Earlier this year, I got an alert that my name was mentioned on a website and app called Fishbowl, which I hadn’t heard of before. Someone posted that I was the worst writer on Above the Law (with a fifth-grade proficiency), and a bunch of people wrote responses agreeing with the original poster or voicing support for the opinions expressed in my articles. Let me conclude that argument by saying that I am definitely the worst writer at Above the Law (but I think my articles are at least at a sixth-grade level!). However, participating in the exchange, and reading all of the comments people wrote, introduced me to Fishbowl and all of the benefits that app and website can have on the legal profession.
Let me first say that if people want to gripe about happenings at their law firms or other legal workplaces, and the matter is newsworthy, they should email Above the Law at tips@abovethelaw.com. Above the Law has a much wider audience than a discussion board can ever have, and this website with all of its commentary and curation may have a larger impact than an anonymous forum. However, for smaller matters, there is real value to voicing concerns about the happenings of workplaces, asking for advice, and just participating in online discussions about a profession without revealing one’s identity.
