This lengthy profile of Jim Karger, a former Texas lawyer, is a textbook example of Patrick Schiltz’s predictions. A law graduate realizes on day 1 of his first legal job that he had “made a serious vocational error,” but sticks…
From Newsweek: Religion and social status have always been deal breakers in relationships. But for those navigating today’s dating pool, the currents may just have gotten rougher….there’s the friction between vegans and vegetarians. It might sound counterintuitive; after all, neither…
Congratulations to the “Dosa Man,” who operates a Sri Lankan vegan cartstand in Washington Square, for winning the Vendy Awards, a competition among Manhattan cart vendors.
By Eric Goldman The WSJ recently published a recap of some troubling trends in the legal/law school industries. Among its points: * the legal industry is experiencing a growth slowdown, and many categories of lawyers are experiencing deflation in their…
On Monday, we held a panel discussion on campus entitled “Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar.” Panelists included Paul Butler, Cindy Cohn, Judge Michael Hawkins, Larry Solum and myself, and the conversation was led by Nancy Rogers and Leigh…
Margaret A. Schilt, Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere?, Legal Times, August 31, 2007. This is a good recap article on the state of law professor blogging. On a separate matter, check out the Legal Scholarship Blog….
My wife and I have been a little baffled by the newfound attention paid to global warming and reduced footprints following An Inconvenient Truth. As consumers, we have been encouraged to take a wide variety of steps that have relatively…
[This is part of my serialized materials from my talk on Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting and Negotiation] We focus so much on deal substance and style that we often lose sight of the problems that can arise at the…
[Note: this is a serialized component from my materials on Ethical Issues in Contract Drafting and Negotiation] In a transactional practice, procedural choices can substantively affect the ultimate deal. In particular, a poor procedural choice can lead to the loss…
New York Lawyer has a good article on the different ways that law firms handle the transparency of the amount paid to partners. At most firms, partners can learn what their peer partners earn (although, in some cases, this information…