Sunday, January 31, 2010

Roger Williams University's latest study of faculty productivity outside the USNWR top "40"

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See here for the whole study.  My favorite part is reproduced below (hat tip to Brian Leiter and to Paul Caron ) : THE TOP 40 SCHOOLS [AF...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

New fun blog: Mark Osler's blog

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I was visiting w/Mark recently, and he reminded me about his blog ( here ), which I've been enjoying.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Liz Warren's coolest moment ever (and she's had a ton already)!

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See Liz Warren on -- wait for it!-- The Daily Show ( here ). Best explanation of what went wrong with our financial system and how to fix ...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Hellooooooo, Disney Board--you need me!

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This article in today's Wall Street Journal ( here ) proves it.
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Richard Thaler's mortgage proposal--it makes sense!

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Here's Richard Thaler 's mortgage proposal in today's New York Times ( here ). Reminds me of another good mortgage proposal ( ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Great law firm ads

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Bravo to the law firm of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman for these ads ( here and here ), which are funny as all get-out and ethical. Hat t...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Rachel Anderson's post over at The Conglomerate on advice for newly hired beginning law professors....

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Her very useful post is here . To her advice, I'd only add one thing: if salary's non-negotiable, often some other perks are (e.g....

Meditation on the first day of spring semester classes--and an idea for our dysfunctional Congress

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It's the first day of Spring Semester, and I'm going to meet my Contracts students for the first time this afternoon. Aside from the...
Monday, January 18, 2010

My buddy Rachel Anderson's guest-blogging over at The Conglomerate!

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See her first post here . Yay, Rachel!
Friday, January 15, 2010

Hat tip to my buddy Kathleen Lyon for finding this gem!

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See here on writing. Thanks, KEL!
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Sharon Davies has a great new book out (Oxford U. Press)!

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One of the best things about the AALS Annual Meeting is getting to see old friends, and when I ran into Sharon Davies last week, her new bo...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

More foolishness coming about because of the USNWR rankings

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This story's been brewing for a while now: the rankings are costing law students in terms of higher tuition. See this link from the Ta...

Great questions to ask the bankers

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See Andrew Ross Sorkin 's New York Times column, What the Financial Crisis Commission Should Ask , here .

Former UNLV-Boyd Prof gets national acclaim--BRAVO, PAVEL!

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See the post on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog here . Bravo, Pavel--now everyone can find out how great you are!
Friday, January 08, 2010

Andy Winchell wins PR link of the week!

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Andy beat me to the punch by announcing our ABI Annual Spring Meeting panel on lawyering with the new social networking tools--see here . ...
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Thursday, January 07, 2010

My newest guilty pleasure: Female Science Professor Blog

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See here . I stumbled upon this blog thanks to an article that Female Science Professor wrote for the Chronicle of Higher Education, here ....
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Calling all Mac users--any idea what this means?

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I've gotten these files before. Can't get rid of them; don't know what causes them. But when I brought this problem to the App...
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For those writers with spelling "issues"

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See this . Hat tip to my buddy Scott Chase for sending it to me.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A true leadership opportunity for our government.

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As we've all recognized, the system failed (see this editorial from today's New York Times , here ). Here's what I think should...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Watch Jeff & Priscila on this LVAC webpage.

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Jeff Monroe (our personal trainer) and his wife, Priscila Monroe, are two of our favorite people. If you're ever just feeling blue, j...