Starting a Law Firm | Estate Planning Blogs

As I’ve discussed, my current legal marketing plan includes a lot of internet marketing. That means I have a lot of reading and writing to do and it is tough to come up with ideas about what to blog about. That is where good lawyer blogs come into play.

What I don’t want to do here is make a complete list of all the lawyer blogs I like and currently utilize on my Google Reader. What I will say is that many of the blogs I follow fall into two categories: (1) lawyer start-up & practice tips blogs and (2) niche practice blogs in my practice area. It took a lot of vetting, but I am very pleased with the information that I get from other solo attorneys.

I wanted to focus a little bit today on the blogs that I traditionally follow for my particular niche practice area – estate planning. My practice focus includes family law and estate planning. These two fields are often interchangeable and I find that a lot of family law clients need estate planning done or they have parents/siblings/relatives who are in need of estate planning. Having a family centered practice means a lot of referalls if you treat your clients with the respect they deserve.

Without further adieu, here are my favorites for estate planning:

That is it for my current list. All of them are very good, with, in my humble opinion, Ask Liza and Wills Trusts and Estate Prof Blog being the best. Ask Liza is good for being diligent, helpful, and well written. It is the kind of estate planning blog that every blogging attorney should model their practice related blog after. The Prof Blog is exactly what it sounds like – a great blog written by a professor. I participate in as much CLE as I can, but, for me, this blog keeps me up-to-date and feeling like I am on top of the law.

If anybody out there has specific blogs they like, I would appreciate a comment. I’ll keep everybody updated on my reader list as it grows. I will also talk about my specific starting a law firm reader list in a future post.