Many thanks to our wonderful featured bloggers for February: Alison Julien, Chuck Clausen, and Jessica Franklin!  The March Faculty Blogger is Andrea Schneider.  The Alum Blogger is Mike Zimmer ’67, who is now a law professor at Loyola-Chicago.  And the Student Blogger is 3L Chris King.  The Question of the Month is: “What law review article has had the greatest influence on the way that you write or teach about the law?”

I just received this notice from the ABA and thought that they are offering a great service, so I wanted to pass this along.

The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Ethics Committee has created a national clearinghouse for mediator ethics opinions and decisions. The clearinghouse provides a searchable database with hundreds of opinions on mediator ethics. It includes public domain opinions from 43 states, thus providing the first place to consult for ethical guidance on the practice of mediation.

The clearinghouse is available on the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution web site at: http://www.abanet.org/dispute/clearinghouse.html.

So, in the glory of my team winning the Super Bowl, I have been reflecting again on how sports teams operate in the modern era. It really is approved warfare — with war paint, team colors, and adrenaline all included. Sports allow you to be part of a group — and scream loudly about your superiority — in a way that is socially appropriate. And both your own and others’ responses encourage all of this.  First, your own personal reaction. I don’t know about you, but I was completely hoarse on Monday having screamed (pretty incessantly according to my kids) at the television for hours. What is it about sports that permits, encourages, and even demands that we act in relatively nutty ways?