Firm Blogging – not so strong as it sounds

The question i raise, is as the wheather weblogs have a place in the legal practice? This is in response to a paper i read – DO WEBLOGS HAVE A PLACE IN LEGAL PRACTICE? by Damien Piper. Damien, believes that yes indeed, weblogs can help firms, particularly smaller firms, ‘advertise’ the knowledge in specific areas of law to the world. He gives a few examples where lawyers have subsequently received business as a result of their blogging. As yet, today’s legal practice (see a previous entry titled “Has the computer really improved work at a legal practice?”) in general terms may not be ready for such a way to find clients. Give it a few years, when people like us, the students of today are running the show…