As more law professors write legal blogs, they may be chipping away at the ivory tower. The proliferation of blogs is, in part, a reaction to dissatisfaction with law reviews as the primary means for scholarly publishing. But some suggest the immediacy of blogging dumbs it down. "Blogging has the presumption that you write something thoughtful, important and valuable. I don't think the medium allows that," says Katherine Litvak, a professor at the University of Texas Law School
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