I saw that Fiona Doherty, a distinguished legal scholar and professor at Yale Law School, has been appointed the Nathan Baker Clinical Professor of Law.
Hey, I am in the legal blog publishing space so the first thing I thought of was how much blogging has Professor Doherty done.
Turns out she has blogged for SCOTUS Blog and the Law Professors Blog Network. Not as much blogging as other professors, but her contributions to the legal profession, via blogging, are there.
I am sure Professor Doherty’s visibility and influence in the legal community is enhanced through her blog posts, be it not the visibility and influence from of her other scholarship and work.
- Yale Law School grad
- Assistant Federal Defender
- Senior Counsel at Human Rights First
- Clerkship at U.S. Court of Appeals
- Founder of Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
- Deputy Dean for Experiential Education
We have been contacted by two law schools in the last week regarding legal blogs. One a law professor looking to upgrade the publishing platform of a legal blog upon which a good number of law professors publish.
Two, a law school looking to start a legal blog to highlight the scholarship and publishing of their law professors.
Interesting, a blog to advance legal scholarship, the essence of which legal scholarship traditionally stood on its on – without a blog to help.
My point with this post is two-fold. One, law professors, like practicing lawyers, blog to enhance their reputation and advance the law.
Two, legal blogging in the law school arena, is not decreasing. As in the law overall, blogging is increasing. What was all traditional scholarship now includes legal blogging.
Blogging has democratized legal publishing in legal scholarship. No more gates and walls.