New Law Bloggers Speak: Daniel A. Schwartz of the Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Another LexBlog blog has gone live, which means it’s time to speak to another lawyer for our occasional New Law Bloggers Speak feature.
Today in the hot seat we have Daniel A. Schwartz, a Connecticut attorney with Epstein, Becker & Green P.C. who just launched his Connecticut Employment Law Blog.
1. Rob La Gatta: When and how did the development of this blog come about?
Daniel A. Schwartz: A perfect storm of events. I’ve always had this interest in topics in employment law that no one else seemed to be writing about. At the same time, earlier this year I started reading blogs not only on employment law topics, but other topics too. I’m a Senior Director of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and we started putting together programming for our Spring meeting. We thought of doing a program on legal blogs and invited Kevin to speak. I thought it would be fun.
When Kevin did a presentation at our Spring Meeting in Montreal, I reached out to him and began talking and thinking seriously about combining my interest in employment law with a blog. Kevin was really terrific about the process and gave me some ideas to think about. From there, its just been figuring out how to make this work. I’m really pleased with where we are today.
2. Rob La Gatta: What do you hope to get out of your LexBlog blog?
Daniel A. Schwartz: I hope to be known as one of the go-to experts in employment law in Connecticut. I know, lofty goal, but in a smaller state like Connecticut, I think it’s attainable. I see some other so-called experts in the area and realize that my credentials and qualifications are as good as or exceed them. At the same time, my parents have always emphasized the need to be humble, so I’ll just settle with increasing my exposure in the state while providing a place where employment law topics are discussed, evaluated and examined.
3. Rob La Gatta: If you read other blogs, what are some of your favorites?
Daniel A. Schwartz: You know, I really enjoy a mix of blogs. For law-related blogs, I get a kick out of the Wall Street Journal Law Blog and the tabloid blog, Above the Law. Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips Blog has some great practical tips. For employment law, the Workplace Prof Blog and the new Manpower Employment Blog are two that seem to be putting out some good content lately (as well as Workplace Horizons.) And two of the “big” blogs: George’s Employment Blawg and How Appealing have been on my reading list since the start.
But a lot of the legal blogging and marketing sites have been a great resource and inspiration too, including Kevin’s blog, Larry Bodine’s blog and Micro Persuasion have been a great start. I should also note that Francis Pileggi of the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog was kind enough to give me some pointers before starting and he pointed me to Professor Bainbridge’s blog too.
And of course, since I learned how to use RSS feeds, I can browse those in a second.
Speaking of using RSS feeds: for anyone still unclear on the concept, Daniel recently published an informative FAQ about how to use RSS to subscribe to blogs.