TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 7, 2021

Former “near-celebrity” legal blogger David Lat announced this week he is returning to writing as a full-time livelihood. Lat, who founded “Underneath Their Robes” in 2004 and “Above the Law” in 2006, left blogging two years ago to work as a legal recruiter. This go-round, he will be publishing a newsletter on Substack, an online platform designed to make it easy to publish and monetize newsletters. Lat launched “Original Jurisdiction” last December and has been offering it for free. Starting this week, subscribers will pay $5 a month to continue receiving the publication. One other lawyer using the service — Glenn Greenwald, the former litigator turned Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of four New York Times bestselling books — is one of the site’s top-paid publishers. There are about 20 lawyers on the site, according to Bob Ambrogi. Read more in his LawSites article.