Why Lawyers Put Their Work in Libraries

Working on the LexBlog Library, a worldwide collection of legal insight and commentary authored by legal practitioners, academics, law students, and other legal professionals contributing to the advancement of the law, the question came up as to why lawyers would contribute their publishing.

People assumed it was to expand reach and visibility. I wasn’t so sure, so I looked to authors and libraries, generally.

Authors place their work in libraries because libraries preserve it. The …