Lawyers are a crafty bunch. They can make clever arguments and most are competent to speak in public. It does take quite a bit of education to become a lawyer and with that some level of intelligence.

Yet, many lawyers are not comfortable with technology. This is especially true when lawyers want to create a website for their own law practice. Most lawyers would rather outsource the project. They see it as a simple business expense. After all, a basic bare-bones website will cost very little.

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Lawyers are professional writers. From writing legal memos, to appellate briefs, to motions, a lawyer’s trade is dealing in words. Lawyers know how to structure arguments and, most of us, enjoy the benefits of opposing viewpoints.

So, this begs the question: why wouldn’t a lawyer want to add a blog to their professional website? Isn’t it just another form of writing?

There are many, reasonable, reasons why lawyers may want to leave a blog out of their professional website.

One of the primary reason...

We are after good content as well as good comments. Who isn’t, right? This post is primarily for readers of blog posts who want to write a great comment. Most blogs (including this one) welcome comments and the comments can add as much value, if not more, as the blog posting itself. So what makes a good comment? Here’s my list of the top seven tips that I think can help you write a good comment on a blog post. They are listed in order of priority (kind of).

1) Stay On Topic

It goes without saying ...