Canadian Lawyer Magazine: Top Ten Canadian Law Blogs

Gerry Blackwell has listed his top ten Canadian law blogs in his article "Luminaries of the Canadian Blawgosphere" in the March issue of Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Here is his criteria:

What makes a good blog? The blogger has to be consistent, posting at least weekly. (Some at lawblogs.ca haven’t posted since 2005, but a few post more than once a day.) The writing has to be lively and the site well designed — admittedly subjective measures. Posts should not be dissertations — a common failing among some Canadian blawgers — and the blog should be focused. If it’s about family law, don’t tell us about your vacation.

Finally, most blogs should engage readers and foster discussion. It must be easy to post and read comments. A few Canadian blawgers inexplicably don’t accept comments.

When dipping into a new blawg, I count comments. The more there are, I figure, the more people are reading — a sure sign of a blawg worth reading — and the greater the chances of lively exchanges. That being said, absence of comments, as we’ll see, doesn’t necessarily mean a dull or worthless blog.

His top ten, in no particular order:

MICHAEL GEIST
LAW21
LAW FIRM WEB STRATEGY
eLEGAL
SLAW
THE BIZOP NEWS
TORONTO ESTATE LAW BLOG
LAW IS COOL
LIBRARY BOY
RULE OF LAW

Mr. Blackwell's critique of Rule of Law:

The writing is a little too earnest and workmanlike to draw a huge readership — comments are sparse — but the content appears solid, and the site, created in Google’s Blogger, is attractive.

Now I know what it would feel like if I had an editor!

[I have corrected Mr. Blackwell's name, which I had as "Kirbyson" when I first posted. Perhaps I do need an editor.]