Archive for January, 2008
Are lawyers born or made narcissistic?
I’ve been developing a theory for a concern of mine over the past few months that I may try to develop here on the blog. My concern is this - are lawyers self-selecting narcissists or do we become that way as part of our indoctrination into the profession? I knew this was a somewhat narcissistic […]
Children and the Law, the Blog
Just a shameless plug and an apology for the light blogging - as part of my work with the Center for Children, Law and Policy at the University of Houston Law Center, we’ve launched a new Children and the Law Blog as part of the center’s mission in promoting interdisciplinary scholarship, advocacy and teaching to advance the interests of children through public policy. Visit often.
Balkin & Posner Debate Liberty vs. Security on Bloggingheads.tv
Two leading Constitutional Law Profs, Jack Balkin (Yale) and Eric Posner (Chicago) face off on BloggingHeads.tv debating various aspects of Liberty vs. Security, focusing on whether or not we live in a time of emergency, the threat from government in a surveillance state and what it means for our civil liberties.
Bloggingheads.tv: Balkin & Posner on […]
Why You Sometimes Do Poorly on Exams You Felt Good About
Scott at Simple Justice has found an answer to an intriguing question, Why Are Incompetents So Certain?. I wonder if it also explains why I so often feel worst about exams I turn out to do well on and vice versa? Woe to the law student who finds an exam question simple or easy. According […]
Some thoughts on Selecting Electives in Law School
Professor Volokh had an intriguing post today, Law School Classes One Should Definitely Take If One Wants To Practice in the Area. It’s an open comment post and the commentary is intriguing. It made me think of my own particular view of how to choose classes.
Now a year and a half into this venture, I’m […]
Tom Goldstein’s iPhone
I don’t know if this clever name-drop-a-thon really qualifies as the Absolute BEST Lawyer Ad of the Year (Carolyn Elefant’s words, not mine) but it’s quite entertaining and has managed to somehow make me even more acutely aware of my iPhone-lessness. Sigh.
When not writing for SCOTUSblog, Goldstein co-heads Akin Gump’s Supreme Court Practice and teaches […]