Thursday, January 30, 2014

Dear law review editors everywhere--a few words of advice.

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I'm in the process of reading page proofs from two different journals, both involving symposia, and I want to explain why one journal di...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Check out the cool stuff that my buddy Marketa Trimble has been doing as an IP scholar!

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See here and here .  Brava, Marketa !!!!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Post Office website glitches continue.

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Dear Post Office:  What a clever way to get people to buy stamps at the increased price!  Refusing to let us "select format" rea...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

Our newest book just got cited.

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Our Law Firm Job Survival Manual just got cited in an article .  Thanks, Prof. David Grenardo !
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Post on Law Firm Job Survival Manual blog on cognitive biases.

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We combined four different pieces (three from the Financial Times and one from TaxProf Blog) that relate to cognitive biases and the immens...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Shameless self-promotion--ABA Webinar edition....

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See here .  Ever since Enron fell, I've been fascinated with the issue of why people do, well, what they do.  This webinar is an offshoo...
Monday, January 06, 2014

Good practice pointers from Bankruptcy Judge Michael Williamson.

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Here , courtesy of the NACTT.
Thursday, January 02, 2014

In addition to taking UNLV's president as its president, UNT is bringing aboard some pretty high-powered faculty members to its law school..

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See here .  I've known David Epstein a long time and have enjoyed his BAR/BRI lectures (in my apparent quest to make multijurisdictional...
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Friday, December 27, 2013

A timeless essay on writing by George Orwell.

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Here .  It's just marvelous.
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Bravo to each university on this list.

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Here .  And here's an opinion piece worth reading.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Long overdue but very happy news.

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Alan Turing has finally been given a posthumous pardon ( here ).  Too many wonderful people have been punished for being gay--just for BEING...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Bravo, Brandeis and Penn State Harrisburg!

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Both universities said no to the boycott ( here ). 
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Bravo, Michael Roth (President of Wesleyan U)!

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For his response to the American Studies boycott of Israeli universities ( here ).

Bravo, Robert Brown (President of BU)!

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For his response to the American Studies boycott ( here ). 
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Bravo, Jonathan Marks!

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His take on the ridiculous American Studies Association boycott of Israel ( here ).  Where is the American Studies Association's boycott...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Bravo, Larry Summers!

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For speaking up about the academic boycott of Israel ( here ).
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Something funny, on this eve before grading exams.

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From the NYT ( here ). 
Thursday, December 05, 2013

Boyd School of Law's upcoming Conference on Psychology and Lawyering is coming up early next year.

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Info here .  Should be excellent.
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

A feel-good donation opportunity for you from The Bloggess.

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See here .
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Really? An academic boycott of Israel? Why the leaders of the American Studies Association are misguided.

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Here's the news story.  Rather than either (1) trying to learn about the nuances of what's going on in the Middle East or (2) tryin...