The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy
Type of site
Legal blog
Available inEnglish
Created byEugene Volokh
ParentReason magazine
URLreason.com/volokh
RegistrationNone
LaunchedApril 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04)

The Volokh Conspiracy (/ˈvɑːlək/ VOL-ik)[1][2] is a legal blog co-founded in 2002 by law professor Eugene Volokh, covering legal and political issues from an ideological orientation it describes as "generally libertarian, conservative, centrist, or some mixture of these."[3] It is one of the most widely read and cited legal blogs in the United States. The blog is written by legal scholars and provides discussion on complex court decisions.

In January 2014, The Volokh Conspiracy migrated to The Washington Post,[4] with Volokh retaining full editorial control over its content.[5] After June 2014, the blog was behind a paywall.[4] In 2017, the blog moved to Reason. Volokh cited his principal reason for the move was to “be freely available to the broadest range of readers” and to have more editorial independence.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Pronouncing 'Volokh'". The Volokh Conspiracy. May 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Sasha Volokh (July 20, 2016). "I'm finally attacked by name on the floor of the Senate". The Volokh Conspiracy. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2016. [S]he pauses for a second or two in her notes, carefully considering how to pronounce my last name before settling on [ˈvoʊlɒk] (rhymes with 'bow lock') – I don't object to that pronunciation, even though we use [ˈvɑːlək] (rhymes with 'frolic') and the Russian pronunciation is [ˈvoləx]
  3. ^ "The Volokh Conspiracy: About". Volokh Conspiracy. Archived from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Mui, Sarah (January 24, 2014). "Volokh Conspiracy blog now subject to Washington Post's paywall Can lawyers use dynamic pricing?". ABA Journal. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Eugene Volokh (January 21, 2014). "In Brazil, you can always find the Amazon – in America, the Amazon finds you". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  6. ^ McKenzie, Lindsay (January 18, 2018). "How academic blog 'Monkey Cage' became part of the mainstream media". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  7. ^ Volokh, Eugene (December 13, 2017). "Our Move to (Paywall-free!) Reason from The Washington Post". The Volokh Conspiracy. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.