On Deck; Queued Up

• Tonight, in Chicago: [T]he largest collection of law bloggers assembled to date under one roof. (Hope someone retained the Pinkertons!)


• Today, on your digital audio player of choice: the rethinkIP aloud Podcast #2, in which are discussed the Constitutional basis for intellectual property law, and blawging tips.

Yes, Do

In addition to potentially serving some loftier goals, Geoffrey Gussis runs down several terrific reasons why lawyers should blog, including: "They're calling it the Web 2.0. Figure out why." (Thanks, Kevin!)

Aceing Journalism With Blawging

Ben Wickert, a very recent graduate of Ohio University, wrote an article about weblogs and the legal profession for his journalism class: Spanning the "Blawgsphere" — Web coming to forefront for lawyers, scholars of law. Ben did his homework, and writes real good well. "Web-savvy, forward-thinking, passionate public apologist for her profession" trips right off the tongue, and I'm honored to know more than a few.

Marty's On A Droll

"[M]aybe I should just provide links to the sites that aren't covering Grokster."

"It's great to be part of another RSS offerring on Bloglines."

Prove It

Evan Brown reports on a recent bit of California jurisprudence concerning one of the cornerstones of Web authoring: the ability to call someone a dumb-ass.