Over on Post Punk Kitchen, they are reminiscing about TV shows (especially 80s sitcoms) depicting vegetarianism or animal rights issues.
Law students don’t seem to appreciate how easy it is to win a legal writing competition. Write a good paper on an original topic, and you will stand out from the pack. Instead, most students gang-tackle the exact same topics,…
The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article on six professors who are using Second Life as a pedagogical tool. However, the article also contains a sidebar with some caveats about Second Life’s downsides, ranging from technical glitches to bandwidth…
Last month I blogged about the AALS/National Law Journal event we hosted at SCU entitled “Blogging, Scholarship and the Bench and Bar.” The National Law Journal published the transcript from the event (National Law Journal, Oct. 8, 2007 at 22)….
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….