March 2010

Following the “Supremes!”

In addition to the weekly email to the law students that contains highlights from the Bureau of National Affairs U.S. Law Week covering the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court, devotees of the Court might want to check out the SCOTUSblog.  This blog offers comprehensive reporting of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current term activities.  The SCOTUSblog provides opinions and orders, commentary and analysis, new filings, petitions to watch, and term tracker.

The SCOTUSblog’s sister site, SCOTUSwiki, is a source for links to briefs and documents, analysis that originally appeared on SCOTUSblog, and links to media coverage for each case that the Court granted certiorari beginning with the October 2007 Term.  Also available at the site are statistics about the Court dating back to the October 1995 Term.

[Posted March 10, 2010]

Law Professors Blog!

There are numerous blogs authored by law professors and others in legal education (e.g. academic support) from across the United States. The Justia.com Blawg Directory contains links to approximately two hundred law professor blogs.

What do law professors blog about?  Law professors blog about their area of teaching and scholarly research.  They blog about controversial court cases and legal personalities.  Their blogs contain analysis and commentary on issues and developments in the law.  Some professors even delve into issues in legal education such as writing and grading exams, legal scholarship (theirs and others), and faculty hiring, promotion and tenure.  Some even blog about non-legal stuff!  Some blogs have multiple regular and guest contributors, links to recommended blogs, and RSS feeds.
Take some time to read one or two!

[Posted March 4, 2010]