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"Simple Web Sites Let Lawyers Share Knowledge, Opinions. A small but growing number of lawyers are turning to Web logs as a tool for their law practice. They are being touted as a communications tool to reach the nation’s lawyers, a public relations tool to display a lawyer’s knowledge of the law, and even a knowledge management system for lawyers to share expertise within a firm. [...] Blawgers [law-blogers] say that these kinds of Web pages allow them to communicate with people of a shared interest, creating a place for lawyers to keep up with the latest news and ideas in their field. 'Almost every law firm is trying to build a knowledge management system for itself to take advantage of the expertise within the firm,' Svenson says. 'But with blawgs [law-blogs], it happens organically. If you gave your lawyers their own blawgs, pretty soon everyone within the firm could see who knows the most about different topics.'"

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