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Embarrasing Musical Influences: Crucial Albums We'd Like To Deny

Posted on February 23, 2009
Now that the 25 things about me list seems to be passing out of Facebook ubiquity, we've moved onto the list of 15 most important albums. I'd like to pose a slightly different question: what albums were both essential to...

I Feel A Connection!

Posted on February 23, 2009
Many thanks to my six co-hosts for inviting me to the Lounge. I have a connection to each of them. I am Kathy?s colleague at South Texas (and was on the appointments committee when she was hired). I also was...

Judge And UB Law Trial Advocacy Director Out In DUI Coverup

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Buffalo News was perhaps a bit hyperbolic in its headline, UB Law School Fires Disgraced Attorney, but the news out of Buffalo isn't particularly pretty. Anne Adams, Buffalo Law School's Director of Trial Techniques was fired, and a New...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Polling Data

Posted on February 23, 2009
The latest New York Times/CBS poll shows a very substantial majority of Americans approve of Barack Obama's presidency and, according to the Times, he "is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership...

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The Obama Market: Update

Posted on February 23, 2009
Last week I posted the one month report on the Obama market, but a correspondent has mentioned that the relevant comparisons ought to be with either or both of election day, November 4, 2008, or the last market day before...

Second Circuit Upholds NYC Calorie Posting Regulation

Posted on February 23, 2009
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a New York City Health Code regulation requiring the posting of calorie information on menu boards and menus of chain restaurants with fifteen or more locations. The regulation...

Digital Typefaces

Posted on February 22, 2009
I couldn't resist following the post on Wordle with my own slightly self-serving post on digital typefaces. I am currently working on a draft article on IP protection for digital typefaces and have posted a draft on SSRN. (It's actually...

Free Credit Report Videos: Spoofs, Genuines, And Just Plain Eric Violette

Posted on February 22, 2009
From Dan Solove, I can't help but pass along this link to readers. As Dan notes, freecreditreport.com is kinda a skank operation: they sell a product that is the exact opposite of what they really provide. This YouTube spoof beautifully...

Fun with Wordle!

Posted on February 22, 2009
Here's something fun and light for a Sunday morning. Thanks to a tip from HUP's publicity blog, I've been playing around this morning with Wordle--here's what it did with the introduction to an essay I'm writing on Michael O'Brien's Conjectures...

The Passion Of The Christ: Not For The Curious

Posted on February 21, 2009
I just came across this very stern course description from NYU Law. Professor J.H.H. Weiler is not interested in teaching the Passion of the Christ to gawkers or those merely interested in dabbling. The Passion of the Christ: The Trial...

Elite Law Schools Adjust Grading Systems

Posted on February 21, 2009
Today, the National Law Journal discusses how a few top law schools are tweaking their grading policies. It notes that Harvard and Stanford are moving to gradeless systems - with Harvard adopting a suspiciously Yale-like "honors/pass/low pass/fail" approach...

To End Student Protests, Cut off their Wifi

Posted on February 21, 2009
Well, sometimes when students are denied wifi, they protest. But who would have thought that the way to stop them from protesting was to cut off their wifi?! Some students at NYU began a protest on Wednesday night. The Times...

Tim Zinnicker Guest Blogging With Us

Posted on February 21, 2009
It is my great pleasure to welcome Tim Zinnicker into the Faculty Lounge. to sit with us for spell.Tim teaches with Kathy Bergin at South Texas College of Law in Houston. He joined them in 1994 (the same year I...

No Wire Hangars!: Celebrating the Worst in Film of 2008: The Razzie Awards

Posted on February 21, 2009
While many people will tune in tomorrow night to celebrate the year's best in film at the Academy Awards, a polar opposite celebration will be happening tomorrow to recognize the WORST in film of 2008. The 29th annual Razzie Awards...

Death Row Coverup? Texas Judicial Commission Accuses Keller Of More Than Injustice

Posted on February 20, 2009
A couple of days ago I blogged about the possible impeachment of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller. Now she faces ouster at the hands of Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. As readers may recall, Keller declined...

Even The Elites Are...Suffering? Cravath Profits Slide

Posted on February 20, 2009
It looks like partners at Cravath will have to cut back a bit this year. The paint job on the Amagansett house is going to have to wait. This from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: According to AmLaw, Cravath...

Dartmouth Law School May Be Closer to Reality Than You'd Think

Posted on February 20, 2009
Dan's post on the possibilities of Princeton Law School, Brown Law School, and Dartmouth Law School has led me to a link from 2005: talk of "Dartmouth Law School" at University of Massachusetts' Dartmouth campus. The post (at dartmou.com, a...

The Obama Market: One Month Report

Posted on February 20, 2009
The stock market nosed down again today. That's hardly news. Today's dive was attributed to continuing concern that the federal government will nationalize the banking system. Yet, in one form or another nationalization is happening and will continue to happen...

Change and Native American Policy?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Thanks to Kevin Maillard, Dan Filler, and their co-bloggers for inviting me to write for The Faculty Lounge. I was very pleased to learn that I would be guest blogging alongside my friend and former colleague, Jacqueline Lipton of the...

Philadelphia Ponders Jail Admission Fee

Posted on February 19, 2009
What would you pay to stay at a Philadelphia landmark such as Holmesburg Prison or the House of Correction? Thirty five bucks a day? Let's admit it. These are tough financial times for city bureaucrats. Here in Philly, the city's...

On the Cartoon . . .

Posted on February 19, 2009
By now we're used to the conservative right relying on Black commentators to downplay the significance of White racism, so Ron Christie's appearance last night on Anderson Cooper was really no surprise. Here's part of what he had to say...

Ripe For Impeachment? Judge Sharon Keller Slammed The Courthouse Door

Posted on February 18, 2009
ACS Blog reported yesterday on a possible judicial impeachment in Texas. Back in 2007, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in Baze v. Rees - throwing the legality of current lethal injection procedures into doubt - attorneys for...

Gender and Law Reviews

Posted on February 18, 2009
Thanks to our friends over at feministlawprofs, I see that we now have Nancy Leong's study of the percentage of notes in leading law journals that are written by women. (The punchline is that it's smaller than you'd expect, given...

The Plea Jury

Posted on February 18, 2009
Well, if it's February, it must be time to shamelessly promote my own writing! To wit, I have just posted my latest version of my new paper, The Plea Jury, on ssrn:For over thirty years, scholars, courts, defense attorneys and...

Cemetery Law, Reparations, and Geronimo ....

Posted on February 18, 2009
On the heels of the news that Princeton had a law school (for a few years), comes the news that some of Geronimo's descendants are suing the Skull and Bones Society at Yale to recover Geronimo's remains. The remains were...

Princeton, Dartmouth, And Brown Law Schools

Posted on February 18, 2009
What are the three best law schools you don't hear much about? It's hard to imagine more reputable institutions that Princeton Law, Dartmouth Law, and Brown Law. But here's the problem: their reputation far exceeds their quality. Because they don't...

John DiPippa Named Dean at UALR

Posted on February 18, 2009
Thanks to a pointer from a good friend of the faculty lounge, we learned this evening that John DiPippa, interim dean and Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, has been...

Jennifer Rosato Named Dean At Northern Illinois University Law

Posted on February 17, 2009
I am sad to report that a much loved colleague of mine, Jennifer Rosato, will be departing Drexel Law to become dean of the law school at Northern Illinois University. This is good news for NIU, however - they are...

The Downside of Formalized Faculty Mentoring

Posted on February 17, 2009
Thanks to Al Brophy and Dan Filler for inviting me to guest blog. I've enjoyed The Faculty Lounge for a long time so it's great to be a part of it. I'm also thrilled to be blogging alongside my friend...

Tax Education for All: The Bada-Bing Version

Posted on February 17, 2009
Under a simple Google Search for "tax workshop," this is the seventh entry:You are invit?ed to atten?d?.? a Tax Works?hop for Strip?pers & Sex Worke?rs Sunda?y Febru?ary 8th, from 3pm till 5pm We will revie?w tax laws that affec?t folks?...

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