Back in 1993 Bill Marler took a case that would kickstart his career and lead to him launching his own practice. Now, he has over 10 blogs attached to his name and is blogging around the clock. He explains how his passion for blogging has kept him going over the years—becoming as much of a staple in his life as taking a shower.

Law blogging would not be where it is today without David Lat. Now running Original Jurisdiction on Substack, Lat expounds on his experience with the new platform as well as the long arc of his blogging career—from Underneath Their Robes to Above The Law to his interesting setup now. 

Bill Silverman, the leader of Proskauer's pro bono practice, put it simply: firms should treat their pro bono efforts the same way they do any other practice area—by trying to be the best. And that means having the thought leadership to match. He sits down with Bob Ambrogi to discuss his day-to-day leading a large firm's pro bono efforts, the role their Proskauer for Good blog plays in that and more. 

There may not be another law blog out there that covers a regulatory space better than Ballard Spahr's Consumer Finance Monitor. Alan Kaplinsky—the creator of the firm's consumer finance practice group, a longtime editor of the blog and renowned lawyer in the space—sits down with Bob Ambrogi to discuss the creation of the blog, how its come to be so successful and what that success looks like in the world of business development. 

It's always fascinating to hear how lawyers ended up in the area of practice they did. It's almost never a straight line. But the latest This Week in Legal Blogging guest has a backstory few can match.

Dr. Nancy Halpern, at one time a practicing veterinarian, joined Bob Ambrogi to discuss how she came to practice animal law at Fox Rothschild and shared her insights on authoring their Animal Law Update blog.

Data privacy intersects with multiple other areas of the law—and there's been an uptick in cases since the pandemic started. With a quick, hasty transition to a virtual world, Kathryn Rattigan explains how this has affected her practice and what part blogging plays in the whole situation. She talks with Bob Ambrogi about motivating lawyers to blog, her interest in drones, and how the publication has brought in clients.

It's not too long ago, it'd be hard to envision a large law firm the calibre of Seyfarth Shaw wading into blogging on cannabis law—but times do change. Jennifer Mora, Assistant Editor on Seyfarth's The Blunt Truth, joins Bob Ambrogi to discuss how she ended up in this area of law, their editorial process on their blog, why she writes and how it's made her a better lawyer. 

In the LexBlog community, there are few—if any—bloggers who do a better job of making their blog their home base of a larger internet presence better than Anthony Zaller. The author of the California Employment Law Report joined This Week in Legal Blogging to discuss how he positions his blog as a resource for Golden State businesses, why he supplements blog posts with video and audio and the impact the blog has had on his practice. 

With tens of thousands of lawyers, the LexBlog Community is flush with interesting stories—and Thomas Crane's is prominent among those. The Iraq War veteran joined Bob Ambrogi to discuss his San Antonio Employment Law Blog, how it started, how it's shaped his career and advice he'd pass along to fellow lawyers. 

You don't want to be shouting into the void. Husch Blackwell Partner David Stauss, author on their privacy and data security blog Byte Back, joins Bob Ambrogi to discuss the importance of writing content that's relevant to readers, why blogging is a great idea for young lawyers and how they catch readers' attention quickly.