Wednesday, July 30, 2008

A little bit of Enron justice

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According to this morning's news (see here ), Lou Pai will pay $31.5 million to settle alleged insider trading charges.  Considering th...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Another "must read" by Bill Henderson

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Cross-posted over at Legal Profession Blog ( here ) and at Empirical Legal Studies Blog ( here ), on how most law firms misapply the " ...
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In memoriam: Randy Pausch

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Never met him, of course, but his last lecture ( here ) and his book, T he Last Lecture (with Jeffrey Zaslow) ( here ) really touched me.  M...
Friday, July 25, 2008

Fun visuals for the weekend

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Some fun visuals for the weekend: 1. As the time for fall semester marches inexorably closer: here . 2. Proving that I'm right about ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Thank you, Dean Gary Simson of Case Western!

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According to this morning's WSJ Law Blog ( here ), Dean Gary J. Simson of Case Western's law school has suggested that deans say ...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

But wait! There's more! Bill Henderson gives us some data on the PT loophole issue

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See Bill's post ( here ) over at Empirical Legal Studies .  Well done, Bill!
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Just in case anyone missed TaxProf Blog recently....

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Paul Caron's TaxProf Blog compiled some of Jason Solomon's  very thoughtful posts on PrawfsBlog ( here's the compilation at T...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Tail wags dog so furiously that dog falls off, leaving only tail

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I was reading today's TaxProf Blog , as I do every morning, when I came across this post ( here ), in which Paul Caron pointed to a NLJ...
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

Also in this month's ABA Journal, more on flat fees for legal work

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I'm telling you (again):  billable hours aren't going to be the future of the legal world forever.  See here .

Arnold Peter is featured in this month's ABA Journal

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Arnold Peter, one of my all-time favorite lawyers, is featured in this month's ABA Journal ( here ).  Arnold's a founding partner o...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

More on how to study for the bar exam

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Ilya Somin's updated his post ( here ), and I agree with some of his points: (1) figure out your own, best way of studying and key you...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Volokh Conspiracy's Post on Reducing the Pain of Taking the Bar Exam

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One of our own law students directed me to Ilya Somin's post ( here ) on the Volokh Conspiracy blog , never a boring blog. Prof. Som...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Thomas Sowell on college rankings

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Loved Thomas Sowell 's take on the rankings, including his reasons for disparaging USNWR's rankings ( here ).  In his column, Dr. S...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Dave Van Zandt does it again--Northwestern Law to offer the option of an accelerated two-year law degree

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Dave Van Zandt , one of the true visionary law deans, has announced that Northwestern Law will  offer an option for a two-year law degree (s...

More about the local lawyer who did the right thing

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When I blogged about Louis Schneider ( here ), I didn't know he was a graduate of the William S. Boyd School of Law . Now our law scho...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

I can't remember which comedian has a routine about this....

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It may be Patton Oswalt .  But a real-life version of someone's bit happened to me over the last few days.  I've been getting text ...

Update on capital case involving alleged judge/prosecutor affair

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Yesterday's scheduled execution was stayed (see here , with some great commentary by my friend Larry Fox ), but the fight to do the rig...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Outrageous! In what world is it ok for a judge and a prosecutor to sleep together while working on the same case?

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Charles Hood is scheduled to be executed tonight at 6pm Texas time. According to the New York Times ( here ) and ABC-TV ( here ), Hood has ...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Local lawyer does the right thing

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After a lawyer misappropriated more than $200K from her firm's client trust account (an act for which she was later suspended from the ...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Brian Leiter is becoming one of my go-to bloggers for problems w/the USNWR rankings

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As I sit in the Phoenix airport, grateful for the free wireless, I've been browsing my favorite blogs, and I always read Brian's pos...