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January 23, 2006

57/19 Split

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Posted by Denise Howell

A December '05 "Monthly Question" from the ABA Section of Litigation found 57% of the respondents are reading blogs, and 19% are authoring them. (It also found our Ernie Svensen to be among the most widely read blawgers, something that surprises none of us and likely none of you.) [This one's a triple, coming my way via Ron Friedmann, via Alan Goodman, via Blawg Review #41] Says Ron Friedmann of the survey: "I would guess that respondents are lawyers who already spend a fair bit of time online, which would likely bias the sample toward blog readers and writers." I'd say that's a decent guess, given it was an online survey on an ABA section site — though I think it's just as possible the type and location of the survey made it more likely to attract those who don't read or write blogs; I know as one of the 19% I tend to spend my online time in places other than ABA section sites. Whatever you may conclude about the reliability of the survey, note that nothing about it keeps Ron (or me) from thinking blogs are "for real."

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1. Steve Lamb on March 16, 2006 2:22 PM writes...

If there is one solid finding from our very informal poll on lawyers and blogs, it is that we need more research. Although unscientific, the poll may reveal some evidence of the role blogs are starting to play for lawyers. The legal community is finding value in blogs that publish substantive legal information, and small firm lawyers in particular seem to be taking advantage of the "virtual community" they can provide. I suspect that we would have seen different results had we asked the same questions only a year ago. This is something we're going to keep an eye on.

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57% lawyers are reading blogs and 19% are authoring them. This from an unscientific sampling of the ABA litigation section's question of the month. Ron Friedman, head of Prism Legal Consulting commented on the survey in an article in LegalTechnology.... [Read More]

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