We arrived at the rankings for each category by tallying and combining the votes of the nominees and the Clear Admit staff. Below are the final results of the competition, including the top ten finalists, as well as winners in a handful of more specific categories.

In the interest of time and ease of reading, please hold your applause until all the winners are announced…

Top Ten
1. IDWSJ http://idwsj.wordpress.com/
2. Dennis Jansen http://www.dennis-jansen.com/
3. Huma Rashid http://humarashid.com/
4. TDOT http://www.lawdevnull.com/
5. Ricky Nelson http://legallyquestionablecontent.wordpress.com/
6. Mariel http://freshthoughtsoup.wordpress.com/
7. Cat & SB http://similarlysituated.blogspot.com/
8. Reckless http://lastcallforrecklessness.blogspot.com/
9. I’m Nobody http://butnothanks.blogspot.com/
10. Ivy Lea http://ivy-lea.blogspot.com/

Most Entertaining Applicant Blog
Ricky Nelson

Best School Selection Advice
Ricky Nelson

Best Resource for Applicants
Dennis Jansen

Best Job/Internship Advice
Huma Rashid

Best Representation of Academics
TDOT

Best Representation of Student Life
IDWSJ

Best Single Post
IDWSJ Law School: A Life of 1,000 Acquaintances and One Friend

We’ll be getting in touch with the top-ranked bloggers this week to iron out prize selection and distribution.  IDWSJ will have his pick of either a collection of legal eagle movies or a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate. First and second runners up, Huma and Dennis Jansen, will be awarded $50 Amazon.com gift certificates. Congratulations to all the winners! And, of course, to the entire ‘blawging’ community, nominated or not, without whom the BoB awards would not be possible. We’re looking forward to another great year of content detailing the application process and law school experience – happy reading and writing!

As promised in our April 6th timeline for this year’s BoBs, today is the day we release the 2009-2010 Best of Blogging nominees! For those of you not familiar with the Clear Admit Best of Blogging competition, the goal of this annual event is two-fold.  First, we want to recognize and celebrate the best law school applicant and student blogs covering the 2009-10 admissions cycle/academic year. Equally important is Clear Admit’s commitment to identifying valuable sources of information for the next round of  applicants and students.

The process we used to determine BoB nominees started with considering all FFF-featured blogs.  Looking at originality and relevance of content, as well as total number of posts and overall contribution to the space, we then narrowed the count down to 25 nominees. Whether new to the blog scene or seasoned veterans, focused on providing class descriptions or travel tips, straightlaced students or party animals, all members of this group  have shared something unique about themselves and provided informative and relatable information about the law school experience. And so, without further ado, the nominees are….

1. Danielle http://www.the-4ls-experience.com/
2. Sue Ting http://sueting.wordpress.com/
3. Ricky Nelson http://legallyquestionablecontent.wordpress.com/
4. The Lovely Mrs http://thelovelymrs.blogspot.com/
5. Invisible Man http://invisiblemannakedcity.wordpress.com/
6. Goateed 1L http://goateelaw.blogspot.com/
7. IDWSJ http://idwsj.wordpress.com/
8. Reckless http://lastcallforrecklessness.blogspot.com/
9. Molly http://redonrust.blogspot.com/
10. Cee http://catatonicstormclouds.wordpress.com/
11. Mariel http://freshthoughtsoup.wordpress.com/
12. TDOT http://www.lawdevnull.com/
13. Soleil http://thedivinedetails.wordpress.com/
14. Ivy Lea http://ivy-lea.blogspot.com/
15. Huma Rashid http://humarashid.com/
16. Cat & SB http://similarlysituated.blogspot.com/
17. The Exit http://mylegalfiction.blogspot.com/
18. Dennis Jansen http://www.dennis-jansen.com/
19. (In)Sanity Gal http://sanitysouffle.blogspot.com/
20. I’m Nobody http://butnothanks.blogspot.com/
21. UVA Law Blog http://www.uvalawblog.com/
22. Julie Anne Ines http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/
23. No Reins Girl http://noreinsgirl.wordpress.com/
24. Alex  http://moonshineproject.wordpress.com
25. Laura Bergus http://laurabergus.com/

Congrats to our nominees! The next step is for the nominated bloggers to cast their votes on the overall ranking and a few more focused categories. Ballots will be available early next week, and will be due on Friday, April 30th. We’ll be emailing ballots to nominees with their contact information on their blogs; those who don’t are encouraged to get in touch by sending a note to bob@clearadmit.com.

For more details on the BoBs (prizes, rules, etc), you can read our original post.