Oyez, oyez, oyez! Chicago Bar-tender hosts casting call!

Three short months ago, I wrote my opening statement on this blog. I didn't know what I was getting into at the time with this crazy thing called ChicagoNow, but it's been an amazing ride--at times fun, at times sad; very real, but also very exciting--and I've learned so much running in and out of the courthouse as your very own Chicago Bar-tender. It's been a pleasure, and with the site launching officially this week, the party at ChicagoNow is just getting started.

So it's with some regret that I announce I'm passing on the gavel to someone else.

I'm moving out west for a while to work with Mother Jones--a terrifically spunky investigative magazine that publishes nationally but is based in San Francisco. Check it out, because if you haven't heard of it, my friends, you have been missing out in a major way. Read a little, and I guarantee you will fall in love and potentially never consume high-fructose corn syrup again.

But in any case, all you aspiring law bloggers out there, here's your big chance. Think you can fill my little high-heeled shoes with your own legal savvy and snark? Great. ChicagoNow is looking for my replacement, and you can tell us all about why you'd be perfect.

So if you've got an existing blog, perhaps, or some lively writing samples, or even just a huge crush on Sonia Sotomayor and enough material to blog about it every day, a few times a day, send it in to staff (at) chicagonow (dot) com.

And finally, a few notes from your lame-duck blogger:

Send your stuff in fast. In fact, send it in now. We don't mosey around over here.
Please do have more than just a huge crush on Sonia Sotomayor, because I think that is pretty much all of us (minus the haters of public housing).
Be advised not to bring forks into the Daley Center, unless you are prepared to flash coy smiles in an effort to save your silverware.
Do not be alarmed if in the press room, while flipping through court cases, you hear inappropriate whistling noises from time to time. That's just the Reuters guy's ring tone.
Good luck. Have fun. I'll be following (and lame-duck blogging for the next few weeks, no worries).