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Judge Tweaks Law Profs for Libby

A federal judge’s footnote added a bit of commentary when he granted a bid by a group of law professors to submit a brief on behalf of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr. The 12 professors argue Libby should remain free while his appeal is pending, since he has a good…

Jun 11, 2007 4:25 PM CDT

Prof’s Law Blog Led to 11th Circuit Case

Blogging can be a legal minefield for lawyers and parties to litigation, as a Boston doctor defending a malpractice case found out recently when he outed himself as “Flea” and abruptly settled. But this minefield can also produce gold, as an Ohio State University law professor has seen. After former…

Jun 7, 2007 1:42 AM CDT

Law Prof Pushes Poker as Game of Skill

A Harvard law professor is strategizing with professional poker players in an effort to show that poker is a game of skill rather than chance. Charles Nesson is just an amateur player. But he told the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) he seeks to “legitimate poker,” a game that is…

May 3, 2007 2:00 PM CDT

LSU Prof Lands Supreme Fellowship

Elizabeth Murrill, an assistant law professor at Louisiana State and mother of four to boot, recently learned she was chosen as a U.S. Supreme Court fellow. The Fellows Program, begun in 1973 by Warren Burger, gives lawyers, academics and others a chance to peer behind the curtains of the Supreme…

Apr 23, 2007 6:07 PM CDT

“Status Quote”

Looking to cut through that legalese with a notable quotable? Then check out the latest edition of The Yale Book of Quotations, published last October by the university’s press.

Apr 2, 2007 4:31 AM CDT

Fantasy Life, Real Law

Travel into Second Life––the virtual world where lawyers are having fun, exploring legal theory and even generating new business

Mar 18, 2007 10:21 AM CDT

How Best to Build a Lawyer?

Ideas Float about Changing Law School and Bar Exams, But Few Show That They Have Sticking Power

May 23, 2006 7:30 AM CDT

A Helping of Healing

It’s probably safe to say that most people would recoil at the suggestion that they spend time with hardened criminals and the families of their victims. Not Janine Geske. A former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, she opted after five years on the high court bench to pursue her…

Nov 29, 2005 9:06 AM CST

Happy Ending

Civil Rights Pioneer George Leighton Is Named to Receive ABA Medal

Aug 29, 2005 7:54 AM CDT

Clients as Teachers

Empathy Plus Experience Doesn’t Always Equal Understanding

Aug 29, 2005 6:41 AM CDT

Christians On Campus

Legal Society Says Universities Must Let It Choose Members, Officers Based on Beliefs

Feb 25, 2005 1:10 PM CST

Becoming Kingsfield

Despite the Time Commitment, Adjunct Professors Love the Lectern

Feb 1, 2004 12:24 PM CST

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