Laura had the chance to check out the new WestlawNext. It’s pretty sweet. Tangents about class rank, grades, and a debate about the purpose of lawyers rounds out the hour.

Southern New England School of Law seeks to donate itself to the University of Massachusetts system, thereby creating the first public law school in Massachusetts. Does the current economic climate lend itself to law school proliferation?

In my second year I took a Law and Literature class to give myself some sort of relief from the typical law school class and to coddle my much neglected theater minor self a little.  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

For the past year or so, I’ve devoted substantial efforts to arguing that many terms within standard Massively Multiplayer Online Game license agreements should be found unconscionable.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m spending …

This thread is for the discussion of the Legeeke Comic #7: Unrealistic Expectations.
Apart from being a semi-joking cautionary tale to the 0Ls, this strip was donated to the Public Interest Law Fund Auction at the …

”This thing is like an anthill.  Looks like a mound of dirt until you kick it over.”
Casey Jordan, former high-powered practitioner turned public interest lawyer (who also was the subject of a much talked about …

I have no idea why this doesn’t exist already.  I suspect that quite a few qualified 2Ls such as myself [shameless plug but if you're still hiring, please see my resume (redacted for my privacy)] …

I understand that bashing law school is a favorite activity of law students, but as a response to Josh’s prior post — I present to you the 9 Reasons Why Law School is Great.

Our British legal brothers are speculating that the Counter-Terrorism Act of 2008, poised to become law on February 16, 2009, may make it significantly easier for police officers to stop photographers from taking pictures in …

An amusing story from Yahoo! Tech:  police in Zurich, Switzerland have arrested 16 people and seized 1.2 tons of marijuana.
Probable cause?  Perhaps the giant marijuana fields that they saw on Google Earth.
I’m not a lawyer, but …

The Tech Law Prof Blog and Ars Technica have been reporting on the MIT students who were enjoined from sharing their research into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s faulty “Charlie Card” system with hackers at …

I had no idea what to expect from law school classes. I knew that they would be taught using the socratic method, but I didn’t know how I was going to extract information while other …

“Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.“

I can’t even begin …