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Trust Matters for Lawyers

Posted on August 02, 2010
Charles H. Green is hosting Blawg Review #275 on Trust Matters. Charlie is not a lawyer but he did go to Harvard Business School, and he's the co-author of one of the most important books any lawyer will ever read: The Trusted Advisor. A few years ago, I wrote a recommendation of this book for the Reading Minds column in Law Practice Magazine, which can be found online at ABA Net in the wayback machine...

The Carnival of Trust

Posted on August 02, 2010
We've hosted the Carnival of Trust before. It was here on the Blawg Review blog that the founder of the Carnival of Trust, Charles Green, took the show on the road in August 2007, letting us host the first of these trust carnivals away from the big top at Trust Matters...

Are You Disabled?

Posted on July 26, 2010
Reading this week's Blawg Review #274 at LoTempio Law Blog, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Americans With Disabilities, Act got me thinking. If I had one of the disabilities covered by this legislation, would I have had the courage to overcome adversity and become a lawyer? Could I pass the Bar Exam with one hand tied behind my back? Could I blog with one hand? Would I even try?"The next time you're ready to call in sick because you got a paper cut on that really painful place between your thumb and pointer finger," you might want to think about these courageous people who persevered and turned their "disabilities" into superpowers...

Weekly Law School Roundup

Posted on July 25, 2010
We've been following the Weekly Law School Roundup for many years, since it was started by attorney Evan Schaeffer, one of the bloggers who's been with Blawg Review from the very beginning. Evan hosted Blawg Review #1.If, like Evan Schaeffer and me, you're a fan of the Weekly Law School Roundup, you might like Blawg Review, too...

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It's Supposed to be Fun

Posted on July 19, 2010
Blawg Review #273 is up at ninetyfiveyears, a blog about technology, media, culture and the law.Future hosts of Blawg Review will probably need to spend more time in the library working on their presentations if we're to continue to be the best blog carnival; or at least spend more time reading law blogs...

It's Not About You

Posted on July 12, 2010
If you're ever hosting Blawg Review, it's best to keep in mind that it's not about you. No, really, it's not about you.Charlie Green, our friend and mentor, co-author of The Trusted Advisor and moderator of the Carnival of Trust, said it best.Improving credibility can take a long time; gaining credentials, earning degrees, publishing, getting references, learning presentations and speaking...

Happy 5th of July!

Posted on July 05, 2010
The most important thing about the 4th of July, a day when Americans celebrate freedom from oppression, is that it's a day off work, even if it falls on a Sunday as it did this year. Take Monday off, slackers!BigLaw attorney Kevin Underhill, who blogs about legal humor, seriously, at Lowering the Bar hosts Blawg Review #271 with a theme that explains why the 5th of July is such a big day off.

On Independence Day

Posted on July 04, 2010
America the BeautifulThe Preamble of the Declaration of IndependenceWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness...

Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 01, 2010

Blawg Review: THIS IS IT

Posted on June 28, 2010
The Filipino inmates that rocketed to fame by doing a re-enactment of Michael Jackson?s ?Thriller? held a tribute show to celebrate the one year anniversary of the singer?s death.If you want to learn more about these dancing Filipino prisoners, check out this report that includes their original music video...

Vuvuzela Blawg Review

Posted on June 21, 2010
Blawg Review #269 is on Andrew Raff's IPTAblog for World Music Day and, like everywhere else, all you can hear is vuvuzela, world cup, vuvuzela, vuvuzela, world cup. Even Hitler has had enough, already!

Flag Day Blawg Review

Posted on June 14, 2010
David Harlow hosts Blawg Review #268 at HealthBlawg on Flag Day.In other news, English, U.S. fans react differently to 1-1 draw.

They Called Him Coach

Posted on June 09, 2010
With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves.

Why Blawg?

Posted on June 07, 2010
On this date, June 7, in 1893 Mahatma Gandhi, born in India, educated and trained as a barrister in England, began in South Africa a life of non-violent resistance that changed the world.In South Africa, Gandhi faced the discrimination directed at Indians...

Scott Greenfield, Not Perfect

Posted on June 06, 2010
Scott Greenfield has hosted Blawg Review on Simple Justice only twice. Scott would tell you that was enough.His last Blawg Review #223 "Sphincter Rules" was Scott Greenfield at his best. We sprung the idea of him hosting that Blawg Review the day before it was due...

It's Up Down Under

Posted on May 31, 2010
Blawg Review #266 is hosted this week by Peter Black on his Freedom to Differ blog from beautiful Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane is on the left coast of Australia, as seen on the map down under.Some might wonder what the world is coming to when a new generation on the worldwide web thinks today is Quit Facebook Day when it's Memorial Day, a day to remember those in the military who died in wars...

Towel Day Meetup

Posted on May 26, 2010
How much is that doggie in the window? Don't ask. He's cute though; an especially thoughtful touch in a hotel room on Towel Day. Just one of the many nice things about our visit to Chicago for Inside Counsel's SuperConference.With interest in this year's SuperConference tweaked in anticipation of Scott Greenfield's presentation on "white collar crime for lawyers" a great mix of law bloggers got together for rare face-to-face meetup...

A Trademark Blogger's Dream

Posted on May 24, 2010
My good friend Marty went to Boston and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.Scheduled to host Blawg Review #265 on The Trademark Blog, which recently marked its 8th anniversary, Marty Schwimmer has taken the show on the road to the INTA Annual Meeting in Boston...

Irish Famine Blawg Review

Posted on May 16, 2010
Custom House Quays, Dublin. Painfully thin sculptural figures, by artist Rowan Gillespie, stand as if walking towards the emigration ships on the Dublin Quayside.To commemorate National Famine Memorial Day in Ireland, Rossa McMahon hosts Blawg Review #264...

Mothers Day Blawg Review

Posted on May 10, 2010
She Negotiates, She Succeeds, She Networks, She Transforms, and She Resolves.She mothers. In honor of mothers this Mothers Day, Victoria Pynchon hosts Blawg Review #263 on her newest blog that celebrates women, in law and in life.

World Press Freedom Day

Posted on May 03, 2010
Blawg Review #262 to mark Word Press Freedom Day is hosted on the Public Intellectual blog, not a law blog.Freedom starts with democratizing knowledge. It?s hard to imagine a democracy without a free press and freedom of speech. Anyone can claim to be a proponent of free speech...

Bloggers in Boston for INTA

Posted on April 29, 2010
The INTA Annual Meeting, held each May, is the largest and most prestigious meeting of the international trademark community, with more than 7,000 participants from more than 130 countries taking advantage of five days of educational programs, committee meetings, exhibits, social events and networking opportunities...

IP Kitten on iPad

Posted on April 25, 2010
It's World Intellectual Property Day on Monday, April 26th so we've asked Jeremy Phillips, the blawgosphere's professor emeritus of intellectual property law at @Ipkat, to host Blawg Review #261. You're a smart cat, buddy.

SuperConference

Posted on April 22, 2010
InsideCounsel magazine comes to life in hometown Chicago through more than 20 highly interactive sessions providing the corporate legal community with insights and ideas from some of the sharpest minds in law coming together for the 10th Annual SuperConference, from May 25-26, 2010...

What is Blawg Review?

Posted on April 18, 2010
Seen the 5th anniversary Blawg Review at Legal Blog Watch? Want more? Keep an eye out for future hosts. We're lookin' at you.

Future Hosts of Blawg Review

Posted on April 12, 2010
Apr 12 Legal Blog WatchApr 19 Genomics Law ReportApr 26 IPKatMay 3 Date AvailableMay 10 Date AvailableMay 17 Date AvailableMay 24 The Trademark BlogMay 31 Date AvailableJun 7 Date AvailableJun 14 Date AvailableJun 21 Date AvailableJun 28 Date AvailableJul 5 Lowering the BarJul 12 Date AvailableJul 19 Date AvailableJul 26 Date AvailableAug 2 Date AvailableAug 9 Date AvailableAug 16 Date AvailableAug 23 Date AvailableAug 30 Date AvailableSep 6 Date AvailableSep 13 Date AvailableMay 31 Date AvailableSep 20 Date AvailableSep 27 Date AvailableOct 4 Date AvailableOct 11 Date AvailableOct 18 Date AvailableOct 25 Date AvailableNov 1 Date AvailableNov 8 Date AvailableNov 15 Date AvailableNov 22 Date AvailableNov 29 Date AvailableDec 6 Date AvailableDec 13 Date AvailableDec 20 Date AvailableDec 27 Date Available

Five Years of Blawg Review

Posted on April 11, 2010
Five years; what a surprise!#1 Legal Underground#2 Likelihood of Confusion#3 Appellate Law & Practice#4 Law & Entrepreneurship#5 Conglomerate#6 South Carolina Trial Law#7 Jeremy Richey's Blawg#8 Crime & Federalism#9 JurisPundit#10 InternetCases...

The Statute of Anne 1710

Posted on April 05, 2010
This week marks the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne.Cathy Gellis celebrates this tricentential with Blawg Review #258 on her blog, Statements of Interest....the Statute of Anne was passed as ?An Act for the Encouragement of Learning.? The intent of the copy right it created was always to stimulate the dissemination of knowledge...

Remembering MLK Jr

Posted on April 04, 2010
Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, on April 4, 1968. Here's how the mainstream media broke the story on television that day. How different it would be today, with ubiquitous social media.Blawg Review has commemorated the life of Dr...

April Fool's Blawg Review

Posted on April 01, 2010
A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest,A motley fool; a miserable world!As I do live by food, I met a foolWho laid him down and bask'd him in the sun,And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good terms,In good set terms and yet a motley fool.As You Like It,Act II, Scene 7George Wallace, a partner in the law firm of Wallace & Schwartz, Pasadena, California, who occasionally blogs about insurance law and other legal matters at Declarations & Exclusions, has for years (four years, precisely) hosted a special edition of Blawg Review on April 1st at his personal and cultural web journal, a fool in the forest...

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