I live across the street from the Seattle Public Library—a ten-story glass and steel structure designed by Rem Koolhaas, housing over 1.5 million books and volumes.
Libraries like this are more than repositories of knowledge; they’re places for discovery, connection, and community. Maya Angelou once said, “I always felt, if I can get to a library, I’ll be OK.”
Twenty-one Thanksgivings ago, I was piecing together the concept of legal blogging, imagining a way for lawyers to share their knowledge, build relationships, and grow their reputations.
Over the years, LexBlog has grown into something greater than just a platform for legal blogging: we’ve become a library of legal knowledge.
With nearly one million blog posts authored by 54,000 legal professionals in LexBlog’s Open Legal Blog Archive, we’ve created a modern library of secondary law.
This Thanksgiving, I’m reminded of the responsibility that comes with building such a library. It’s not just about amassing knowledge; it’s about ensuring that knowledge serves the greater good.
Legal professionals and citizens alike need access to the thoughtful, caring, and experienced insights of blogging lawyers. As Andrew Carnegie said, “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”
That’s why LexBlog’s 2025 roadmap includes building out the LexBlog Network and community—creating a robust archive and directory that not only preserves the work of legal bloggers but connects them with each other and with people everywhere.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.