My Swan Song at Legal Blog Watch

Imagine how I — a lawyer who loves few things more than to write — felt when I got this call one day four years ago. "We’d like you to be a featured contributor to our blog," said the caller, an editor at Law.com. "The blog is hosted on one of the most visited legal sites on the Web. We have a readership that spans the globe. You can write about whatever you want and we will highlight your posts prominently." She probably had me there. Then she added, "And of course we’ll pay you to do this." This has been the greatest gig I’ve ever had as a writer. For four years, every other weekday (more or less), I have posted here. Our assignment, broadly speaking, was to cover the legal blogosphere. Other than that, we had free rein. Although our posts are edited, we are never censored. My first post was on March 20, 2006. When my long-time partner in blogging here, Carolyn Elefant, left in September, she estimated that her posts added up to a total of some 1,680. Given that I kept at it a few more months than she, I’ll estimate my total as north…
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