Thursday, June 30, 2011

A salute to Robert Gates and a diatribe against the U.S. Postal Service--and why the two are linked.

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Kevin Ferris wrote a lovely piece about departing defense secretary Robert Gates ( here ), who has served honorably in his position, puttin...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Why I need to get a speaking gig in Belfast.

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See here .
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Fun with professional responsibility.

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One of my favorite students at Boyd, Jason Lather, has alerted me to this story about a newbie lawyer who took on way, way too much:  here ....
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sports trivia question.

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Can you name any of the 17 schools with ZERO major NCAA violations in any sport since 1953, when the NCAA started keeping track? Any of th...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

For those of you who want some LexisNexis materials....

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LexisNexis has graciously offered to give my readers a 20% discount if they order by clicking through my blog.  I don't get a dime for t...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

USNWR likely to change its rankings methodology for placement.

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Hat tip to TaxProf Blog , with this post ( here ). I'm obviously no fan of the rankings or how law schools use them as a measure of qu...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

An incredibly sensible post about billable hours and the reason(s) behind billing clients that way.

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See here .
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Why I love bankruptcy judges, part n.

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See here .
Monday, June 13, 2011

Joe Nocera's right about the opposition to Elizabeth Warren.

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See here .
Saturday, June 04, 2011

Watching STS-134 still brings tears to my eyes.

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See here and here , with the links provided by our buddy Randy Morgan (that'd be our friend who is a real rocket scientist). Watching...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Why boards need me (or someone like me).

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In memoriam: two of our favorite people.

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Both served our country with honor:  Ron Bliss and Joe Reynolds .  Always in our hearts.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Few things in life are as satisfying as watching a former student soar.

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Scott Unger (former student and a long-time friend) just published this ( here ).  Scott's a wonderful litigator and, just as important...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

I love NASA.

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I still remember when we went to see the shuttle liftoff with our friends Randy and Cathleen.  So when I read this essay ( here ) in the Wal...
Friday, May 06, 2011

Chicken, meet egg.

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The ABA Journal is reporting ( here ) USNWR's reaction to being blamed , at least in part, for the frenzy to buy high UGPA and LSAT sc...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

A very happy mention of my buddy David Polyansky in the L.A. Times

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See here , especially the last few lines.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Seriously?

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I'm always disappointed when law students go ballistic over a downward move in the USNWR rankings (see, e.g., here , discussing Emory...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

More useful info on our propensity for cognitive errors.

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In today's New York Times ( here ).
Saturday, April 16, 2011

OK, the video is fake--but it's still funny.

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See here .
Friday, April 15, 2011

Welcome back to Stanford, Bob Gordon!

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Brian Leiter breaks the news here .  Bob was one of my professors, and it's nice to hear that he's coming home.