Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bill Henderson is right--again.

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See his latest op-ed on the changes in law practice economics and business models here .
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Some thoughts on reasonable attorney fees.

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The juxtaposition of two articles this morning caught my eye.  This morning's Wall Street Journal's article , The Law Firm Business...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Remembering Ron Bliss.

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On this Memorial Day, we all have particular people we remember .  Jeff and I remember Ron Bliss , as well as other friends who served.  W...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

An important opinion piece for Memorial Day.

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Tom Manion's piece in the Wall Street Journal ( here ) is exceptionally moving, and it's a must-read for Memorial Day. We quite l...

A new chapter.

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Yesterday afternoon, UNLV's President announced that John White, our law school's dean, would be UNLV's next provost.  We will b...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Funny column to start the week.

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From today's WSJ ( here ).
Sunday, May 06, 2012

Grab-bag of great essays.

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See Augusten Burroughs's WSJ piece, How to Live Unhappily Ever After ( here ); this one on When the Troops Were Very Young ( here ); ...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Woof out for Kaitlin!

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Our friends Tommy and Dee-Dee have a wonderful granddaughter named Kaitlin.  Kaitlin is facing a serious medical condition with grace and br...
Monday, April 30, 2012

R.I.P., Judge Paskay.

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A remarkable man .  I'll miss him. 
Friday, April 27, 2012

Do I really expect some law schools to close in the next few years? Yes. Yes, I do.

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In this cross-post on our Law School Survival Manual blog , I attempt to clarify that--although the ability to discharge student loans in b...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Probably not a relative,* but a really cool guy. RIP, Bernard Rapoport.

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Here's the New York Times obituary of Bernard Rapoport. *Of course, theoretically, all Rapoports are related....
Monday, April 23, 2012

Congrats to my buddy Sherri Wattenbarger!

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

This article tickled the heck out of me.

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Especially the observations about academia--see here .
Friday, April 13, 2012

More shameless self-promotion: my article on fees in chapter 11 cases is out.

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You can download it here .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

I loved the blog The Legal Whiteboard even before . . .

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Jeff Lipshaw so kindly posted about my latest piece ( here ).  Thanks, Jeff!

Shameless self-promotion: my most recent article about legal education.

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Available at SSRN ( here ).
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Titanic.

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It will be 100 years ago this coming weekend, and there are so many news stories about Titanic that I hardly know where to begin.  But we c...
Sunday, April 08, 2012

Wow.

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Hear the interview of a Titanic survivor here .
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

R.I.P. Gary Hartman

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I just heard about Gary Hartman's passing ( here ) and my heart goes out to Susan and the rest of his family and friends.  Gary was on...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Blaming the wrong person.

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As I'm reading this story , I'm getting deja vu .  Some students at U Conn's law school somehow believe that the soon-to-be-form...