The Indiana Law Blog: RIP?
As I noted on April 21st, Marcia Oddi has announced her intention to shut down the Indiana Law Blog as of the end of April. The termination of such a remarkable personal endeavor demands due respect, so I will not focus on my personal loss of a key source of information that I have come to rely on in my job. Rather I would like to salute Marcia for three years of hard work and high standards of production.
However, if you are an attorney, law professor, interested citizen, the passing of the Indiana Law Blog leaves a big hole in the quality coverage of legal developments in this state, so I would like to join Ed Feigenbaum, of the Indiana Daily Insight, with a call for a last ditch effort to prevent this loss:
This is probably a superb opportunity for a law firm to step up to the plate with a sponsorship of the Indiana Law Blog site — you should get some great payback in addition to earning the thanks of others in the legal, business, and political community for keeping the site updated.
If you or your firm are interested, we encourage you to contact Marcia directly through the blog, or we can put you in touch with her.
We’ve never made such a plea for sponsorship for ourselves or others, so you can understand how important we believe it is to keep the Indiana Law Blog active. Thanks for your consideration!
Marcia is already taking stock, thanking friends and getting ready to move on. If you, like I, appreciate Marcia work, first, thank her for her service, but I would encourage you to go one step further and follow my lead: Marcia, I will pledge a monthly payment to keep you going. Obviously, one person cannot provide enough support to keep Marcia supported, but maybe if enough of us are willing, we can.
