Now this is funny: UCC Article 9, Section 102: "[T]he debtor's... operation... does not depend on... extraction... in whole or in part... of the... blood... of... the debtor." From the ever witty Jeremy....

Andrew Sinclair has tortfeasor shirts. Buy a shirt and wear it to your first day of torts class. Yes. Do that. Please. UPDATE: You can also get this law school blogger on a t-shirt. So many choices....

I noticed while reading the Globe this morning that today is Law Day. The White House says it's about judicial independence. So, it's kind of funny (in a very dark and twisted way) that Judge Maria Lopez insists that her behavior is being targeted because of her judicial independence. Lopez has done such lovely things as castigate a state prosecutor...

Okay, everyone laughs at products warnings. How could anyone be so stupid? I left the pizza on the circular cardboard disc. And the oven-mitt inside the oven. Let's just chalk this one up to absent-minded academics' tendencies, shall we?...

Taking the [licensing] act as a whole, it would seem quite apparent that its purpose is to enable the employ[ers] to create a sort of guild or body as he may pass an examination, the requisites of which are not stated, and where is success or failure is to determined by a board of which some of their own number...

I attended Edward Tufte's seminar last week. It was quite entertaining, although it would have been more useful if the presentation was geared for academics (researchers or the teaching-types). Unfortunately, as most of the audience seemed to be corporate types, most of the talk was directed at rather a low level. Still, I found it to be useful, plus I...

Edward Tufte (Professor Emeritus at Yale) is the grand-daddy of using graphics to convey information correctly. It wasn't until yesterday that I realized he had his very own website! This kind of stuff isn't something that's taught in law school, yet I'd imagine that any courtroom lawyer could use a good dose of it. Lawyers should know how to use...

Mr. Poon sent along this very cute cartoon. Unfortunately, there's no Alice to set things right!...

From the Did-You-Really-Need-to-Use-That-Metaphor quote of the day pool: [T]he paradox is related as branch to root to the historic dualism between popular sovereignty and the doctrine of fundamental law that developed with the birth throes of the American political system. Robert G. McCloskey, The American Supreme Court. And I all wanted was a little light reading. Now I feel kind...

While I couldn't personally see myself really utilizing the resources on Transforming Practices, well, it might work for you. It's a website for a book for disillusioned attorneys that uses meditative/contemplative techniques to make you a happier lawyer. Like, um, Imagining Your Own Death. Hey, if the shoe fits... I agree with the general goals of being happy & fulfilled...

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...

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....

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!...

Lawyers appear low in public status. So instead of doing something productive and substantial about it, we're advertising!...

While traipsing about town last week I came upon a new legal periodical, Legal Affairs. The magazine, a non-profit affiliated with Yale Law School, bills itself as "The Magazine at the Intersection of Law and Life." The magazine's take on the law isn't technical; the editors want to explore law in the context of culture and society. To see the...