Friday, April 24, 2015

Want to change a student's life?

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One way to do it is to fund awards like this one , this one , or this one .

Most of us know people who have or had struggled with cancer.

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And this book is one such journey (with a very happy ending):  all of us who know Geoff and Autumn Berman were pulling for them as Geoff be...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

R.I.P., Betty Willis.

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An icon who created icons .
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Impressive op-ed from the FBI Director.

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He's right.  See here .
Monday, April 13, 2015

Man, I wish I could go to this conference....

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The 15 th   annual workshop on Conducting Empirical Legal Scholarship, co-taught by Lee Epstein and Andrew D. Martin, will run from   June ...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Aha! A new problem w/Congressional politics--or is it? (UPDATE)

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I like what Congressman Crescent Hardy is saying about Yucca Mountain ("let's explore if there's any scenario in which having...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Another news clip about my talk(s) in Bogota.

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Here , and here's the original post .  I'm still just amazed that I was asked to speak, and I'm so grateful to Superintendent Re...

Congrats to Randy Gordon and Maks Del Mar!

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Maks's new book (co-edited with William Twining), which has an essay by my buddy Randy Gordon in it.  You can get the book here .
Friday, March 13, 2015

Bravo to Steve Lubet for keeping this UCLA story front and center.

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Hat tip to the Faculty Lounge for this post .
Thursday, March 12, 2015

One of the best days of my life--my trip to Bogotá.

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Two days ago, I had the great honor of giving two talks on behalf of the Superintendencia de Sociedades in Bogotá (more info about the talk...
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Friday, March 06, 2015

A few UCLA undergraduates have hit an all-time low.

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Steve Lubet's Faculty Lounge post on the issue is here .
Thursday, March 05, 2015

Brava, Jean Sternlight!

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My wonderful colleague Jean Sternlight just won a prestigious award from the ABA (see here ).  Brava, Jean!
Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Jim Thomson and Jesse Sussell have done an interesting new study on Congress's increasing polarization.

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I'm lucky enough to be able to claim Jim as a colleague here at UNLV --and he's marvelous.  Check out his bio, which only scratches ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Passing of a legal ethics giant: Monroe Freedman.

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What an amazing person.  Hat tip to The Faculty Lounge for this sad but important news.
Friday, February 20, 2015

It's exciting to see something on my fees wishlist become a reality.

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I've written about developing behavioral prompts to encourage lawyers to bill timely and accurately , and LinkedIn just pointed me to an...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Best line in today's NYT op-ed about the value of college.

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The op-ed is here .  And my favorite bit? That brought [Professor] Hall to her own answer about college’s mission: “It is for developing t...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

R.I.P, Marvin Chirelstein.

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Just heard the sad news .  Marvin Chirelstein made Federal Income Tax comprehensible for me when I was a lost law student, trying to figure ...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

More Enron-ization of rankings.

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As TaxProf Blog reports ( here ), UMKC has had an outside audit ( here ) to uncover rankings shenanigans.  What should we learn from example...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Chilling series, but important to read.

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So grateful to CNN for this particular series .

Why Lucy Kellaway rocks, part n.

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Here .