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Run program, HAL. HAL, run program. Hello HAL do you read me? Affirmative, Dave, I read you. Run program. I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. What’s the problem, HAL? Dave, the publisher of that program cannot be verified. You should only run software from publishers you trust. I installed that program myself, [...]

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Thanks to our March guest blogger, 3L Kevin Terry.  Our April guest is Mathew Pauley ’06.

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I remember watching a television interview in which a famous tennis player described his first appearance in a big-time tournament. He said he always wondered what was said during breaks in such matches when the player and his coach conferred. He figured there must be some kind of sophisticated strategy talk fit for the top [...]

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Our guest bloggers this month will be Brian Lewallen ’01 and 3L Kevin Terry. Many thanks to our February guests, Cathy Ritterbusch ‘00 and 2L Joelle Jasper. Erin go Bragh!

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(Note: this is the second post in a four-part series.) How long, after your first law school class, was it that someone asked you for legal advice?  Better yet, how long, after you announced you planned to attend law school, was it that someone asked you for legal advice? Legal education strives to enhance certain [...]

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Crime can continue to go down in Milwaukee and spending on criminal justice can be controlled successfully, but only if steps are taken to give local judges, prosecutors, police and others involved in criminal justice tools, incentives and support in doing so, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said in a speech Friday at Marquette [...]

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Our guest bloggers this month will be Cathy Ritterbusch ’00 and 2L Joelle Jasper. Many thanks to our January guests, Robert Teuber ‘00 and 2L Susan Barranco.

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Happy New Year!  Our guest bloggers this month will be Robert Teuber ’00 and 2L Susan Barranco. Many thanks to our December guests, T.J. Perlick-Molinari ‘05 and 3L Jason Roberts.

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At Concurring Opinions, Kaimipono Wegner directs our attention to an article by Adam Zimmerman in the Duke Law Journal explaining why we waste time. It turns out that we make decisions over time horizons that are too short. Five minutes of watching a parody video on You Tube may bring more pleasure than the productivity [...]

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Our guest bloggers this month will be T.J. Perlick-Molinari ’05 and 3L Jason Roberts.  Many thanks to our November guests Michael Cicchini ‘99 and 3L Sarah Knutson.

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In honor of the holiday season, this week’s Best of the Blogs presents a special Grinch edition.  Click Here to watch the Grinch’s heart grow. A group of law students at the Suffolk University Law School have put together a guide to suing Santa Clause. As a former litigator, I don’t know whether to be proud or to [...]

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The Wisconsin State Public Defender (SPD) currently pays $40 per hour to private bar attorneys who represent indigent citizens accused of crimes.  This rate has been unchanged for decades, and lawyers are lobbying for an increase.  However, aside from horrible timing—this latest plea for more money coincides with Wisconsin’s $2.5 billion budget deficit—some of the [...]

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