This Article is written by Dhruv Vatsyayan. He is pursuing his B.A.LL.B. at Law School, Banaras Hindu University and is in his first year.

Ranking According to Estimated Visits per Year

Introduction

These days everything has become handy by means of the internet and the online presence of almost everything has made them accessible to a large mass very easily. Similarly, law has also made its presence by means of legal news websites and legal blogs.

Following are some of the most famous and most browsed online legal blogs globally which a legal practitioner, enthusiast or student should follow:

Blogs	Estimated Visits in the Year 2019	Average Visit Duration	Bounce Rate	Search Percentage
Live-Law	3.14 M	02:02	64.10%	45.11%
Rocket Lawyer	2.17 M	04:02	51.45%	73.70%
Above the Law	1.77 M	03:33	77.10%	41.83%
iPleaders	1.05 M	02:04	72.94%	88.68%
ABA Law Journal	414.26 K	01:49	78.86%	55.20%
Scotus Blog	366.28 K	02:39	64.06%	47.68%
The Fashion Law	218.89 K	00:33	90.31%	54.72%
Law and Liberty	110.52 K	01:13	79.74%	32.64%
Lawyerist.com	74.88 K	01:57	71.91%	68.24%
Canna Law	55.53 K	01:35	78.70%	64.92%

DISCLAIMER: The above data has been taken from https://www.similarweb.com/

#Bounce-Rate: Bounce rate is an Internet marketing term used in web traffic analysis. It represents the percentage of visitors who enter the site and then leave (“bounce”) rather than continuing to view other pages within the same site.

About the Websites

Live Law

Live law is an online legal news blog based in India. It was established in the year 2013 by M.A.Rashid and since then, it has significantly made its way out. The legal news available on this blog is news related to recent cases, recent judgments, and important precedents laid down by the Supreme Court and various High Courts.

Useful for

It’s the best online platform to get informed with all the recent happenings in the legal industry and the judiciary.

Rocket Lawyer

Rocket Lawyer was founded in the year 2008 by Charlie Moore as an online legal technology company. It has its headquarters in San Francisco, California. 

Useful for

Rocket Lawyer provides online legal services to small to medium businesses. They also offer a network of attorneys to their consumers.

Above the Law

This blog was founded by David Lat in the year 2006. 

As of the year 2019, the blog is being led by Elie Mystal, Staci Zaretsky, Joe Patrice, and Kathryn Rubino.

Useful for

This primarily serves as a legal news website covering the legal profession, law schools, and other legal affairs. They also publish an annual ranking of law schools since the year 2013.

iPleaders

This online blog was founded by Ramanuj Mukherjee and Abhyuday Agrawal while they were still in their law school at prestigious WBNUJS, Kolkata in the year 2010. The main focus of this website is to make the law accessible easily by means of technology. 

Useful for

iPleaders manage and develop their resources by means of blogging on various practical legal issues, workshops and through their online interactive interface. 

ABA Journal Magazine

ABA Journal Magazine is the flagship publication of the American Bar Association. This Blog was started in the early 2000s but the website became fully functional in the year 2002. The Journal Claims that more than 1 million legal professionals subscribe to their journal.

Useful for

It’s a legal journal mostly read by the lawyer and legal professionals and deals with it intricacies of the law.

Scotus Blog

Scotus Blog is a US-based blog that is being managed and run by Lawyers, Law Professors and Law Students. This blog extensively covers all the news of the Supreme Court of the United States. 

Useful for

This site covers all the cases from the very initial stage to the last stage. Scotus Blog also maintains an archive of all the documents related to the cases of the Supreme Court.

The Fashion Law

The Fashion Law blog or famously known as TFL was founded and is managed by Julie Zerbo. 

Useful for

This blog serves as an exclusive source for content related to newly emerging Fashion Laws and related businesses. It also serves as a community for students, fashion industry insiders and lawyers.

Law and Liberty

This website is managed by a private educational foundation, Liberty Fund Inc. This website focuses on the issues of law and liberty by means of thoughts, discussions, debates, etc.

Useful for

It attempts to provide solutions to contemporary legal issues and traditional legal philosophy. It provides with the blog, book reviews and classical literature related to liberty.

Lawyerist.com

Lawyerist is a community-based website, which serves as a community of small firm lawyers.

Whereas its website, i.e lawyerist.com offers legal blogs, posts, resources, downloads and tons of online resources.

Useful for

It offers several services including the Lawyerist Podcast which feature interviews of successful lawyers and authors.

Canna Law Blog

Cannabis law is one of the most controversial and hot topics in the legal field.

However, this legal blog serves as a forum for discussion regarding the practical aspects of Cannabis law. According to the blog, the audience is the industry stakeholders but they invite others also for discussing with a diverse perspective. 

Useful for

This legal blog serves as a forum for discussion regarding the practical aspects of Cannabis law.

This blog also deals with the legal aspect of the Marijuana business also.

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