Today marks a small but meaningful milestone for The Legal Examiner and the broader open publishing ecosystem we’re building. The post you’re reading right now didn’t just go live here — it was automatically published to my personal Attorney Hub at NickCarroll.com.
Why? Because lawyers, legal professionals, and contributors deserve tools that don’t trap their work inside a single platform.
The Problem We’re Solving
When attorneys and experts write for a network like The Legal Examiner, their insights often live only inside that network. Their posts may get attention, but their long-term value — as part of a professional portfolio or digital identity — can be lost.
We want to fix that.
An Attorney Hub is a personal Ghost site that you fully control. It serves as:
- Your home base for publishing and reputation building.
- A credential hub tied to the Open Legal Publishing Network (OLPN).
- A space where every article you publish can be owned by you and linked to your verified identity.
By connecting The Legal Examiner to your Attorney Hub, your work becomes portable and future-proof.
How This Connection Works
This post is both an announcement and a demonstration.
Here’s what happened under the hood when I hit “Publish”:
- I published this article here on The Legal Examiner (beta).
- Our new automation caught the event using Ghost’s Admin API.
- The post was instantly cross-posted to NickCarroll.com with a special
tletag. - The version on NickCarroll.com includes a canonical link back to this original post.
It’s seamless, fast, and completely transparent to readers.
This same flow will be available to any TLE contributor who also runs an Attorney Hub. Imagine publishing once, but maintaining:
- Your personal archive
- Your professional online presence
- Your verified identity and credentials
—all without extra effort.
Why This Matters
The legal world is changing. Courts, regulators, and the public are relying more on digital content and searchable expertise. By giving legal professionals tools to own their content and prove its authenticity, we’re laying the groundwork for:
- Better trust in online legal publishing.
- SEO and discoverability that benefits both contributors and the network.
- A sustainable model where individual voices and a shared platform grow together.
What’s Next
This is just step one. In the coming weeks, we’ll:
- Expand this cross-posting feature to beta testers.
- Add credential verification, so posts published to Attorney Hubs can carry verifiable proof of authorship.
- Build integrations with other open platforms, making your professional voice portable across the Fediverse and beyond.
In other words, this post isn’t just an update — it’s proof of concept.
From this moment forward, contributors won’t just be publishing to The Legal Examiner. They’ll be publishing through it, to their own digital homes, where their ideas and reputations can grow indefinitely.
If you’re a TLE contributor interested in setting up your own Attorney Hub, reach out. The future of legal publishing is open, portable, and starting right here.
Update: v1.3 - Repost
Originally published at The Legal Examiner.
