As noted in this piece, blogging--while certainly trendy and increasingly influential--isn't exactly a path to big bucks. It is perhaps most profitably used as a springboard into writing for "real publications."
Well, Article III Groupie now joins the ranks of bloggers who have broken through to the rarefied world of print journalism. The October 2004 issue of the California Lawyer--an extremely informative and often entertaining magazine, which A3G recommends to you most highly--contains A3G's apologia for UTR, In Defense of Superhotties. In the article, A3G bench-slaps her detractors, vigorously defending her blog against three common criticisms: (1) that it's disrespectful of the federal judiciary, (2) that it's violative of judges' privacy, and (3) that federal judges are undeserving of celebrity treatment.
For those of you disinclined to read the complete piece, here are the closing paragraphs, which nicely sum up UTR's guiding philosophy:
Federal judges may not be traditional celebrities, but just as pastels are the new black, prestige is the new fame. Within the credential-obsessed upper echelons of the legal profession, prestige - here defined as limited fame or renown, for the "right" reasons, such as intelligence and good judgment - is the highest good. And federal judges enjoy oodles of prestige.Investment bankers are rich; movie stars are famous. Lawyers pride themselves on belonging to a learned profession. And in this learned profession, who is more deserving of attention and adulation than the elite corps of federal judges, handpicked for their posts based on learning and professional achievement?
Move over, J. Lo. Federal judges are in the house!
Article III Groupie hopes you enjoy her article. And to those of you out there who work for legal news publications, please think about A3G the next time you're looking for a contributor with a distinctive voice and a strong authorial personality.
Brimming over with pride of authorship,
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