blawgosphere

blawgosphere

English

Etymology

Blend of blawg +‎ blogosphere.

Noun

blawgosphere (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The totality of blawgs (law blogs); the community of blawgers.
   • 2005, "Between Lawyers Roundtable: The Future of Legal Blogging", Law Practice Magazine, July/August 2005:

     Right now large firms are underrepresented in the "blawgosphere."

   • 2009, Brian A. Craddock, "2009: A Blawg Odyssey: Exploring How the Legal Community Is Using Blogs and How Blogs are Changing the Legal Community", Mercer Law Review, Volume 60, Issue 4, page 1359:

     While the number of judge-authored blawgs is less than the number of blawgs published by other members of the legal community, such as attorneys or law professors, they do have a presence in the blawgosphere that cannot be denied.

   • 2021, Dara E. Purvis, "Legal Education as Hegemonic Masculinity", Villanova Law Review, Volume 65, Issue 5, page 1145:

     Women are underrepresented throughout legal academia from the ranks of professors down to the “blawgosphere” of law professor blogging.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:blawgosphere.