July 17, 2009
8 Reasons Not To Go To Law School
Only eight? This short list may be grounded in humor, but the humor is grounded in truth reality, at least from my law school experience. [MG]
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Do We Need Book Cart Competitions at AALL's Annual Meeting?
Folloing up on LLB's earlier post, New Programs at AALL?, here's Dana C. Rooks, Dean of the University of Houston Libraries, staring is a Madonna-inspired dance routine at the 2009 Texas Library Association's Book Cart Drill Team competition. Hat tip to DigitalKoans. [JH]
Let's not forget this 2008 Texas Library Association Book Cart Drill Team performance!
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July 10, 2009
End of SCOTUS Term, Colbert Style
Stephen Colbert comments on the three major cases that concluded the Supreme Court term at the end of June. He explains Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council way better than I ever could. [MG]
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Speechifying Our Nation's Most Pressing Issues in Congress
From the Onion. [JH]
Congressman Demands To Know Who Left Fish Sandwich To Rot On House Floor
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July 03, 2009
A Delightful Short Film that Has Absolutely Nothing to Do with Law Librarianship
Little man, the way girls are is a story about a boy and his homework, and his attempt to understand girls. [JH]
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June 26, 2009
Treasury Secretary Offers Fast Solution for Monetary Meltdown
Last month LLB alerted readers that they needed to turn in their toxic dollar bills to the Treasury Department for their own safety. The ruse didn't work. Now comes news that the Treasury Secretary has a new plan for solving the federal government's monetary meltdown -- trading U.S. gold reserves for cash through Cash4Gold.com. From the Onion. [JH]
US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com
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June 19, 2009
Are America's Manslaughter Laws Too Vague?
From the Onion. [JH]
Political Talk Show Host Suddenly Very Interested In Manslaughter Law Loopholes
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June 15, 2009
Need Design Ideas for Constructing or Renovating Your Law Library?
Here's some. [JH]
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June 12, 2009
Head Over Heels Literally
This week's Friday Fun video was suggested by Janet Fischer, Collection Development/Government Documents Librarian, Golden Gate University Law Library. Thanks Janet! [JH]
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June 05, 2009
Friday Fun: Sotomayor From the Fake News Angle
John Stewart covers the announcement of her nomination. [MG]
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New Twists to Law School Outsourcing
Law school deans are meeting secretly this summer to consider outsourcing their faculty relations and administrative duties following examples set by American workers and parents who are outsourcing their work. From the Onion. [JH]
Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas
More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas
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May 29, 2009
What's Next for Kindle?
Atom Films reckons Kindle can only get bigger, skipping ahead six models to the “Kindle 9XXXD.” Hat tip to Mashable. Also on Mashable, you can see how the latest version of Kindle is so advanced even illiterates can use it! [JH]
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May 22, 2009
A Sensible Approach to Punishing Copyright Violations?
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May 21, 2009
PSA from LLB: OMG, Bag Up Your Dollar Bills and Send Them to the Treasury Department Now
Or to put it another way, a Friday Fun feature for folks who are taking tomorrow off to enjoy an extended (and safe) Memorial Day weekend. [JH]
Treasury Department Issues Emergency Recall Of All US Dollars
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May 15, 2009
Into the Twittersphere We Go
Hat tip to Jim Levy (Nova) on Legal Writing Prof Blog who writes that the video "pretty much sums up the whole Twitter 'thang for me." [JH]
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May 08, 2009
Shocking Revelations About On-the-Job Praise
From "America's Finest News Source". [JH]
Report: 70 Percent Of All Praise Sarcastic
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May 01, 2009
When Finals Are Over
Mikey Mel & the JD's perform the band's "classic hit." [JH]
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April 24, 2009
Ready to Play FantasyLaw with the Green Bag?
In the Green Bag Winter '09 edition (routing takes a while to get around the office, no?), editor-in-chief Ross Davies announced the pilot formation of a FantasyLaw league. Currently in the preseason testing phase (official website is not yet active), this new game will "enable law fans to treat federal legislators roughly the same way sports fans treat major-league and NCAA athletes."
The stated goals are (and I quote):
(1) to have some fun;
(2) to foster informed interest in the work of federal legislators; and
(3) to provide a resource and platform for legislation scholars.
Sound like a good time? Could be. It might also be used as an excellent training tool for law students in the legislative process. FantasyLaw should be open to the public in late 2009, to make your picks before the legislative season opens in January 2010.
Read the full article here. I'm sure we'll be posting any updates as they become available. [JJ]
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Rapping 1L Con Law Doctrine
Celebrating the winner of Above the Law's first Law Revue Video contest -- Con Luv from the 2009 Virginia Law Libel Show. About the contest results, ATL writes:
Vizu [the web polling service used] gave the contest a clean bill of health. There were a handful of IP addresses that submitted multiple votes, but (1) this is not per se evidence of gaming, since multiple users can be on the same IP address; and (2) even throwing out all of these votes, Con Luv would still prevail, by several hundred votes.
Time for a Friday Fun rap-along! [JH]
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April 17, 2009
Times Aren't Tough for Streetwalking Lawyers
Attention career placement counselors! [JH]
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