Mike Dillon, GC at Sun Microsystems, has a terrific post explaining a GC’s view of the litigation process. He offers 4 lessons: * Litigate only “when you have an important interest to protect” * Non-judicial resolutions are better than having…
Bill Henderson and Andrew Morriss wrote a terrific article for the American Lawyer blasting law schools for whining about US News rankings but failing to sponsor a useful alternative. They write: It is not reasonable to blame U.S. News for…
Judge Real has rejected the proposed settlement in the Bar/Bri antitrust lawsuit. The soap opera continues!
National Law Journal: “More job hopping at schools.” This year, there was a lot of faculty movement at highly ranked law schools–a circumstance this article attributes to (1) Harvard’s decision to bring in new blood and reduce faculty-student ratios, and…
A recap of all of my Israel trip-related posts: * Israel Tourist Destinations * Israel Trip Reflections * Israel Hotel reviews * Frommer’s Israel book review * Haifa University Search Engine Conference Recap
It’s a little late, but I made a list of contemporaneous observations during my Israel trip 6 months ago. In no particular order: * In Israel, places have been built, torn down, and rebuilt, in many cases over the course…
I’ve previously blogged on the intersection between Generation Y/the Millennials and law firms. The latest article on the topic (free reg. req’d), with some great tidbits such as: * the woman lawyer who asked “Do I really have to wear…
Students regularly ask me to supervise a paper of theirs. This blog post discusses my suggestions and requirements if you want me to supervise your paper. 1) At your earliest convenience, read Prof. Eugene Volokh’s book, Academic Legal Writing [Amazon…
People do so many stupid stunts nowadays (and usually throw the video up on YouTube for everyone to see) that it takes a lot for a stunt to be impressive, but this one floored me. Wim Hof, a Dutch mountaineer,…
We’re trying something new this year at SCU by offering a new 1-unit course entitled “E-Discovery.” See the press release. While I’m sure E-Discovery topics have been addressed in other law school courses, I believe this is one of the…