A very helpful blog for law students around the country based on fame writer Anna Ivey, this blog deals with a range of issues and situations that law schools students face from time to time, such as transferring to a new school, and how it can affect your credentials and standings.
What makes the blog unique
The great thing about some of the articles is that they really go into details on what and what not to do when transferring schools, and why you should do it. Other topics covered in the blog are how to deal with student loans, how your TOEFL test results could affect the choice of your school, and how your debt could determine whether or not you are fit to take the bar exam. Another neat thing about this blog is that it also accepts e-mails from readers as they post questions on the site while the author gladly gives her advice for everyone to see. The blog goes deep in context as it also has discussions on the current state of law schools as a whole, as can be read in an article entitled Are Law Schools Churning Out Too Many Lawyers? This entry asks the question whether or not law schools are producing too many lawyers to fit the demand, and how this massive influx of lawyers coming in year in and year out has greatly affected the competitiveness of the job market.
Areas for improvement
While this blog gets much praise in the writing department, it seriously needs a makeover on its layout. At first glance, it looks too plain to grab your attention. If you came across it by accident, you would be missing out on how informative and helpful the articles actually are because you probably would pay no attention to it. The only pictures you could find on the blog are the picture of Anna Ivey herself, and a shot of her book cover.
The Blawgraphy is a blog owned, written, and managed by Mr. Luke Gilman, a law student of the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Gilman shares his different experiences, and likes and dislikes, which I’m sure most law students could relate to. The Blawgraphy also has different book reviews that are law-related, which Luke posts on his blog. Much of his reviews are focused on books that might fancy other law students as well.
What makes the blog unique
The writer really knows his target audience, as he stays on point with topics that would interest him and topics that involve law students not only in Houston but around the country as well. His review on David Dow’s Judicial Activism Makes America Great takes excerpts from the book as well as giving his points of view on the book. The blog also has linked videos attached to it which involve seminars from different individuals in the law industry. It also includes pictures that are related to each article. The layout is quite pleasing to the eye, and the links are spread out neatly on the left side of the blog, making it easy to navigate to other hot topics and previous posts.
Areas for improvement
Although his articles about his life in law school are interesting and amusing, they are too short. Each article feels like a summary of what he wants to say. It would have been nice if he had gone more into detail with his stories. Another area for improvement aside from the short, written articles is the links that take up more space on the blog than the articles do. A little more emphasis on the articles would have given the Blawgraphy a better standing.
The Legal Scholarship Blog is more of a bulletin board for different events, which are law-related. The blog features calls for papers, conferences, workshops, and more importantly, general resources for law scholarships.
What makes sets this blog apart from the others
What makes it a very credible blog is that it??s managed by the faculty and staff of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and The Gallagher Law Library of the University of Washington. As I further went through the blog, I was a bit surprised to find more posts about events and workshops, which are all law-related. What struck me were the few available resources for law scholarships. The heavy emphasis on workshops and seminars does not go well with its name, Legal Scholarship Blog. Someone who came across this blog looking for a source for legal scholarships would be disappointed to find the blog bombarded with announcements of events happening in other parts of the world.
When it comes to being a source of law-related seminars and workshops, the Legal Scholarship Blog has a quite impressive amount of events posted on the blog. From calls of papers from New York to all the way in India, this blog has it covered. Countless seminars and workshops across the country and the world would be helpful for any lawyer who comes across this blog. It also has a very wide range of seminars and workshops to choose from, divided by each different university that may be offering them.
The Law Tutors blog gives the much needed advice to pre-law, law, and bar students. Tons of advice and help are given to these people who are preparing for law school, studying law, or getting ready for a bar exam. They also offer one-on-one and small group tutorials to those who are interested. They also specialize in essay writing and other concerns for the bar exam.
What makes the blog unique
Anyone thinking about going to law school or taking the bar exam should check out this blog. There large number of articles are aimed at helping people choose their school, as well as what and what not to do before law school. There are also practical tips on what not to write about in essays for law school, and these are quite impressive. The entry What You Should Know Before Law School is an interesting piece as well.
If you do fall under this category, you will find that several of the articles posted on this blog will be very helpful to you. For those who are in law school, they also have articles directed toward them. Different advice on what to specialize in and how to study when in law school are given throughout the blog.
Areas for improvement
Although the blog has a good collection of articles on helping out students for law school and bar exams in general, the blog seems to be very lacking when it comes to visuals. Having some pictures or visual aids and media would have been a nice addition to this already great blog. Another thing is that since they do also offer tutorial classes, one might suspect that they might use this blog as a marketing scheme or a form of advertisement for their tutorial center.
A blog about the Center for Internet and Society, this blog talks mostly about technology and politics. It has a quite a number or writers, which they call their Central Processing Unit, as well as contributing writers, so the tones and topics of the articles have a wide range as well.
What makes the blog unique
What I noticed is the issue of health care in the United States is a recurring topic on the blog. The writer goes into different tones in approaching this issue, but stands firm on the belief that reform must be taken. In one of his stories entitled A red/blue dialogue on health care, he tells of how he had an argument with an old high school friend on the issue of health care reform. He being the liberal making his point to his conservative Republican friend, the story is worth reading as he puts in much passion in making his point. The other articles also dwell into other casual topics such as quizzes on Facebook and Walt Disney buying an overly priced issue of Spiderman. The range of topics covered are wide, and other articles are about law school, lawsuits, and cases which are connected to the Internet, such as libel cases on blogs, or harassment issues over social network sites like MySpace. The topics are written well in a casual yet informative tone.
Areas for improvement
While this blog has as a strong point in its well-written and informative articles, it lacks in the eye-candy department. The layout is quite okay, with limited pictures that accompany the articles. Navigation through the blog is quite okay, and the articles are arranged in such a way for easy access, with a search button located on the upper right section of the blog. The only thing I found lacking in this great blog was a set of great-looking pictures to go with the already interesting articles.
