rants & screeds
Public Interest Lawyers - Thank You for Not Being Evil
As part of its continuing campaign to encourage students and graduates to pursue careers in public interest, the law school held a “Thank You For Not Being Evil” ceremony last Wednesday recognizing graduates who chose to take jobs with employers who are not primarily dedicated to destroying weaker businesses, poor people, or the environment.
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 […]
Entrepreneurs for Guaranteed Health Insurance
I have a knee-jerk distaste towards any mention of national health care proposal. Having spent the bulk of my working life working for small companies and for myself this argument strikes a chord -
…the lack of fairly priced, guaranteed health insurance is [a drag] on labor mobility and entrepreneurial endeavors. Busineses need water, roads, […]
This American Life: Habeas Schmabeas
NPR’s This American Life had an interesting (award-winning even) show on Habeas Corpus, specifically regarding prisoners of war at Guantanamo. I won’t pretend the coverage is fair or balanced, but it should give you pause regardless of your political stripe.
This American Life ~ Habeas Schmabeas (.mp3) [via thislife.org]
Robert Sutton, the No Asshole Rule
I was talking about this with Andrew Smith at Pub Fiction the other night and he suggested I blog it. I’ve never done a request before, but I guess it’s not a bad idea. Got a suggestion? E-mail me.
Robert Sutton, a Stanford professor of management science, knew he hit a nerve with the response to […]
Fundraising Ideas for a new Law Building
Tell John O’Quinn he’s buying a really, really nice car.
Department of Education recognizes reality
I ran into this at orientation. You have a list of ethnicities and you’re supposed to check one. I left it blank as usual.
As immigration and intermarriage are redefining race across the country, a growing number of people who cannot easily place themselves in one category have become increasingly frustrated with having to do […]
Blogging in Higher Education, The Invisible College
Bradford DeLong has a great article, The Invisible College, in the Chronicle for Higher Education.
The hope of all of us who blog is that we will become smarter, do more useful work, be happier and more productive, and will also impress our deans so they will raise our salaries. The first three hopes are clearly […]
How many sips does it take to get to a heart attack
I wondered more than once over the course of the past semester if it were possible to overdose on caffeine. Meeting at a starbucks to carpool didn’t help. Not surprisingly, it is. Energy fiend’s Death by Caffeine allows you to calculate the exact level of excess you’ll need to do the deed - in my […]
What’s a law degree worth?
By far the best thing about the WSJ law blog is the comments section, which today featured a lively debate on what a law degree is worth. There are of course any number of ways to measure that. The most useful is to ask, what is a law degree worth to me? as in what […]