I am thrilled to announce a new awards competition for legal blogs — not because the world needs another contest, but because this one aims to do something different, to celebrate excellence in blog writing and spotlight the authors who make legal blogging so vital and essential.
The entry period is now open for the inaugural LexBlog Excellence Awards, designed to honor exemplary writing on legal blogs. Unlike other “best blog” awards, ours are not focused on the blog as a whole, but rather are intended to recognize individual blog posts. We want to celebrate and recognize great writing on legal blogs by shining a spotlight on the best examples.
Some Background
Having spent much of my career in journalism, I value good writing. In December 2017, I joined LexBlog as publisher and editor-in-chief, with the plan of building a global legal news and commentary network built entirely of legal blogs. In April 2018, we opened participation in that network to any legal blogger, without cost and without regard to whether the blog is hosted on the LexBlog platform. We now have posts flowing through our network from over 23,000 active bloggers.
For me, this project has driven home the essential role of blogs within the legal profession. As traditional media sources of legal news, insights and analysis have evaporated, blogs have filled the void. Name any topic of law, aspect of practice, or jurisdiction, and someone is sure to be blogging about it. That is why we have devoted LexBlog.com to helping to organize all this great blog content and making it more accessible to readers.
The more I’ve followed this network of legal blogs, the more I have appreciated the thought and effort that many bloggers put into their work. Within the LexBlog network are lawyers, law professors,
