A quote from this enjoyable WSJ article–After (Billable) Hours–about lawyers who blog:
Are all lawyers secret bloggers, frustrated writers or both? More important, should they keep their day jobs?. . . According to a survey conducted by blogads.com, lawyers ranked fourth among both readers and posters to blogs. Many of the best-known blogs, such as InstaPundit.com, are run by lawyers. It’s easy to understand why blogging attracts the J.D. set: Few professions combine as much creative talent with so much mind-numbing work . . .
In the dark hours, writing seems like a natural escape. It’s what most lawyers do (when they’re not reviewing documents), and though blogging is very different from drafting a prospectus, it’s close enough to fool many lawyers into trading one form of verbiage for another. Writing a blog can also be done in secret, on your own time (or during office hours if you’re careful), and it is potentially lucrative (if you can get some ads or make a name for yourself). For many lawyers, writing is also their true love, a dream they had before financial concerns and parental pressure drove them into drudgery. . .
(Hat Tip: Tax Prof Blog)