Why Aren’t More Lawyers Blogging?

With sharp writing skills and a penchant for connecting with their clients, you would think every lawyer in the country would be blogging like crazy. Why then are less than 1% of lawyers blogging? Ari Kaplan provides some insights in his article Lawyer Bloggers: Fact-Fiction. Principle barriers to lawyer blogging appear to be lawyers’ reticence to adopt new technology and their herd mentality. Another big reason is that most attorneys do not know how to blog. I have been keenly aware of these issues and are preparing a lawyer blogging “how-to” continuing legal education seminar for this fall. If you have an interest in blogging yourself, feel free to contact Brett Trout for more information, or just stay tuned to Blawg IT.