Australian legal blogs
If you are looking for an Australian blog on a specific Australian law-related topic then I suggest you look at the sites below. Once you've had a look I suggest you subscribe to the feeds of the blogs you like and then develop your personal preferences from there.
If you know of a site not mentioned by me that's worth adding to the list, let me know:
david at djacobson dot com.
Blogs for practice areas
David Jeffery (Oikos) government environmental lawyer
Bazpat (Patent attorney)
Warwick Rothnie IP Wars (Melbourne IP barrister)
Simon Slade (Adelaide criminal defence)
Peter Black (Freedom to Differ)...media law
Black ConLaw (Peter Black's blog on Australian constitutional law)
Law Font (group)…law, technology, economics, policy
House of Commons (IP research group)
Nic Suzor (technology law/creative commons)
Open and Shut (Freedom of Information and privacy legislation)
The Australian Professional Liability Blog (professional liability and professional indemnity insurance)
Weatherall's Law (last post January 2007, but a great copyright law resource)
Malik's Law (technology and law)
Defending Scoundrels (internet, IP)
Australian Trade Marks Law Blog
Duncan Bucknell's IP ThinkTank Blog
Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Blog
Charterblog (analysis of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights) (last post 31 December 2008 but blog archives still online
Lawfully Green (formerly Pandelaw, Australian Planning and Environment Law by Pat Vuleta)
Prodiligo Lex (Computer and IT Law)
BlandsLaw Blog (employment issues)
Julie Clarke's Competition Law Blog and Contract and Consumer Law Blog
Toni Bartush-Peek's The Hapless Cove (about litigation, clients who believe in principles and ADR)
CSP Central (ISP and Telco legal site from Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers).
And of course, my blogs
- Australian Regulatory Compliance Review (law and compliance, especially financial services)
- External Insights (law and management)
- Technology and IP Business (law, IP and technology)
- Credit Union and Mutual Law
For other lawyers
David Starkoff (Inchoate)…High Court analysis
Simon Lewis' Lawyers Workstation Conferences
Australasian Legal Technology (regularly updated website)
Allocatur (legal costs by Liz Harris)
ConnectLaw (Fabian Horton)
Law and politics
FarisQC Blog (discontinued 25 Jan 09)
Skepticlawyer formerly The Legal Soapbox (legal/political)
Dr Mirko Bargaric (Moral Dilemma)
Law and humour
Paul Brennan's Blog (legal humour, cartoons, one-minute videos)
101 reasons to kill all the lawyers (also by Paul Brennan)
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Last updated 7 June 2009
