Trick: It went so well with Halloween, I couldn't wait until it's up! Lawpsided will be sponsoring The Sexiest Supreme Court Justice Survey. Now that's scary! Treat: Since you have to wait, go play the Fantasy Supreme Court League Contest. It will get the brain juices flowing just in time for the monsters! Well, maybe it's not a treat. Unless...

Today I ran into a small cluster of 1Ls. I overheard just a small snippet of the conversation: "well, the reasonable law student" and then some idiotic blather about studying. Can't you guys think of more exciting things to talk about? Studying does not have to be an all-consuming pursuit, although it might seem like it at times!...

Fox has declared girls club guilty of utter silliness. Didn't I tell you so? Okay, so I didn't predict its sudden demise. But it had it coming! (Thanks, Bryant)!...

TPH at Math Class for Poets has some piercing observations about anonymity in the blawg world. I must admit that there is a definite psychological benefit to identifying one's self with one's own writing and there have been a few times in the past couple months where I wanted to say, "Hey! I wrote that!" I can't tell you if...

Go here for the perfect summary of the premier of David E. Kelley's girls club. Yes, it really was that silly. Like, totally! My friends and I shared a good laugh about this new "reality-based" legal tv series. It was so ridiculous the Wall Street Journal assembled a panel (paid subscription required, 2002 WL-WSJ 3409550 on Westlaw) of single female...

You might have noticed today that the CGI problem I had spread like an evil cancer and took down my entire site! Now I have a brand spanking new server. Yay! Back to blogging! UPDATE: Apparently I am not alone in my blogging difficulties. Instapundit is out and blogger.com was hacked over the weekend. It's a massive conspiracy, I tell...

I have occasionally gotten some weird websites in my referrer logs, but I noticed recently that someone has been referring to me with weird porn URLs. I think I've found the source. I clicked on this page from my referrer logs to find out there is a company that will insert your blog URL into the referral logs of other...

A couple of months ago, I commented on the extraordinarily high price of Legal Affairs magazine. I am happy to report they are now offering discounted subscriptions to students and recent graduates for $29.95 for six issues. I'm a complete magazine junkie, so this makes me very happy....

The server's CGI somehow got misconfigured and I couldn't write! Happily, I have returned. I will soon send upon you a deluge of postings sure to whet your whistle, as soon as I'm done whetting mine. If you aren't quite clear on that: I'll be back for more fun tomorrow after my friends and I do a little "bar review!"...

The first time the Fox News reporter said tonight that Alabama was close to the Maryland border, I thought either I misheard her or she was speaking too quickly and she got confused. Or at least I hoped that was the case. Unfortunately, she repeated the same statement an hour later! Alabama is close to Maryland like Massachusetts is close...

This is just dirty! Sullivan & Worcester* canned 5 associates this week and 6 of the 11 first-years slated to start work there in just two weeks. The firm had already shoved back the new associates start date. I'm not sure if they thought they were doing these new lawyers a favor by grasping onto straws, but as a former...

Andrew has elucidated his thoughts on the super utopian open research scheme. Plus my super-duper comments! Link to more related stuff on Bag & Baggage....

What really happens behind the scenes! (Link via Lewis & Clark's Law Library News Site)...

Matt at retrorocket could really be on to something! Contracts was my favorite class last year, shoes are my favorite fashion accessory. Hmm....

I only skimmed this, but the graphic assistance is funny enough to pass along to everyone else....

Andrew Raff is being equally geeky as Mike! Andrew envisions a future where courts publish their opinions in open format (!). I don't want to burst anyone's bubble -- they're great ideas! But I predict there won't be any critical mass happening on that front in the courts anytime soon (and probably not within our lifetimes). People may have grown...

This just brings a whole new dimension to disgusting....

Craziness, by the New York Lawyer: Defendant bites off piece of court officer's ear in courtroom melee! Which happened the day after a judge helped disarm a ticked-off defendant that snatched the court officer's gun. Plus, last month, New York Biglaw associates got to feel important for once! There's a reason I like Boston!...

As you all might be aware, I have a wee predilection for weird things. Imagine my delight when I stumbled onto this completely inexplicable site. You'll have to check it out for yourself, but don't forget to visit How Much is Inside....

Ford is asking its corporate attorneys in the UK to slash their bills! The auto giant has "requested" its legal advisers to come up with alternative ways of billing them, like success-based billing. I don't know if this entirely makes sense --in the English legal system, the loser pays the fees of the prevailing party. Of course there are incidental...

Mike at Method to the Madness can't seem to escape his geeky roots. (w00t!) Personally, I think Mike should head down to his local fine drinking establishment and knock back a few, but all freshly geeks-turned-law-students must come to terms with that in their own special way :)...

The Intellectual Passivist passes on the news that Washington University in St. Louis rejected the Pro-Life students' group there because they "did not have an 'anti-death penalty' position in its constitution." The SBA maintains that the group's focus is too narrow, unlike the Golf Club's. I would argue that the non-inclusion of an anti-death penalty statement would broaden the club's...

Eugene Volokh (of the Conspiracy) has written a fantastic primer on writing student notes and research papers. There is, of course, the perennially recommended Stalking the Golden Topic (1996 Utah L. Rev. 917), but that article is primarily geared to those who are stuck at the first step. Volokh's guide helps you work through refining your topic and structuring and...

BU law students are riled up* about Chancellor (and acting President) John Silber's order to disband the Gay-Straight Alliance at BU Academy, BU's high school. Silber -- who's been shooting his mouth off in the Boston Globe and other area news sources for a few months now -- defended his move in a speech to the University entitled "Tolerance and...

Today's the big day! Check out Copyfight for news and updates specific to the case. I know better than to reproduce the same links in a spate of duplicativeness. You can check out the briefs at Eldred.cc. If you don't know how to read a brief, refer thyself to LawMeme's Law School in a Nutshell, Parts I, II, & III....

Yes, it has come and gone yet nothing much has changed, except Rehnquist accidentally announced Frank Lorson's retirement as his own. (Good one, Renky!) You can read about all of this and more at SCOTUSblog. Woohoo!...

I'm not sure whether I should be either mildly horrified or humored at my typical college student reaction to the ever-increasing piles of laundry dotting my abode. If I just buy more socks, nobody will know....

"They wanted to go for the brass ring and really live the good life. What they don't seem to get is that the key to living the good life is to avoid that brass ring like the fucking plague." The Onion just always gets it right, even though it's all made up. Check out this funny jab at Hale &...

Garrett has a great little feature: Law Student Bloggers, Week in Review. Plus, he calls me fabulous, which is always nice, although I do believe my anonymity may be driving him a little batty. I do hope the Week in Review becomes a regular feature over in Garrett's neck of the woods, but irregular is better than nothing! (We're law...

In the dust of Harvard's similar decision (and under similar threat), Yale has announced it will allow military recruiters on-campus. The Yalies (ever clever, they) responded in protest resplendent in interview suits and camoflauge gags tied about their heads. What's curious is that YLS's dean took a very aggressive stance, speaking to the crowd and proclaiming the law school was...

It's all about the triage....

Today I had the opportunity to listen to Prince's entire 3-disc hits/b-side collection while reading cases for tomorrow (let me tell you, that is a seriously lengthy collection!). I was inspired by this case. I could take the time to muse on Prince's wild ride with the music industry, but sleep would be better. There's always that one week that...