m located.

    

29. Predictions

• Predictions for Law Student Blogs – envisioning a coming day when law student blogs will achieve respectability.
• Prediction about Law Firm Blogs – expecting that law firm blogs will discover new market locations.

    

30. Pre-launch

• Testing – post #1.
• Test #2 – post #2.
• Quote – post #3.
• Blogging in the Early Morning – post #4, and another quote.
• ‘Feed’? – post #5.
• Oh. – post #6 (dumb question).
• Reconsideration – that didn’t take long.

      

31. Previews

• Previews (Index) – six posts, nothing major, except how am I supposed to do this with a bronchial infection?

      

32. Publicity

• 3L Epiphany Appears in its First News Article – it’s not the New York Times.
• Blogging for Credit – write-up in the Moritz e-Record.
• Taxonomy Reviews – reactions from legal bloggers.

      

33. Questions

• Question on Alphabetizing Blogs – easy question.
• Question on Links and New Windows – difficult question.

      

34. Responses to Criticism

• Response to Funny Criticism – long, subdivided post on why 3L Epiphany isn’t meant to be funny.
• Response to Porten’s Comment – on what 3L Epiphany is attempting to demonstrate.
• Response to Prof. S’s Comments – if law students blog, they should do it well.

      

35. Speeches

• How Appealing: The Life of Howard Bashman – great insights and advice on blogging and appellate practice.

      

36. Taxonomy: Categories

• See A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs at the top of this Table of Contents.

    

37. Taxonomy Explanations

• Now the Creation Begins… – the initiation of my taxonomy.
• “Legal Blog” versus “Blawg” – why I prefer the former and reject the latter.
• Taxonomy Questions and Answers  - answers to frequent questions.

    

38. Taxonomy Omissions

• Blogs Omitted from My Taxonomy – usually insufficiently “legal.”
• Inactive Legal Blogs – throwing in the towel.
• Discussion Groups Not Included – self-explanatory.

    

39. Thanks

• Thank You to Readers – for additions to list of legal blogs.
• Thanks to Law Prof Bloggers – for linking to my site.
• Thanks to Fellow Bloggers – for linking to my site, with additional comments on blogging for credit and job-seeking.

    

40. Writing a Case Note

• Seeking Advice on Writing a Recent Development – requesting that students who wrote a single-case note for journal share their experiences.

    

41. Writing Samples

• Writing Samples – for potential employers.