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Blogs (also known as Web logs or Weblogs and sometimes as Blawgs when they are law-related) are journal-like Web sites, typically maintained by individuals and usually providing running commentary and related links (on whatever issues are the subject of the Blog). Blogs can be an important current awareness tool as well as a forum for the exchange and discussion of ideas. Check out a few of the links we have compiled to some of the more well-known “law professor Blogs.” A growing collection of law professor Blogs is available at lawprofessorblogs.com. For a more comprehensive listing, visit PrawfsBlawg, which offers a "Law Professor Blogger Census."

Above the Law (legal world gossip)

Althouse (Ann Althouse, University of Wisconsin Law School)

American Constitution Society Blog

Balkinization (Professor Jack Balkin)

The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (from The Legal Times, covering "law, lobbying, politics, crime, courts, business, and culture in the nation's capital and beyond.")

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

The Cairns Blog (Beth Simone Noveck, New York Law School) "Democratic Design, E-Democracy, and Civic Innovation."

Concurring Opinions
Election Law (Rick Hasen, Loyola Law School)
Focuses on "the law of politics and the politics of law: election law, the California recall, campaign finance, legislation, voting rights, initiatives, redistricting."

Grotian Moment: The Saddam Hussein Trial Blog (created and maintained by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law)

Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds, Univ. of Tennessee)

Is That Legal? (Eric Muller, UNC)
Self-described as a "law professor's musings."

Jurist for Law Professors (Bernard J. Hibbitts and the Jurist folks at Pitt Law)
Links to sections of Jurist particularly helpful for law professors, including Law School (school news, courses and syllabi, and webcasts),Teaching (jobs, conferences, tools, etc.), Research (law reviews and working papers), Scholarship (new books and articles, calls for papers, etc.).

Law & Entrepreneurship News (Gordon Smith, Univ. of Wisconsin)
Recent developments in law and entrepreneurship.

Law Professor Blogs (Paul Caron, Univ. of Cinncinnati, Publisher/Editor in Chief)
A network of Blogs designed "to assist law professors in their scholarship and teaching. Each site focuses on a particular area of law and combines both (1) regularly-updated permanent resources and links, and (2) daily news and information of interest to law professors." The site claims that its editors "are leading scholars and teachers who are committed to providing the web destination for law professors in their fields." Among its current offerings are: Clinical Law Prof Blog (Pamela R. Metzger Tulane); Corporate Compliance Prof Blog (Paul R. McGreal South Texas); LaborProf Blog (Rafael Gely, Cincinnati); AntitrustProf Blog (Shubha Ghosh, SUNY Buffalo); Sentencing Law and Policy (Douglas A. Berman, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State); TaxProf Blog (Paul Caron, Univ. of Cinncinnati); BankruptcyProf Blog (Gregory Germain (Syracuse); CrimProf Blog (Jack Chin, Univ. of Ariz. College of Law, and Mark Godsey, Univ. of Cinncinnati College of Law), and White Collar Crime Prof Blog (Peter J. Henning, Wayne State and Ellen S. Podgor, Georgia State).

Legal Ethics Forum (commentary and news exploring legal ethics issues from the headlines)
Legalities

Legal Profession Blog (legal ethics examples and summaries of legal ethics opinions)
Legal Theory Blog (Lawrence B. Solum, University of San Diego)
Comments and reports "on recent scholarship in jurisprudence, law and philosophy, law and economic theory, and theoretical work in substantive areas, such as constitutional law, cyberlaw, procedure, criminal law, intellectual property, torts, contracts, etc."

Leiter's Law School Reports (Brian Leiter, Univ. of Texas)
Reports on law school happenings, including faculty moves, visits, legal scholarship, and more.

Lessig Blog (Lawrence Lessig, Stanford)
Focuses on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and the Internet, but covers other issues as well.

Madisonian.net (Michael J. Madison, Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Michael Madison's theories "on law, society and technology."

Mauled Again (James Edward Maule, Villanova)
Commentary on tax law, legal education, the First Amendment, religion, and law.

Overlawyered  (debate over tort reform)
PaperChase
JURIST's real-time legal news Blog.

Point of Law (legal policy discussions hosted by the Manhattan Institute)
ProfessorBainbridge.com (Stephen Bainbridge, UCLA)
A self-described "eclectic mix of law, business and economics, politics and current events, Catholicism, and wine."

Rawdata (Peter B. Friedman, Case School of Law, Case Western)
Links to legal research, analysis, and writing resources.

SCOTUSblog

Susan Crawford Blog (Susan Crawford, Cardozo)
Focuses on cyberlaw and intellectual property law.

The Volokh Conspiracy (Eugene Volokh, UCLA)
Libertarian perspectives from Volokh as well as numerous other contributing law professors.
For additional law professor Blogs, visit the Blawg Directory or visit PrawfsBlawg

WSJ Law Blog - the Wall Street Journal's law blog