Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Balkinization blog turns five

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 1, 2008

Balkinization, an influential legal blog started by Yale Law School Professor Jack Balkin, turned five years old in mid-January. The legal academy has never been the same.

Although the blog was not the first online journal devoted to legal issues, it is still widely considered a pioneer in establishing the blogosphere as a serious venue for legal discussion. Balkin’s blog, which has drawn over 3 million visitors since launching on Jan. 13, 2003, helped redefine the information cycle among the legal academy, the government and the media, Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh...

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