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Law school would destroy us if we didn’t have a sense of humor about it.

What Does YOUR Exam Playlist Look Like?
Monday, 23 Nov, 2009 – 3:30 | 19 Comments
What Does YOUR Exam Playlist Look Like?

As law students all across the country prepare to barricade themselves in their respective study holes and mainline Red Bull and Coffee to keep their eyes open while rereading their commercial outlines for the 8th …

Legal Researchers Rejoice! Google Scholar Provides Access to U.S. Case Law
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 14:20 | 3 Comments
Legal Researchers Rejoice! Google Scholar Provides Access to U.S. Case Law

It’s official: All you budding legal scholars out there have a powerful new research tool, and it comes from Google. In a move that probably takes it off the Christmas card mailing list of Lexis-Nexis …

Scalia: Lawyers Do Nothing Productive for Society
Friday, 2 Oct, 2009 – 11:40 | 8 Comments
Scalia: Lawyers Do Nothing Productive for Society

Everyone’s favorite (or at least most quotable) Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia is once again making the headlines with his delightfully grouchy take on the legal profession. When asked by a CSPAN reporter about the …

Glenn Beck, Parody, and Trademark
Wednesday, 16 Sep, 2009 – 3:30 | 6 Comments
Glenn Beck, Parody, and Trademark

When did you stop beating your wife?
When will conservative media pundit Glenn Beck deny that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990?
There is no right answer to either question, but a satirical website …

Holden Caulfield, Gay Superheroes, and the Death of The Author
Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 3:30 | 9 Comments
Holden Caulfield, Gay Superheroes, and the Death of The Author

Two recent developments have raised questions about the amount of control an author has over his characters once they leave the womb of his or her creative imagination and enter the collective consciousness. There’s a …

Hentai, Avatars, and the First Amendment
Monday, 22 Jun, 2009 – 13:35 | 8 Comments
Hentai, Avatars, and the First Amendment

In Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart gave the world the most highly quoted definition of obscenity ever to come from the bench when he said
“I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds …

Will We Ever See a Non-Ivy League Supreme Court Justice?
Thursday, 18 Jun, 2009 – 10:17 | 2 Comments
Will We Ever See a Non-Ivy League Supreme Court Justice?

You went to a middle-of-the-road undergraduate school where the focus was more on tailgating in the stadium parking lot than schmoozing over brandy and cigars or whatever the ultra-elite do when they’re not conducting secret …

6 Most Evil Attorneys Ever
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 0:30 | 13 Comments
6 Most Evil Attorneys Ever

Joshua already laid out the most badass attorneys of all time. But what about the just plain bad? Here’s a countdown of some of the most vile, evil, and corrupt lawyers ever to enter the …

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