Tag Archive for 'blogging'

Every Law School Needs An Official Blog

searchme-results.jpgSo, I’ve been toying around with SearchMe today. It’s a cool visual search engine (click on the screenshot to the right to see it). Still in beta form, but it’s open registration to try it out. I think it’s pretty cool. The whole premise is that you see the pages that come back in a search. They’re categorized and easy to scroll through. You can choose to see text results as well.

My search for “law school blog” yielded some interesting results. It also brought me back to a question I’ve had for a while but haven’t yet asked here: Can someone please point me to a good law school blog written by a member of the school’s administration or that is otherwise quasi-official? Our school has two that I know of (Admissions and Financial Aid).

(Incidentally, kudos to Catholic Law on the site redesign. I’m sure you’ve been working on it for a while. Well done!)

The trouble is there aren’t many. Those that exist seem to be, like Catholic’s or this one, updated sparingly and with information that is not totally useful or just downright uninteresting. Continue reading ‘Every Law School Needs An Official Blog’

Wikipedia As Study Tool

I like to link to wikipedia articles. I like the value added by a site that aggregates knowledge while setting up controls - computer and human - to screen contributions for self-promotion and inaccuracy. Of course, the law-related entries on there are not SCOTUS truth nor are they to be quoted for exams. But they often give a good thumbnail of an issue or discreet topic - particularly, if you’re a blogger looking to point someone to a thumbnail of collateral estoppel. One way though I think a1L can use wikipedia to his or her advantage is to contribute to it.

Ok, so it’s not like writing onto the Law Review. But the process of figuring out how to accurately convey information that we’ve learned in an objective, fact-based manner with citations can serve as extra practice, particularly as you outline and begin to grasp the intricacies of what you’re studying.

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