CELEBRATING THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS WEBLOG

Celebrating 15 years of sharing knowledge

June 1st, 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of my legal blog. This is an important milestone for me. Back in May 2005 I only had a rough idea about blogging and what it would take to create a successful legal blog.

Now, fifteen years and well over a million page views and a countless number of comments later, I know that despite the tiny size of the Dutch Caribbean islands, it is worthwhile providing legal-oriented content on the web on a regular basis. If the regular messages I receive from so many readers …
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Jun 2020
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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SHARING KNOWLEDGE

June 1st, 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of Karel’s Legal Blog

Op 1 juni 2015 bestaat Karel’s Legal Blog 10 jaar

Dia 1 di yüni 2015 Karel’s Legal Blog ta kumpli 10 aña

 

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Celebrating 10 years of sharing knowledge

This is an important milestone for me. Back in May 2005 I only had a rough idea about blogging and what it would take to create a successful legal blog a.k.a. blawg.

Now, …
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Jun 2015
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LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME

A 1996 Tour of some interesting WWW sites for Lawyers

In 1996 Delia Venables wrote an internet tour for lawyers (‘Around the World in 80 Minutes‘, Web Review, 1996 (3) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology; click here). She referred to the website of the Daily Telegraph as a good example of how the WWW could be made really useful and interesting. She mentioned that the USA was already a long way ahead of Europe in the provision of legal materials on the Internet. She also mentioned the International Law Page created by a law student …
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Jun 2013
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NOMINATION TOP LAW BLOGS

Karel’s Legal Blog Nominated

Each year, LexisNexis honors a select group of blogs that set the online standard for a given industry. Karel’s Legal Blog  is one of the nominated candidates for the Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011, featured on the LexisNexis International & Foreign Law Community.

Karel Frielink

(1 November 2011)

LexisNexis International & Foreign Law Community 2011 Top 50 Blogs

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01
Nov 2011
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CELEBRATING THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS WEBLOG

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A cartoon has been drawn by Mike Flanagan for the 5th anniversary of the launch of Karel’s Legal Blog

June 1st, 2010 marks the 5th anniversary of my legal blog. This is an important milestone for me. Back in May 2005 I only had a rough idea about blogging and what it would take to create a successful legal blog a.k.a. blawg. Now, five years and some 350,000 page views later, I know that despite …
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May 2010
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LAW FIRM MARKETING AND THE INTERNET

Blog posts reinforce your expertise and reputation

I found this article on CNN’s website: ‘How can small companies make money from social media?’, and it made me start thinking about whether social media is a business for law firms.

I joined LinkedIn and SunZu (f.k.a. Ecademy) back in 2004. I was among the 1st million members of LinkedIn: member number 952,524 in fact!

I now have profiles on Xing, Facebook, Eleqt (f.k.a. Elysiants), Legal360.nl, Martindale-Hubbell Connected and several other sites too. Joining …
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Apr 2010
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