Archive for September, 2006
Observation on Socratic Method
Jo and I grew up in the Presque Isle, Maine. I was in her sister’s class, which meant I was way too cool to talk to her back then, but I’m not above checking out her blog every now and again, especially since she just started law school in Boston. I couldn’t resist linking up […]
Houston’s Joseph Sanders blogging at Law & Science Blog
As noted by fellow UHLC 06E & blogger Andrew Smith, University of Houston Law Professor Joseph Sanders is blogging over at The Law Professors Blog Network Science & Law Blog
Steve Levitt Outs His Daughter
I’m a big Steve Levitt fan, but this post was cold.
After going through the package, I pulled my two oldest daughters aside (they are six) and told them they were not allowed to ever have a boyfriend with the middle name “Wayne.” Olivia, who is obsessed with a boy named Thomas in her […]
Dave discovers the Library
I ran into Houstonian D at the library. Apparently he discovered they have books there. He was pretty excited about it.
1.2 Million Awarded to Houston Legal Aid Groups
Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation has awarded 1.2 million to various Hosuton Legal Aid Groups.
The following Houston-based groups will receive grants: Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse ($295,870), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston ($145,652), Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program ($265,754), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ($167,579), South Texas College […]
More on Marshall, Texas, U.S. Patent Litigation Capital
NY Times So Small a Town, So Many Patent Suits
More patent lawsuits will be filed here this year than in federal district courts in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Washington. Only the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, will handle more patent infringement cases.
Wikipedia and the Law
Wikipedia is a remarkably useful resource for law students to provide an overview and explanation of things. Here’s a few posts worth checking out - Torts, a fairly complete list of latin phrases with explanations and an overview of evidence that’s been helping me make sense of mock trial practice.
On Life as an Evening Law Student
Student-writer Michael Wright had an interesting article in Legalese that’s worth dwelling on. In “Over-abundance of night classes can be inconvenient, troublesome for full-time students” (.pdf, p. 4) Wright notes that the scheduling of classes favors evening students over full-time (day) students. My favorite line is from the end -
The knowledge that administration and faculty […]
Student Organization advocates oral technique
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Our Advocates Rep. poses in an appropriately shameful manner with the official Advocates t-shirt, as tasteless as it is funny.
The Advocates is an organization open to all law students, formed to promote the art of oral and written advocacy through intramural competition and training.
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter to speak at University of Houston Oct. 4th
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter will be delivering a lecture “Justice and the Legal System: Where Do We Go from Here?” at the University of Houston Cullen Performance Hall on October 4th, 7pm. The event is free and open to the public.
Carter’s life has been the subject of a Dylan song and a movie starring Denzel Washington.