Archive for October, 2006
Law Student Hypochondria
Just as first year medical students are said to suffer a sort of mass hypochondria as they become aware of the cornucopia of diseases that might one day afflict them, so I think first year law students undergo a paradigm shift when they realize the simmering cesspool of liability through which they daily swim. It’s […]
Phenomena Police (06E MUST SEE TV)
Court TV premieres an exciting new series this Tuesday on Halloween. Phenomena Police investigate paranomal activity in the Houston area. 06E peeps - one of our very own appears about half-way through the segment.
First Post on FirstMovers.org
I’ve just posted my first post on FirstMovers.org, Trawling the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
In a perfect world I would have time enough to study AND read everything on the internet. Alas. If the switch were flipped tomorrow, however, the first place I would start is the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The SSRN publishes […]
Legal Consequences of Trans Fats
I heard a tort-reform advocate spouting off about lawsuits built on obesity and couldn’t understand what why he was harping on it. Could Supersize Me have scared him that badly? Now it’s starting to make a little more sense.
CS Monitor: Lead paint, cigarettes: Are trans fats next?
In Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp., 237 F. Supp. 2d […]
UHLC E-mail Flame Wars
As one quickly learns, law school is a boiling cauldron of latent argumentativeness ready to boil over at any moment. The e-mail system is set up to allow group e-mailing by section, which is quite convenient if you need to get info out quickly. At times it’s a little too convenient. A derogatory comment to […]
Harvard Law revamps 1L Curriculum
Harvard announced a broad set of changes to its first year legal curriculum. It will be interesting to see if and how other schools follow suit.
From the NY Times article, Harvard Law Decides to Steep Students in 21st-Century Issues -
Students will still have to learn some of the classics, like contracts, torts and criminal law, […]
Project Posner
via Kirkendahl, Project Posner is dedicated to “make freely and easily available to the public Richard Posner’s largest and greatest body of work — his judicial opinions. The database contains opinions from 1981 to 2006. It will not contain the most recent opinions.”
University of Houston Law Profs Join the Blogosphere
Back in July I crossed my fingers and blogged that I wished UH would follow Chicago’s lead and create a faculty group blog. Looks like my wish came true - the faculty is starting to post at UHLawBlog.com. For updates sign up for the RSS feed.
Now blogging on FirstMovers.org
I’ve just hit submit on my inaugural post for firstmovers.org. Firstmovers.org is a group blog of law students from all over the country, created by Professor Jim Chen, Associate Dean of the University of Minnesota Law School, as part of the Jurisdynamics Network.
More later on the posts I put up there, but it’s really exciting […]
UHLC Law Professor Sudoku
Just a little geekery on the weekend. I’ve created a Sudoku game with the headshots of UH law professors swiped from the law center website. Play the University of Houston Law Professor Sudoku