Welcome to our new place. It’s not quite finished yet, but most of the important stuff is here. Pull up a pew, grab a beer (or three) and join in the conversation.
We’re both lawyers and long-time bloggers. We came together in May, 2008 with a plan to do something a bit interesting on the writing front, and to try out some new ideas. Feel free to wander around and enjoy what we’ve got on offer.
skepticlawyer is Helen Dale
I’m currently reading for the BCL/MPhil at Oxford University, with an emphasis on jurisprudence (although my coursework interests are all over the place - everything from evidence to criminology to constitutional law).
I started my blogging life at Thoughts on Freedom, the Australian Libertarian Society blog, and then wrote for Catallaxy, one of Australia’s bigger political blogs. I’ve also had a hand in preparing Missing Link over at Club Troppo. Despite all sorts of rash promises, I’ve only ever blogged at large group blogs where other people (thanks to Jason Soon and Sukrit Sabhlok) have had to do all the difficult stuff.
I’ve also written a novel and done opinion-editorial hackwork, but these days lawyering takes up most of my time.
Legal Eagle
I am a lawyer, part-time academic and PhD student. I’m passionate about the law (nerdy but true). I think that the resulting trust can be a beautiful thing.
I am a wife and a mother of one daughter. I live in Melbourne, Australia. I like to draw and create art in my spare time.
I like to keep an open mind and I read blogs with many different viewpoints. I have included links to many different types of blog (legal “blawgs”, personal blogs, political blogs of all stripes). Like skepticlawyer, I’ve also had a hand in Club Troppo’s Missing Link, although I’ve always run my own blogs in my own way.
If you want to know what makes me tick, you can read about “my very own wing” here.