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I wasn't going to post this, but the recent Auto Admit "scandal" makes me want to. I might have some involvement in the case, so I won't comment upon it. I'm no expert on the subject of legal education, but Kennon M. Sheldon and Lawrence S. Krieger claim to be, and did some research to back it up. Their study is available here. Here's some of their best stuff.
We would expect, for example, that students are generally seeking quality teaching and that they attend law school to learn to practice law. However, law schools traditionally emphasize theoretical scholarship and the teaching of legal theory, and many hire and reward faculty primarily based on scholarly potential and production. Our findings suggest that schools will benefit from reevaluating faculty priorities regarding such issues and from considering carefully the effect of their teaching methods and practices on students. Changes toward employing faculty with more teaching and lawyering (including public service) experience, offering a balance of practical skills training, or providing more training and rewards for teaching excellence might also ultimately enhance students’ sense of autonomy and engagement.
Yes, that is the nice way to say it.

The blunt way to say it? Law school breeds unhappiness because so many law professors are jerks and don't care about their students. And why not? Law school generally rewards only selfish behavior, non-collaboration, and whining. My law school experience was awful. Most of my professors were there to further their outside careers, frequently didn't even show up to class, and were dismissive, belittling, and rude to us.
13 June, 2007 /

NYPD Pizza, an Orlando-based pizza chain, has been accused of "intentionally and purposefully" designing its logo to look like the New York Police Department's shield and decorating its pizzerias to resemble police precincts, along with bills that look like summonses. See Newsday Article....

11 June, 2007 /

Carol Burnett isn't funny. Sorry, maybe it is a generational thing. Maybe I have become numb to her corny humor after too many marathon sessions watching Jackass and South Park. No, she just sucks. Not just her art. She personally sucks. Carol Burnett has...

09 June, 2007 /
Orlando Weekly published an article chronicling Kink.com's attempts to secure registration of several of its trademarks, such as fuckingmachines and whippedass. Trademark registration is a standard practice for any business that wants to protect its interests. However, Kink.com and others who have attempted register trademarks that contain a "dirty word" have been told by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that "Registration is refused because the proposed mark consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter." Kink.com is appealing the board's rejections, claiming that they are unconstitutional and unsupported by the evidence provided by the government. Kink is determined to prove to the Courts and Trademark Office that while "fuck" might raise an eyebrow in polite conversation, in modern times, “fuck” does not rise to the level of “scandalousness” claimed by the USPTO. Under the legal standard, the mark itself must be “shocking,” and “calling out for condemnation.” Kink has argued through that this particular word’s prevalence in common conversation and popular culture discredits the argument that the American marketplace, and especially the adult internet marketplace, would be “shocked” by this registration. The previous appeal for whippedass was successfully argued on similar grounds.
08 June, 2007 /

Word to the wise, if you are going to urinate in your neighbor's yard, understand that you might get arrested. If you get arrested, there might be photos. Dress for the occasion. Brace yourself and click here. Orlando Sentinel article on the, err...

08 June, 2007 /
As anyone who has been paying attention knows, Grady Judd has been on a moral crusade to repeal the First Amendment in his fair Polk County, Florida. He had his attention turned to arresting Chris Wilson (either for posting a few dirty pictures on the internet, or for posting war photos -- you decide) (source), and put out a crime bulletin because two kids stole a box of condoms(source). When a woman called the Polk County authorities for help with a stalker, they arrested her for obscenity. (source) Consenting adults, taking pictures of other consenting adults, showing them to consenting adults. Yep, that's a crime that needs Grady's attention. Good ol Grady, protecting us from immoral acts... In the meantime, Lake Wales Officer Christopher Roberts, 35, was molesting a six year old. (Tip from The Liberal Blogger).
08 June, 2007 /

Water law is one of those areas of law that simply fascinates me. I don't know too much about it, I don't think I will ever do a water law case (but one never knows), and I have no specialized knowledge in that area. Nevertheless, when a water...

08 June, 2007 /
Could it be? Has the pendulum that the "values voters" swing upon so giddily to and fro finally started to swing back toward sanity? Is common sense and liberty coming back into vogue, coincidentally, at the same time that all the rats that were on the Bush ship seem to be jumping off, trying to avoid its impending submergement? If the Second Circuit has anything to say about it, perhaps it has. In Fox v. FCC, ____ F.3d ____ (2d Cir. 2007), the Second slammed the FCC's change in its indecency policy with respect to "fleeting expletives" aired by broadcasters. This case grew from expletives uttered by Cher and Nicole Richie at the Billboard Music Awards in 2002 and 2003. On Dec. 9, 2002, Cher said "Fuck 'em" and on Dec. 10, 2003, Nicole Richie said, "Have you ever tried to get cow shit out of a Prada purse? It's not so fucking simple." You know, and then civilization collapsed. Oh, wait, that didn't happen. Sorry James Dobson.
06 June, 2007 /

The city of Largo, Florida has voted to terminate its city manager because he has decided to have trans-gender surgery. I have no ability to understand what happens inside a person's head that makes them want this kind of surgery. Yes, I must admit, the thought of it...

04 June, 2007 /