Real Women Lawyers Do Blog
C.C Holland at Law.com asks Where Are All the Female Law Bloggers? Noting that “the majority of high-profile legal blogs, whether in academia or the practice of law, are helmed by me,” she wonders why. The article contains some interesting statistics showing that, compared to the number of women practicing law, women are underrepresented among law bloggers. CC offers these theories.:
Theory #1: Women law bloggers are out there, you just don't see them.
One possibility is that female law bloggers dominate in more practical blog venues – i.e., devote themselves to specific, practice oriented blogs, as opposed to topics of wider social or political commentary. Additionally, women may have more difficulty getting media attention.
Theory #2: Women don't have the same time to blog as men.
This is true in my world, certainly, and I don’t even have the excuse of having children still in the home. I suspect, too, that a lack of time to present meaningful posts contributes to the lack of media attention. However, this is likely everything else – you have to make time, if you want to do it.
Theory #3: Women are more prone to professional or personal attack, so they avoid blogging.
This is a reference to personal safety; some female bloggers have been the recipient of death threats. Just as a woman is more likely to hesitate to walk down a dark alley than a man might, she might also hesitate to engage in an activity has the potential to bring her to the attention of a world full of crazies
All of this might be true, but the only way to increase the presentation of women law bloggers is for more women to blog. So just do it.
Holland also offered a list of strong female voices in the blawgosphere. In the interest of supporting sister bloggers, and offering inspiration to whose who want to put themselves out intothe blogging world, I repeat the list below,
Holland's list of strong blogging voices - to which I've added the blog of my fellow female Nevadan blogger, JoNell Thomas, at Harmfulerror.
JoNell Thomas, at Harmfulerror
Diane Marie Amann et al., IntLawGrrls
Ann Bartow, Feminist Law Profs
Monica Bay, The Common Scold
Kathleen Bergin and Josie F. Brown, First Amendment Law Prof blog
Nicole Black, Sui Generis
Julie Fleming Brown, Life at the Bar
Mary Dudziak, Legal History Blog
Carolyn Elefant, My Shingle
Michelle Golden, Golden Practices
Denise Howell, Lawgarithms and Between Lawyers
Christine Hurt, The Conglomerate
Kimberly A. Kralowec, The UCL Practitioner
Suzanne Cartier Liebel, Build a Solo Practice
Joy London, practicesource.com
Diane Murley, Law Dawg Blawg
Sabrina Pacifici, beSpacific and LLRX
Ellen Podgor, White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Claire Potter, Tenured Radical
Victoria Pynchon, Settle It Now
