Saturday, March 30, 2013

It's more telling when someone who's been a partner at a major law firm complains about the billable hour than when an academic does it.

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In yesterday's New York Times, Steven Harper made some very good points about billable hours ( here ) in light of the DLA Piper fee li...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

UPDATE: Bad customer service at Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria.

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I stayed at the Sheraton Suites Old Town Alexandria this weekend, and let's just say that I'm more than disappointed.  I can live w/...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Best diagram ever, when it comes to law school administrations.

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See here .  Well done, Jeffrey Harrison !
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Oh, come on (with an update to a really good article about the rankings).

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The students at the law schools that are calling for their deans to get fired due to changes in their USNWR ranks (see here ) are exhibitin...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

All is right with the world this morning.

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I'm going to get my Twinkies back.  See here .
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

A template for law schools' press releases, now that the USNWR rankings are in.

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Well, the rankings are out, and the annual "let's figure out what to say in our press release" dilemma begins.  Here's a t...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Darn it! I missed National Grammar Day.

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Yep:  apparently March 4 is National Grammar Day .  I missed it, but I sure love these two posts:  here and here .  I am someone who surre...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

My home town is being threatened by some wrong-headed people.

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See here .  I'm not saying that Orange was Nirvana when I was growing up.  After all, it's located near Vidor, a hamlet that held it...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Rutgers-Newark's law dean is right (updated).

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Dean John Farmer came up with a nifty idea that he puts forth in today's New York Times ( here ):  have new law grads become apprentic...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Yeah, thanks a lot, Dallas Morning News.

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The Dallas Morning News's article this morning about SMU Law Dean John Attanasio contains at least one whopper:  "In 2006, Univer...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Newsflash: A Disney fanatic can detest the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland.

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We had some serious problems with the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland, and we wrote to Disney's Customer Service Department on Sun...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Happy Twinkie news....

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See here and here .  I'm looking forward to being reunited with my favorite guilty pleasure.

Dinosaur or phoenix?

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There have been numerous stories about outsourcing in law practice (for example, here ), and lately, I've been reading about outsourcing...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

Rats. I hate reading about stupid Marines.

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I love my Marine Corps.  (And I love my hubby, brother-in-law, father-in-law, and friends who have served.)  So it bothers me when I read op...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

One of my former Contracts students found this great link.

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If you've missed it, enjoy the contract interpretation of Bilbo's contract here .
Friday, January 18, 2013

Let's take this two-year/three-year law school proposal a step further.

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Today's New York Times has an op-ed by Dan Rodriguez and Samuel Estreicher suggesting that the third year of law school could be opti...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Congrats to Sherri Wattenbarger!

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Sherri , who is a trial attorney for the USTP in Kansas City, MO, received the U.S. Attorney General’s Community Service A...
Sunday, January 06, 2013

You can only call it a "genius bar" if the people doing repairs are actually thinking: UPDATE.

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Normally, I love Apple Computers.  Love the products.  Love the service.  But not this time. 1/2/13:  Brought in my MacBook Pro to the App...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Dear Godiva Chocolates: No, you're actually not passionate about customer service.

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Dear Godiva: Here's what your website says about customer service : Customer Assistance We are as passionat...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

OK, that expensive book might not be a "must-read," but this one's really intriguing...

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See here .  The book'll be out on Amazon and Kindle in the not-too-distant-future.  I read it in one sitting and had a blast.