Archive for June, 2008
Cross-posting thoughts on Kennedy v. Louisiana from the Children and the Law Blog
What follows is a post I put up earlier today on Children and the Law Blog: Further Thoughts on Kennedy v. Louisiana -
Following colleagues’ posts, Why Death Penalty Won’t End Sexual Assault: A Social Work Perspective on Kennedy v Louisiana and Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape, I’ll hazard a slightly different [...]
Judge Russell Austin, RIP
I just learned that another friend of the UHLC has passed away. Judge Russell Austin suffered a stroke over the weekend and passed away yesterday. Judge Austin received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Houston and taught courses at both the University of Houston Law Center and South Texas College of Law. [...]
Learned Handmade Plates
Through Above the Law, I learned of Jose Klein’s Learned Handmade Plates, which are not only awesome but have perhaps the best product name I have ever heard. Each plate features one of Klein’s depictions of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. They’re a little pricey for a law student budget but someday these plates will [...]
Harris County Jail dot com
The Houston Chronicle’s Web site offers future inmates a look at Harris lockup (archive) noted a new website, harriscojail.com.
The site, which is not affiliated with Harris County or the Jail in any way, offers information and advice from those having had the pleasure of past experience in Harris County lock up. The site is part [...]
George Carlin, Rest in #$%*ing Peace
George Carlin died today. A sign of a well-earned obituary, his life is still more interesting for its events than for its passing. From the New York Times -
In 1970, Mr. Carlin discarded his suit, tie, and clean-cut image as well as the relatively conventional material that had catapulted him to the top. Mr. [...]
Duke’s Lawyers - To my first point, your honor… we suck
According to ESPN, when the Duke Blue Devil football team pulled out of the final three games of a four game contract, Louisville sued for breach and asked for $450,000 in damages. Duke’s lawyers successfully employed the seldom used “comparative sucking” defense - the Blue Devils’ performance on the football field was so disastrous (6-45) [...]
Charlie Rose talks with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Charlie Rose aired an interview with United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last night. The video has not been published yet, but will no doubt be put up soon at this link - Charlie Rose, A Conversation with Justice Antonin Scalia.
My favorite quote - “It’s kind of a dead end… [referring to the job [...]
I See Law People…
I suppose I knew the perfunctory complaint that there are too many lawyers well before I came to law school, but now it really does seem like they’re everywhere. There are five of us, seemingly random people, sitting in the River Oaks coffee shop right now. The married couple just noticed that the guy in [...]
A Tag Cloud of this Blog
Created with Wordle, not all too surprising I suppose.
Joe Vail, Recently Departed UHLC Law Professor, Remembered
Joe Vail, who ran the immigration clinic at the University of Houston Law Center for the past decade passed away on tuesday. The Houston Chronicle paid tribute in yesterday’s article, Joseph Vail, immigration lawyer (archived link). The funeral will be held Saturday, June 21 at the Sacred Heart Church in Havertown, Pa. The Law Center [...]