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Confronting my Inner Law Nerd
Law Nerds occupy a peculiar place in nerd taxonomy. We generally retain the capacity for normal conversation and our fixations on particular theories of judicial interpretation are easily mistaken for the same types of political positions that the normals have.
We can thus avoid detection for long periods of time until our condition is at some […]
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.
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 […]
How to find out if the Supreme Court granted cert in your case? ScotusBlog
The University of Houston Law Center website had an interesting bit of news last night. The United States Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in response to a petition filed by Brent Newton, an Assistant Federal Public Defender who also teaches at the Law Center. This was my favorite part, however -
Prof. Newton said […]
Scare you to death, Work you to death, Bore you to death
This maxim for the evolution of the law student’s confused meandering toward matriculation is so far all too true in my experience, by which I apologize for the relative lack of posting lately. Technology giveth where law review taketh away however - I’m composing this post on my Crackberry 8800 which I highly recommend.
So Far from Heaven, So Close to Texas - Two Great New Blawgs from New Mexico
Mark Bennett at Defending People turned me on to Issues and Holdings, a blog by New Mexico prosecutor Kirk Chavez, who in turn lead me to Judging Crimes, by Joel Jacobsen, Assistant Attorney General in New Mexico representing the prosecution in appellate courts. Bennett linking to a prosecutor’s blog? Now that’s saying something.
Issues and Holdings […]
Discover Your Inner Economist, Get a Personalized Podcast
Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University and author of the soon to be released Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist, made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. As an experiment, Cowen offers to create a personalized podcast for anyone who pre-orders […]
Back from the Dead
Just a site note. I’ve been on a self-imposed blawg hiatus while I finished my paper for the Houston Law Review write-on contest. It concluded today. I am back. That is all.
Internet Not as Anonymous as I Thought discovers Whole Foods CEO
In an interesting twist on the “Internet’s not as anonymous as you think” theme, it was recently disclosed that John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, was in the habit of posting snarky comments about his company and competitors on Yahoo Forums under the pseudonym “Rahodeb”.
This would generally be a bad idea for any company owner, […]
Friday Legal Link Round Up
My client did not wear diapers
Words Don Lykkebak, the attorney for former-astronaut Lisa Nowak, has no doubt dreamed of saying ever since passing the bar.
Mike Nifong: Outlier or Par for the Course?
According to David Feige, the disbarment of Duke Lacrosse Rape Case Prosecutor Mike Nifong is unique, but the instances of prosecutorial misconduct that lead […]