Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Kayaks at June Lake, a census-designated place in Mono County, California. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013633180/>
All three major legal research services are providing some form of summer access for rising 2Ls and 3LS, along with continuing access for graduating law students. Representatives from Bloomberg, Lexis and Westlaw
By Geraldine Kalim
Tomorrow, Friday, April 24th, join us for a very special early morning Stressbuster to start your day!
From 7-7:15am, join Metadata Services Librarian Rachel Evans LIVE from the Law Library’s Sanders Reading Room for a Sunrise Sound Bath. Rachel will play soothing sounds while you relax and gather your thoughts before
In a 7-2 decision by Justice Ginsburg, the Supreme Court held today that §314(d)’s bar on judicial review of the agency’s decision to institute inter partes review precluded appeal of the PTAB’s application of §315(b)’s time bar. Thryv Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies LP, case no. 18-916.1 The court held that application of the time
The Rainmaker is available on Netflix. In my earlier snobbier days I scoffed at lawyer movies and written legal thrillers. I’m either not as picky as I once was, or I’ve learned to find actual value in this kind of entertainment in spite of the inaccuracies. I’ll start with a no-spoilers overview of the
Recently, the Supreme Court issued a new opinion. It was not a particularly earth-shattering opinion. There is a statute that allows the trial judge to as as the thirteenth juror if he believes that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. The appellate courts will affirm such decisions unless the judge abused
I listened to a recent podcast where a ultrarunner Dean Karnazes talked (among other things) about how he writes books while he is running using the voice memos app that I am working on right now. He records notes and comes back and transcribes them when he is done with his run. This lets him
The best way to find the typos in a document is to file it or turn it in. When you take a look at it a few minutes later, they will stand out in a way that they had not previously — no matter how much time you spent reviewing your work before. I have
The Pomodoro Technique has helped me to write briefs, prepare for trials, and stop procrastinating. It has also assisted me in getting more done over less time than it would ordinarily take. There’s a whole set of books and culture around it, but the method is easy to explain. Set a timer for twenty-five minutes.
This post is part of a series on legal writing. I suspect that what follows in the next few days will be contrarian and controversial.
People aren’t logical. The ones of us who think we are logical are most susceptible to an emotional appeal. If we were swayed by logic, then political and theological opinions
This post is part of a series on legal writing. I suspect that what follows in the next few days will be contrarian and controversial.
People are not logical. And there is an inverse relationship between how emotion-driven you are and how logical you perceive yourself to be. Trust me on this one. Or close