Archive for December, 2007
Am I the only one who hears the screams and the strangled cries of lawyers in love?
Anyone considering a career in law should be forewarned that lawyer mating rituals may in fact involve dance-marching with your briefcase in front of the Kremlin in Red Square. Take if from Jackson Browne. He knows.
Unbelievably, “Lawyers in Love” was apparently a top-twenty hit when it was released. According to Wikipedia, “some analysts later saw [...]
Blawg Directory of Lawyer Blogs, Law Professor Blogs and Law Student Blogs
The Christmas break gave me an opportunity to finish up something I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I’m terrible about keeping up with blog rolls and was interested in creating something more comprehensive as a resource for the blawgosphere that would be easy for me to build on later. After a day or [...]
The Chewbacca Defense
Over the break it was revealed that one of my section-mates has survived a year and a half of law school without encountering the Chewbacca Defense. What are we learning in law school if not the fundamental building blocks of legal logic and rhetoric?
The Chewbacca Defense originated in a 1998 South Park episode Chef Aid [...]
Angsty Law School Emo Music
Well at least he’s got a music career to fall back on. Owen Jarvis is now a third-year student at the University of Maryland School of Law. here. He could always pull a New Line.
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Texas Insurance Case Attempt to Answer the Age Old Question of whether you’re “in” a car that’s lying on top of you
I’ve recently developed the disturbing habit of relaxing by listening to recordings of oral arguments. Oyez.org offers all the U.S. Supreme Court arguments, nearly as soon as they happen. Listening to Boumediene v. Bush ended up coming in pretty handy on my Con Law final, though I’ll reserve judgment on whether it did me any [...]
Texas Bar YouTube Video Contest Wraps Up
As I noted previously in State Bar of Texas, Texans on Justice Video Contest, the Texas State Bar sponsored an interesting YouTube video contest with a $2,500 grand prize. Eleven entries were submitted by the deadline. Here are a few of my favorites.
YouTube: Texans on Justice
A Sign of the Times - Pleading guilty, students blame tuition costs for robbery
I’ve been beating this horse for a while, but I’ll make the case again - college tuition increases across the country are outpacing inflation, detering some students from pursuing advanced degrees or college altogether, driving up debt for those who persevere, sending graduates down unrewarding career paths purely to service their debt and preventing large [...]
Doonesbury, Laptops in the Classroom
Doonesbury, Laptops in the Classroom