Heck if I know what we’re going to do with it, but that’s the whole point of Web 2.0, right? Readers may now join the Official Overlawyered.com Facebook Group. (h/t A.T. for the post title)
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A breather
I’ll be taking time away from the site for the next week or so, leaving it in the able hands of Ted and David. See you the week of August 20.
Welcome visitors
From, among many other sites over the past week or two, the Freakonomics Blog, Stephen Bainbridge @ Andrew Sullivan’s, Michelle Malkin, Dr. Wes, and (examine the links closely) Declan McCullagh.
Publicity roundup
- Kind thanks to Oklahoma’s largest newspaper, The Oklahoman, for an editorial recommending that readers “visit… on a regular basis” a certain website that “offers frequent updates on a legal climate gone wild. …an amusing if sad reality check”. (“Batting zero: Litigation reform strikes out” (editorial), Jul. 12; see also 100 Ideas Oklahoma, Jul. 23).
- All that fine print on contracts — what sort of legal effect does it have, and should you feel obliged to read it? I’m quoted, as are legal bloggers David Rossmiller and Ron Coleman (Katherine Reynolds Lewis, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Jul. 29, and other Newhouse papers)
- Again with the guru business, and I can’t even fold my legs properly (Joe Palazzolo, “Giuliani Burnishes Conservative Credentials With Choice of Legal Policy Advisers”, Legal Times, Jul. 25)
- I’m quoted criticizing a federal lawsuit filed against the City of New York for its use of written tests to screen aspiring firefighters’ reading and writing skills (Ari Paul, ” Accuse UFA Head Of Racial Politics; Rip Support of Fire Test”, The Chief/Civil Service Leader, Jul. 27 — not yet available to nonsubscribers). Relevant links here, here, here, and here.
BlawgWorld 2007
The folks at TechnoLawyer have just released a free eBook that serves as an engaging introduction to the world of law blogs. BlawgWorld 2007 (PDF download) pulls together posts or other excerpts from 77 legally oriented blogs, including this one. There are embedded links, so you can quickly follow up on the ones you like. It’s all free, as mentioned, and intended as a way to draw attention to TechnoLawyer’s services. (Their press kit mentions us at about the 2:50 mark.) Blawg Review has more.
Who was the first legal blogger?
According to Robert Ambrogi of Legal Blog Watch, it may have been me (Jul. 16; more). I actually don’t remember whether there were any other law-related blogs when I started out eight years ago. Pioneers like Eugene Volokh were at that point doing things on the internet, but not yet blogging. It’s also possible that there might have been something going that is no longer published, so that Overlawyered might qualify as the oldest surviving legal blog.
Our very first post is here. For several days after that I believe the only reader was me, since I waited until a few posts were up before I began notifying friends about the site.
Also, David Giacalone contributes a haiku for the occasion (scroll).
Welcome Volokh Conspiracy readers
And thanks to David Bernstein for his blog-birthday greetings, including a reminiscence of the days when this kind of publishing was quite new.
If you like Overlawyered…
…and you have a blog or website of your own, please do consider linking us, especially among your permanent links. Thanks!
Welcome Financial Week readers
Reporter Jay Miller quotes me and mentions this site in an article on ADA mass-filing operators; the piece should be available on a registration basis for a few more days before becoming subscriber-only (Jay Miller, “Flood of lawsuits filed under Disabilities Act”, Financial Week, May 28). This site has been covering ADA filing mills for years and years; see Apr. 15, Mar. 27, and many other entries on our disabled-rights page.
Work in Washington, DC at AEI!
A great opportunity for recent college graduates with good grades interested in legal issues and public policy: my current research assistant is Princeton-bound to get the Ph.D. that will give him a better resume than mine, so the AEI Liability Project is hiring, and hiring very soon:
Research Assistant: Liability Project
Seeking a full-time research assistant for the AEI Liability Project. The Liability Project examines the institutions, procedures, and political economy of contemporary liability law through research, publications, and other activities.
This position provides research support on issues related to American federalism and tort reform through case and brief retrieval, citation checking, case summarization, and legal analysis. It will also involve cultivating relationships with academics and practitioners in the field and overseeing the production of several monographs per year, as well as such administrative tasks as conference planning, editing, mass mailings, and data entry.
The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational, writing, and editing skills, as well as an interest in public policy and/or tort reform. Legal research experience and a background in economics preferred.
Qualified applicants should submit a resume, cover letter, and a 500-word writing sample on any topic with their online application.
This position will be available Summer 2007.
More information about applying, including a link to a Washingtonian article naming AEI as one of 55 great places to work in Washington. (Don’t contact me directly; all hiring is done through AEI Human Resources, but successfully indicating that you’ve been a regular reader of what I’ve been writing will surely help.)