Yet another indicator that podcasting is (quickly) spreading its wings into non-technical arenas, Law.com’s Legal Technology section called 2005: Year of the Podcast.

Legal professionals now can find a range of high quality podcasts on a variety of topics. This column reviews 10 of them, but it is not a 10-best list. My purpose is to show a cross section of the podcasts being produced for and by lawyers. These 10 share the characteristics of quality and consistency, but there are other law-related podcasts out there equally deserving of your ear.

Even non-lawyers should check out the 10 podcasts reviewed, if only to experience a genre of podcasting that is unlike anything you’re used to. Some of them are aimed not just at other lawyers, like The Debt Podcast, which is a “series of podcasts aimed at helping debtors get back on their feet.”

Exciting to see lawyers using such an effective medium to communicate with citizens, potential clients and others in their community.

(Kevin O’Keefe (of LexBlog) and I wrote an article Podcasting for Marketing, for the Professional Marketing magazine, published in November 2005. Currently, there is not an online version available.)