Five Dangerous Things You Should Let YOur Kids Do
Jeremy linked to a fascinating talk by Gever Tulley in which he describes dangerous activities you should let your kids do. I don’t have kids (yet), but when I do, we’re gonna do all this stuff.
Read MoreNew Job and a Move After Graduation
A quick update on the job search: I’ve accepted a job offer from a Public Defender’s office in a Western state. I’ll be moving out there very shortly after I graduate from law school in May to find a house and study for the bar. This isn’t the plan I had when I started law…
Read MoreSupreme Court to hear D.C. Gun Case
The announcement from the Plaintiff/Respondent: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case of Heller v. District of Columbia, and decide whether the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to own guns. At issue is a 31-year-old Washington, D.C. law banning handguns and requiring that all shotguns and…
Read MoreABA Journal article on the D.C. Gun Case
The November issue of the ABA Journal has a feature article about the D.C. Gun Case. This is the first article I’ve seen that carefully examines the role of the NRA in trying to torpedo the case and obtained comment from all of the lawyers. After they had assembled a group of six plaintiffs, Levy…
Read MoreWhy People Have to Make Their Own Mistakes
Found in an Economist article on how a central bank can (or cannot) stop a bank run: “the ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of folly is to people the world with fools.” – Herbert Spencer, State Tampering with Money and Banks
Read MoreBeing a Happy, Healthy, Ethical Lawyer
Orin Kerr posted a question on the Volokh Conspiracy from a not yet employed 3L looking for career advice. There are good suggestions in the comments, but the best one is from “Anonobvious,” who linked to Patrick J. Schiltz’s law review article, “On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and…
Read MoreMuckraking of the First Order
Radley Balko has a shocking account of how Steven Hayne cornered the autopsy market in Mississippi. During his years, he’s testified that a skeletonized woman was strangled (even though there was no muscle tissue to make that determination), testified that two people’s hands were on a gun from the bullet wound, and performed 1,800 autopsies…
Read MorePoker Stars Blogger Tournament – October 14
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers. Registration code: 7483439 UPDATE: I finished 1046th out of 1337 players with this hand: PokerStars Game #12625899736: Tournament #63028692, Freeroll Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300)…
Read MoreBrutal Bimodal Distribution
…or Why Law Students Get Ulcers. The Empirical Legal Studies blog has an excellent post analyzing a salary chart graphic for 2006 law graduates. Click through to see this shocking bit of infoporn and the analysis thereof. As an aside, I’ve spent about $200 in postage and burned through three reams of paper in the…
Read MoreBetter presentations
Merlin Mann has a new post up about how he made his presentations a little better. One of the best recommendations he has is to use Guy Kawasaki‘s 10/20/30 rule for PowerPoint.* Both posts offer excellent advice for anyone who has to give presentations. Using their tips will instantly make you a better presenter than…
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