Like it or not, a growing number of attorneys and legal reporters now turn to Twitter for the latest in legal news. For readers who are unfamiliar with the service, Twitter is the wildly popular “microblog” where users send and receive messages (called "tweets"), exchange links, and follow news snippets in 140 characters or less. Twitter essentially functions like a stock ticker. Only, instead of watching stock prices scroll across the ticker, a user reads tweets as they scroll down their Twitter feed.
So, without further ado, here is my list of 100 attorneys and reporters who cover the appellate courts to follow on Twitter:
- @5thCircAppeals, Jason Steed, Akin Gump
- @10thCircAppeals, Jason Steed, Akin Gump
- @9thjustice, Stuart Taylor & Amy Harder, National Law Journal
- @AdamLiptak, Adam Liptak, New York Times
- @adamwinkler, Adam Winkler, UCLA
- @acslaw, ACSLaw
- @ameliabizzaro, Amelia Bizzaro, Bizzaro Law LLC
- @andrewmgrossman, Andrew M. Grossman, Baker Hostetler
- @annalthouse, Ann Althouse, althouse.blogspote.com
- @AP_Courtside, Mark Sherman, Associated Press Courtside Seat
- @AppAdvoc, Appellate Advocate
- @appealgirl, LaDawn Conway, Alexander Dubose & Townsend LLP
- @appealofwords, Kimberly A. Jansen, theappealofwords.com
- @appealsattorney, Ryan Clinton, Hankinson Levinger LLP
- @AppellateDaily, Michelle Olsen, National Law Journal
- @appellatelaw, Chad Ruback
- @appellatepro, AppellatePro
- @AppellateRecord, Kendall Gray, Andrews Kurth LLP
- @AppellateWatch, Scott Stolley & Rich Phillips, Thompson & Knight LLP
- @AppellaTex, D. Todd Smith, Texas Appellate Law Blog
- @Appellatology, Steve Merican, illinoisappellatelawyerblog.com
- @Arianadevogue, Ariane de Vogue, ABC News
- @CBSAndrew, Andrew Cohen, CBS’s 60 Minutes
- @certpool, Don Cruse, certpool.com
- @CircuitSplits, Nicholas Wagoner, CircuitSplits.com
- @comforjustice, Committee 4 Justice
- @Courtartist, Arthur Lien, courtartist.com
- @crfredrickson, Caroline Fredrickson, American Constitution Society
- @DahliaLithwick, Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
- @DailyWrit, Kedar Bhatia, DailyWrit.com
- @dan_bushell, Dan Bushell, FloridaAppellateReview.com
- @DavidLBrownJr, David Brown, National Law Journal, LegalTimes, & Law.com
- @docketdb, Don Cruse, DocketDB
- @doncruse, Don Cruse, Law Office of Don Cruse
- @DCCIR, D.C. (Short) Circuit
- @DCCircuitReview, dccircuitreview.com
- @DCCourtsInfo, Washington D.C. Courts' Public Information Office
- @DCDicta, Kimberly Atkins, DC Dicta
- @dcoale, David Coale, Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox
- @dtoddsmith, D. Todd Smith, Smith Law Group, PC
- @dodrummond, Dylan O. Drummond, Griffith Nixon Davison
- @GregStohr, Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News
- @imillhiser, Ian Millhiser, Center for American Progress
- @indianalawblog, Indiana Law Blog
- @invcondemnation, Robert Thomas, inversecondemnation.com
- @iSupremeCourt, Supreme Court USA
- @JessBravin, Jess Bravin, Wall Street Journal
- @JesseJHolland, Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press
- @Joan_Vennochi, Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
- @JoanBiskupic, Joan Biskupic, USA Today
- @JonathanTurley, Jonathan Turley, The George Washington University Law School
- @jscottkey, J. Scott Key, Georgia Criminal Appellate Law Blog
- @Judgepedia, Judgepedia.org
- @JulianaGaige, Juliana Gaige
- @KannonShanmugam, Kannon Shanmugam, Williams & Connolly LLP
- @kennethanderson, Kenneth Anderson, American University Washington College of Law
- @kevincwalsh, Kevin C. Walsh, walshlaw.wordpress.com
- @lawdotcom, Law.com
- @LawrenceHurley, Lawrence Hurley, Greenwire
- @Legal_Times, The BLT: The Blog of LegalTimes
- @marktrach, Mark Trachtenberg, Haynes & Boone, LLP
- @mattkaiser, Matt Kaiser, The Kaiser Law Firm
- @MikeSacksHP, Mike Sacks, Huffington Post
- @MyConstitution, Constitutional Accountability Center
- @nationallawjrnl, National Law Journal
- @nicholaswagoner, Nicholas J. Wagoner, Rogers, Morris & Grover, LLP
- @NinaTotenberg, Nina Totenberg, NPR
- @OHAppellateAtty, Frank H. Scialdone, Mazanec, Raskin & Ruder Co., LPA
- @olsonleif, Leif Olson, Welsh Chapoton LLP
- @onthedocketgu, Georgetown University's Supreme Court Society
- @oyez, Jerry Goldman, The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent College of Law
- @PhilipMiles, Philip Miles, Lawffice Space - Employment Law Blog
- @PorzioAppealLaw, Brian P. Sharkey, porzioappeallaw.pbnlaw.com
- @rbphillipsjr, Rich Phillips, Thompson & Knight LLP
- @recordonappeal, Rebecca Copeland, recordonappeal.com
- @rickhasen, Rick Hasen, University of California Irvine
- @RobertIafolla, Robert Lafolla, Los Angeles Daily Journal
- @rrotunda, Ronald Rotunda, Chapman University School of Law
- @ScottKingField, Scott Field, The Field Law Firm
- @Scotus, Scotus
- @SCOTUSblog, Lyle Denniston, Tom Goldstein, & other contributors, SCOTUSblog
- @SCOTUSblogposts, Lyle Denniston, Tom Goldstein, & other contributors, SCOTUSblog
- @SCOTUSOpinions, U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
- @scotusreporter, Robert Barnes, Washington Post
- @scotxblog, Don Cruse, The Supreme Court of Texas Blog
- @sethstern, Seth Stern, Bloomberg News
- @ShannonBream, Shannon Bream, Fox
- @ShermanCourt, Mark Sherman Associated Press
- @SupremeCourtRep, Supreme Court Report
- @SupremeHaiku, Kieth Jaasma, SupremeCourtHaiku.com
- @Susan_Vance, Susan Vance, Alexander Dubose & Townsend
- @TheSCOTUSTrap, Trapit
- @TonyMauro, Tony Mauro, National Law Journal
- @UtahAppeals, Troy L. Booher, utahappellateblog.com
- @TXAppeals, Jason Steed, Akin Gump
- @TXBarbaraAnn, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Radnofsky Mediation Services
- @USSupremeCourt, supremecourtus.gov
- @VolokhC, Eugene Volokh, UCLA
- @VolokhConspirac, The Volokh Conspiracy
- @ZoeTillman, Zoe Tillman, National Law Journal & LegalTimes
This list is by no means exhaustive so please feel free to add to the list in the comments below.
Thanks so much for the double mention! I'm familiar with many on this list, but look forward to checking the others out.
Posted by: Dtoddsmith | April 25, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Thanks Bob. Here's a few more to add to the list from Carlyn Kolker of Thomson Reuters News & Insights:
Tweet things
4/17/12
Well folks, yesterday you got your Pulitzers; today you get your list of appellate Tweeters. Circuit Splits (Twitter handle @CircuitSplits), a blog specializing in news and analysis on so-called circuit splits, provides a list of 100 attorneys and reporters and their Twitter handles covering the U.S. appeals courts and appellate matters. (The blog makes no claim about the superiority of these Twitterers.) Some notable entries: Adam Liptak, the New York Times' Supreme Court correspondent (Twitter handle: @AdamLiptak); Jerry Goldman, of the Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent College of Law, which posts audio recordings of Supreme Court arguments (handle: @oyez); and my own colleague, Joan Biskupic, who covers national legal affairs for Reuters (handle: @JoanBiskupic).
Shameless self-promotion: @ReutersLegal provides up-to-the-minute legal news, including appellate news; my colleague Terry Baynes (handle: @tlbaynes) reports and tweets frequently on appellate matters.
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2012/04_-_April/Summary_Judgments_for_April_17/
Posted by: Nicholas J. Wagoner | April 17, 2012 at 08:26 PM
Besides tweeting about appellate courts and legal writing generally, I try to give special attention to Texas's Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont @m10001
Posted by: Bob Mabry | April 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM