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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Updated Toledo Law Review Deans' Symposium article

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For those of you who've been nice enough to give comments on the earlier drafts of my latest (and final) Toledo Law Review Deans' S...
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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Two great lists to watch--thanks to Brian Leiter

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Brian Leiter has pointed us to a list of lateral moves that Dan Filler of Drexel is compiling . (Thanks, Dan, for doing this! Any chance ...

Rapoport's tried-and-true method for learning how to take law school essay exams (with a shout-out to Mary Beth Beazley)

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After way too many years talking with students after they've received their grades (especially first-year students), I started to think ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The SEC's “Bullwinkle” Enforcement and the WABAC Machine

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Peabody’s Improbable History [a regular segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle shows] featured a talking dog genius named Mister Peabody who ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

A shout-out to the wonderful Carol Lam (Stanford Law Class of 1985)

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As I was reading the morning's paper, I noticed this news item: Former CIA Official, Contractor Indicted , along with a picture of U.S...
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Thursday, February 08, 2007

I have seen bad customer service, and I have never seen customer service as bad as that "offered" by McAfee

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I foolishly tried to update my anti-virus software. Because my computer originally came with McAfee , I thought that I'd just update th...
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Jeff Harrison's salary compression question, viewed from the standpoint of shared governance

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In answering Jeff Harrison's question on salary compression with a comment of my own , I realized that I'd answered him from the st...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

OK, OK--you actually can hear it in a lot of places

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Here's more on the issue of starting salaries at large law firms: Jeff Lipshaw, Days of Whine and Roses , or the Strangled Cries of Lawy...

You heard it here: the beginning of the end of law firm "billable hours"-based budgets

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On February 6, the WSJ Law Blog posted this article: Pay Gap: Top Firm Associates Fall Behind Partners . In that post, Jessica Marmor poin...
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Saturday, February 03, 2007

Mimi Swartz's Lone Starlets--a salute to iconic Texas women

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In today's New York Times, Mimi Swartz has a lovely piece ( Lone Starlets ) on the late Molly Ivins, Nellie Connally , and Ann Richar...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

I, Grantmore, feel the rage

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Greetings, Nancy and fellow readers of Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot: Thanks to Nancy for inviting me to contribute to this page. I am espec...

Touching a nerve at The National Jurist?

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I just received an email from National Jurist: As you are already aware, in our latest January issue of The National Jurist, we covered the...
Monday, January 29, 2007

MoneyLaw, Class Bias in Higher Education, and PrivilegeLaw

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Jim Chen , over at MoneyLaw , pointed out Chadsworth Osborne Junior 3d's blog, PrivilegeLaw , the sworn enemy blog of MoneyLaw and Jeff...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

Dance, dance

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Hey Nancy! I had no idea you were just two degrees from some bona fide rock stars . Here's a Fall Out Boy video to show your loyal rea...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Only two degrees to Fall Out Boy....

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Thanks to Alan Childress , of Legal Profession Blog fame (among other things) and his post about my Bacon number , I started thinking about...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Closure (?) on National Jurist article

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After mulling things over, I sent Rebecca Luczycki, Editor in Chief of Cypress Magazines' National Jurist and preLaw publications, an ...
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Monday, January 22, 2007

Closure on SSRN--two comments, and then two new questions

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Thanks, everyone, for weighing in on my questions about SSRN "top 10 downloads" lists . Two of the comments were so good that I wa...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007

A little Ellen Degeneres to start your week out right

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I've been an Ellen Degeneres fan for a long time, and I record her show on M-F. Thanks to two other friends of mine, who happen to shar...

Mary L. Dudziak and the Legal History Blog

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Mary L. Dudziak just posted a comment in response to my post on figuring out SSRN downloads , and I wanted to upgrade her comment to a new p...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Figuring out SSRN downloads--and some questions for everyone

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There's been a lot of recent blogging going on regarding the rankings (see, e.g., MoneyLaw's recent posts here (Jeff Harrison), he...
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