Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Am I a bit OCD about writing? Why, yes. Yes, I am.

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Proof?  My latest proofreading affidavit for my students ( here ).
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Dear Apple: fool me once, shame on you; fool me EIGHT TIMES, shame on me.

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I give up.  I have owned eight of your Airport Time Machines.  Eight.  And the number of them that have failed catastrophically?  EIGHT, inc...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Bravo, Steven Lubet!

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His post over at The Faculty Lounge is superb in its dissection of the Salaita issues.  My only tiny quibble is that I'm totally ok wi...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Academic freedom for folks who don't yet have jobs at an institution.

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I've been reading the back-and-forth on Professor Steven Salaita , and I've just finished reading a piece on David Frakt in The Atla...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Thanks, Above the Law, for the shout-out!

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We were tickled pink to see this mention of our Law School Survival Manual today (check under "Books"). 
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Best parody EVER.

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Here .
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Shameless self-promotion, part n.

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We're touting our book, Law Firm Job Survival Manual , as part of this interview ( here ).
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

One of many reasons that I like Mark Yudof.

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Here .
Friday, June 27, 2014

My article on incentives and default rules in law firms is out at last!

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See here .
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

LexisNexis must not want me to use its services.

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I have changed my password seven times in two days.  It doesn't matter what password I use--LexisNexis will not let me log in.  I give u...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Um, not a great group to have as "friends"....

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See here .
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Leave it to TaxProf Blog to show that law profs can be cool. Or at least funny.

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Here .  Seriously, this video is worth watching.  ROFL.
Monday, June 09, 2014

OK, it's throwback MONDAY today.

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I was talking about the Rice T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project with some colleagues today and thought I'd share it with all of you.  My favorite...
Sunday, June 08, 2014

Two of my newest favorite things, both from my buddy Walter Effross.

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Walter always finds me interesting and valuable things to read (and now I can thank you publicly, Walter!)--and here are two of my favorite...
Friday, June 06, 2014

Shame on you, anonymous commenters.

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I read Above the Law pretty regularly, and I have to say that I'm saddened by the tenor of the comments overall.  I know that the comme...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

R.I.P., Bob Faiss.

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See here , here , here , and here .  Bob was a giant in his field and a true gentleman.  I will miss him.
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Bravo, Mayor (well, former mayor) Bloomberg--well done!

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This whole idea of students protesting commencement speakers because they don't like the proposed speakers' politics bothers me, whi...
Thursday, May 29, 2014

Airline inconvenience insurance? Count me in.

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The Wall Street Journal gave me the heads-up on this new insurance ( here ). I can't find the insurance on the company's website y...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

I can't decide if this story is more ridiculous or horrifying.

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I was going to make some flip remark about the events reported in this story , like how I'm too busy controlling the banks and Hollywood...

Life lessons for all of us--from the Navy SEALS and TaxProf Blog.

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See here .  Worth reading all the way through.