law and society
Legal Library: New York’s Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and Due Process
The New Yorker’s Scooped details the story of “Section 1310 of the New York State Public Health Law, which formally decrees, “It shall be the duty of each dog owner . . . to remove any feces left by his dog on any sidewalk, gutter, street, or other public area,””
Michael Brandow, a freelance dogwalker in […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Student Loan Repayment Assistance for Prosecutors, Defenders
As previously mentioned in Public Sector Attorney Loan Repayment; U.S. Public Service Academy, H.R. 916: John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007 has passed the house and awaits the Senate. If that sounds a bit hazy, take this opportunity to brush up on your legislative process.
According to the bill’s sponsor, Georgia Democrat […]
Average Law Student Loan Debt, Bill to Assist Prosecutors and Public Defenders
Legislators have introduced a bill - John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007 - aimed at encouraging law students to consider careers in the prosecutors and public defenders offices by offering “up to $10,000 per year, to a maximum of $60,000, in exchange for a commitment of at least three years of […]
U. Chicago Law Podcast, Lior Strahilevitz’s Universal ‘How’s My Driving?’ Proposal
The University of Chicago Law School professor Lior Strahilevitz gave a fascinating talk on his Universal ‘How’s My Driving?’ Proposal that was made available on the Law school’s podcast. Listen to the talk in full below and sign up for the podcast.
Though I was initially skeptical, the more I listened, the more convinced I became […]
Eben Moglen
The O’Reilly Distributing the Future Podcast turned up this interesting talk at OSCON 2006 by Eben Moglen, professor of law and history of law at Columbia University. Moglen, pro bono General Counsel for the Free Software Foundation and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center is an unabashed champion of open source software development and staunch […]
Apprenticing to the Law in Vermont
You don’t have to go to law school in Vermont. You can ‘read the law’ just like Abe Lincoln, apprentice to a lawyer, then take the bar. The bar, one would assume, is the equalizer. On the other hand, any lawyer would tell you there is a component of socialization in law school that’s important. […]
Judge Posner in Second Life
Judge Richard Posner and I will be kickin’ it in Second Life. Actually, I will be sitting and listening quietly as the Pos expounds on the US Constitution in the era of apocalyptic terrorism.
December 7th, 6-8pm Second Life Time (PST)
Center Auditorium in Kula
To reserve a seat, IM Creative Commons’ Genevieve Junot or e-mail her.
via Boing […]