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Ode To Study Groups

Posted on February 23, 2008
This video explains better than most why a study group can be really beneficial…

Crack For Bloggers, A Note On Our Mission

Posted on February 22, 2008
This week I made a mistake - the second time I’ve made it really. In a way, we opened this blog to goof off. I wanted to improve my web design skills and write about this all-consuming experience I was having. After putting up version 1.0 of the design, I found friends wanted to join in [...

Flipping Off The Witness

Posted on February 21, 2008
The Volokh Conspiracy points us to this video that the Jackie Chiles Law Society at the University of Utah showed at a recent meeting. Be patient with it. It’s worth the wait!

Why Is The Second Amendment Different Than The First?

Posted on February 20, 2008
Despite my conservative instincts, I have serious problems with the opposition to any form of gun control. Help me think through these issues.

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Posted on February 20, 2008
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The Mid-Semester Itch

Posted on February 19, 2008
One of the things that I’ve begun to realize about law school is that each semester, I’m going to have a miniature mid-life crisis. This is like a regular mid-life crisis, except instead of going out and buying a sports car, I just get depressed...

New England Organized Crime?

Posted on February 18, 2008
It has finally become clear. The New England Patriots amazing run this decade has not been the result of brilliant player management, Tom Brady (arguably, the best quarterback of his generation), or solid coaching. Nope, the New England Patriots have done it all through Racketeering and cheating...

The Case For A New Res Ipsa Loquitur: ?It Is What It Is?

Posted on February 15, 2008
We here at Fight The Hypo are on the cutting edge of legal reform, committed as we are to justice, freedom, and the rule of law. Here’s an example of our innovative and forward-looking thinking for dealing with the critical challenges facing our legal system...

Fight The Hypo Award: Mommy On The Floor

Posted on February 15, 2008
I was going to call this the “Friday Fight The Hypo Award” but who has time to award something every week? So our first official and illustrious “Every Now and Then Award For Fighting the Hypo” goes to, Mommy on the Floor. She writes: I was on call for Torts...

It?s Cheaper to Let Her Husband Keep Her.

Posted on February 14, 2008
Happy Valentine?s Day loyal readers! The High Holy Day for the Secular Cult of Romantic Love is upon us again, and while you?re making yourself sick eating Conversation Hearts, I found this for you to ponder. The ironically named Sandra Valentine had been married to her husband Johnny for 4 years when she went to work [...

Congress = Gong Show?

Posted on February 12, 2008
[Ed Note: So… in editing and updating this post, I inadvertently deleted it. My apologies. Here’ s my best effort at quickly recreating it, with notes on what I’ve changed/added.] All that today?s episode of the Gong Show? er, I mean all that the latest Roger Clemens hearing on Capitol Hill is missing is Gene [...

Happy Steve Day!

Posted on February 12, 2008
Today, our long time reader and beloved friend Pakistani Princess? man (Steve) is returning from the Land of the Pure. In celebration, we decree today National Steve Day, and request that all of you print the Official Logo (Courtesy of the Artistic Department), and display it proudly in your home or office...

Trees vs. Solar

Posted on February 11, 2008
The Law of Nuisance (caution: wikipedia link) is on tap for Property class this week - at what point do someone’s actions which disrupt the quiet enjoyment of your own property form the basis for a cause of action? Several notes in our casebook dealt with the issue of light invading someone’s use of their own [...

Law and Economics For The 1L: Time Allocation

Posted on February 01, 2008
This post is neither a homage to Judge Richard Posner and the Law and Economics movement nor a critique of it. That will come this summer ? I?ve purchased two books (one for, one against the movement) to read and provide comment. So, sorry. Wherever I come down philosophically on the law and economics movement, I [...

Be The Driver, Not The Gunman.

Posted on January 28, 2008
Enron. Just saying the name sends a chill down the spine. In the minds of investors everywhere, it is the very distillation of corporate malfeasance. On the back of a collapse that cost millions of people billions of dollars, it turns out that ?The Smartest Guys in the Room? were nothing more that a collection of [...

?What If Someone Breaks a Tooth??

Posted on January 25, 2008
Yesterday, I had what I’m convinced is a universal law school experience. Last night, a classmate walked into the atrium outside our Torts class carrying a King Cake. That day at work, one of his clients (from New Orleans) had sent it to him as a thanks for his hard work...

Gut Check Time

Posted on January 23, 2008
Last night was one of those nights for me. If you’re a law student - or have ever been one - you know what I’m talking about… a paper due in a week that you have no idea how to write (or research)… 50 pages of case reading staring you down… just received below average grades (in your [...

Do the Math.

Posted on January 20, 2008
I wanted to offer a corollary to The Sherpa?s post about the ?worth? of a law school education. To frame the debate, let my first offer a little background. I went to graduate school at the University of Chicago immediately after I got out of college...

Is Law School Worth It?

Posted on January 18, 2008
WSJ’s Law Blog (highly recommended reading) has this post from a former BU Law student, Kirsten Wolf, who graduated $100K in the hole, assuming she would land an “average” job that would net her $85K/year upon graduation. Despite passing the Massachusetts bar, Kirsten wasn’t able to find the mythical “average” job and decided to [...

My First Snow Day

Posted on January 17, 2008
So, a co-worker asked how long it had been since I had a snow day home from school. It would have been super-cool if I could have said something like, “Man not since the Blizzard of ‘74.” You know, some date that really put some age on me, maybe some gray hair...

Corliss Sues Empire State Building!!

Posted on January 16, 2008
Just in time for my Torts class’ discussion about Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress comes this lawsuit from Jeb Corliss (this story was posted less than 2 hours before class yesterday) : Jeb Corliss, the professional parachute jumper who tried to leap off the Empire State Building on April 27, 2006, released a short video today [...

Movie Review: The Paper Chase (Or: How Law School Messes With Your Head)

Posted on January 14, 2008
I can’t imagine a law school blog that does movie reviews without including one on The Paper Chase. Having watching it recently, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. And there’s probably not much I could say about the classic movie The Paper Chase beyond what’s already been well-said...

Making Sense of First-Year Law School Grades

Posted on January 09, 2008
So, our grades are trickling in… finally. Still waiting on two, though. I’m still a bit miffed that I had to pay for my second semester of law school before knowing how I did in the first semester, but I guess I’ll just have to get over it...

Lawyers? Drop in Social Status

Posted on January 08, 2008
Via Facebook, a classmate posted a link to this story from the New York Times over the weekend. The essence of the piece can be summed up in this quote: “The pay is still good (sometimes very good), and the in-laws aren?t exactly complaining. Still, something is missing, say many doctors, lawyers and career experts: [...