Nov

30

“When The Gods Wish To Punish Us, They Answer Our Prayers”

Posted by: Andrew Golden | November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I am, without question, a spiritual man. I don’t know that I’d go so far as to call myself “religious”; it’s not easy to keep one’s faith while surrounded on most sides by a grab for the most money, as law school tends to be. However, I’ve always balanced my strong personal belief in the [...]

Nov

30

A Tale of Two Blawgs

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It may be a new story that is already old, but here’s my own example of the role blogs can play in legal scholarship. A post on my personal blog is turning into a paper. But before I can complete the paper (I was well into another project), a case comment in the Harvard Law Review has responded to [...]

Nov

30

The Push for a New OSHA Rule on Toxic Substances

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

He may be the lamest of all lame ducks, but President Bush and his administration are not going out without trying to make it harder for workplaces to regulate toxic substances.
From the New York Times:
The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much [...]

Nov

28

Professor Esenberg on Crawford and the Scope of Employee Protections From Retaliation

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Rick Esenberg has a new podcast on the Federalist Society website, in which he comments on Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee.  Crawford, currently pending before the United States Supreme Court, deals with the scope of the antiretaliation provisions of Title VII.  Rick’s podcast provides a succinct and helpful summary and assessment of the [...]

Nov

28

Professor Jay Grenig Hosts Thanksgiving Feast

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

As reported in the Journal Sentinel this morning, Professor Jay Grenig hosted a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner for a number of law students and faculty yesterday. 
The Grenigs don’t host the event every year, but when they do, it’s quite the feast. Jay got the hang of timing dinners for large groups back when he worked as [...]

Nov

27

How the Turkey Got Its Name

Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! As you work your way through the (somewhat mythical) tryptophans, here’s a nugget to chew from the History News Network: Why Is Our Thanksgiving Bird Called a Turkey? (Answer: Because, of course, it came from Turkey). A taste (it’s wafer thin!):
But if the turkey is as American as motherhood and apple pie, [...]

Nov

27

Seventh Circuit Week in Review: Machine Guns and Cocaine (And What Thanksgiving Is Complete Without Those?)

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Seventh Circuit had three new opinions in criminal cases in this holiday-shortened work week, with the government winning on all of the major issues in each appeal. 
In the first, United States v. Carmel (No. 07-3906), the Seventh Circuit (per Judge Manion) affirmed the defendant’s conviction for possessing an unregistered machine gun in violation of [...]

Nov

26

Here’s to Peaceful Travels and Recombobulations

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I had never noticed that our local airport has labeled the post-security-checkpoint area the “recombobulation area.”   I hope any of you traveling through airports over the holiday are discombobulated as little as possible, and recombobulated easily and peacefully.  Indeed, I wish everyone safe travels in general.  And, come to think of it, peaceful recombobulations in [...]

Nov

26

The Virtue of Gratitude

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

A few years ago, I wrote a Thanksgiving Day column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It got a good response. My favorite came from one of my former partners (now an adjunct here) who is a former naval officer. He told me that, on Thanksgiving, he orders his family to listen while he reads it to [...]

Nov

26

This Blog’s Personality Is Type INTJ, or “The Scientist”

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

According to Typealyzer.  This puts our blog in good company:  the Conglomerate and the Legal Writing Prof blog also test as INTJ. Clinicians without enough to do is INTP, “The Thinker.”
Okay, back to grading memos and conferencing, for me. If you, on the other hand, want to spend time learning more about what Typealyzer is trying to [...]

Nov

26

Information About Legal Writing Competitions…and a Shameless Plug for a Nice Fall Photo I Took in DC.

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I learned at yesterday’s faculty meeting that our Director of Student Affairs, Andrew Faltin, is maintaining a list of legal writing competitions on the law school web site.  You can find it here.  If you are a student, why not go check it out? A number of Marquette students have won prizes in these competitions.
You [...]

Nov

25

Appreciating Our Professors: The Georgetown Experimental Curriculum

Posted by: Paul M. Secunda | November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As much as I would like to single out one person who had the most influence during my law school experience at Georgetown, like Kali Murray, I am going to break the rules here a little bit.
The greatest influence on me was, in fact, the course of study that I chose to pursue in my [...]

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