The Legal Underground provides 14 tips for developing your legal blog (blawg):

1. Pick a Topic.
2. Keep it Interesting.
3. Brand Your Blawg.
4. Be Prepared to Learn.
5. Link Early, Link Often.
6. Build a Blogroll.
7. Use Typepad. [or similar software like WordPress]
8. Find Out Who is Linking to You.
9. Speak with Your own Voice.
10. Offer a Free (But Valuable) Service
11. Remember, It’s Only a Blawg.
12. But Please Remember, it’s Your Blawg.
13. Establish Your Street Credibility.
14. Finally, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

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