Could publishing blog stifle a law professor’s career?

Gosh, I would hope not but that’s the jist of a couple posts I just read.

Carolyn Elefant picked up on University of Texas Law Professor Brian Leiter’s post that blogs may hinder a law professor’s professional prospects. Leiter writes:

Because blogs are easily accessible and thus easier to read in a spare moment than, say, a scholarly article or scholarly book, blogs that purport to treat scholarly topics are far more likely to solidify an impression of a professor’s mind and overwhelm the merits of his or her actual publications (assuming the two have different merits).