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Video: Real Men of Law School, No Action Guy
George Washington: Real Men of Law School, No Action Guy (hat tip to Paul Caron of Tax Prof Blog)
Video: Real Men of Law School, Intramural Sports Guy
George Washington: Real Men of Law School - Intramural Sports Guy (hat tip to Paul Caron of Tax Prof Blog)
Video: Real Men of Law School, Summer Jobs Guy
George Washington: Real Men of Law School (hat tip to Paul Caron of Tax Prof Blog)
Federalist Society asks Are Law Schools Operated as a Cartel?
Judge Frank Easterbrook of the Seventh Circuit moderates an interesting panel on the operation of law schools at the Federalist Society’s 10th Annual Faculty Conference. Although the title is “American Law Schools: Envy of the World or General Motors Before the Fall?” Easterbrook is clearly more interested in asking whether Law Schools Operated as a [...]
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 [...]
Doonesbury, Laptops in the Classroom
Doonesbury, Laptops in the Classroom
Dean Ray Nimmer interviewed in Houston Chronicle
Ray Nimmer, our acting Dean at the University of Houston Law Center, was interviewed by Mary Flood for an article in the Houston Chronicle today. He outlines a few of the reasons for high expectations at the law center currently and why so many students, like myself, hope that the search committee and UH Board [...]
Houston tops U.S. News Rankings Law v. Undergrad Comparison
Paul Caron at TaxProf, compiled a list of law schools whose rankings outperform that of their parent institutions in U.S. News Rankings: Law v. Undergrad (see the graphic there for the full list). The University of Houston topped the list with a wopping differential of 136 places. This isn’t really news to me since I [...]
About that time of year - law student goes after casebook with assault rifle
From the WSJ Law Blog, we learn that a 3L at University of Indiana Law School was arrested after firing a rifle from his apartment balcony. Police later found what he was shooting at in a parking lot across the street. His copy of Nelson & Whitman’s Real Estate Transfer Finance and Development was mortally [...]