I’m not sure exactly why, but professors rarely publicly post their tenure applications or promotion applications. Google searches will yield few examples, and usually the applications are not even shared within the school (for example, assistant professors drafting their own…
Johnson v. Ingalls, 2012 WL 1537480 (N.Y. App. Div. May 3, 2012) The latest entry in my popular series of blog posts about plaintiffs burned by inconsistent evidence in their social media accounts. Today’s case addresses the admission of about…
A few years ago, SCU hosted a series of Bay Area Blawger gatherings. I’ve included some links at the bottom of this post. Our goal was to give legal bloggers a chance to meet each other in person and discuss…
My kids are getting old enough to pursue more ambitious hikes, so I’ve started to think about some of the must-do hikes in California that we should consider. I’ve done a lot of hiking in California, and some hikes that…
See my photo album from this hike. Rancho San Antonio is the nearest “hiking” park to my house, but I’ve never been a fan of it. I don’t like the crowds or the fight for parking, but more than anything,…
I love redwood hikes, and we are blessed with many fine ones in the Bay Area. But finding the “perfect” redwood destination is tricky. It needs to be a nice redwood forest, and some of the more convenient redwood hikes…
Hikes in the Palm Springs area tend to come in three varieties: 1) Local hikes from the Valley floor up to a ridge. These hikes tend to be steep thighbusters but they usually reward fit hikers with nice views. 2)…
Clement v. Johnson’s Warehouse Showroom, Inc., 2012 Ark. App. 17 (Jan. 4, 2012) In my long-running series of litigants saying one thing in court and another when talking to their friends online, consider this from a worker’s comp case after…
Johnson v. Arlotta, 2011 WL 6141651 (Minn. App. Ct. Dec. 12, 2011) Johnson and Arlotta dated. After the breakup, Johnson got a “harassment restraining order” (HRO) against Arlotta that: prohibited him from (1) committing any acts “intended to adversely affect…
Here’s a list of some of my anticipated upcoming events. For some reason, a higher-than-usual number of these upcoming events are still question marks. As usual, if I’m traveling to your neighborhood or we’re going to be at the same…