Month: August 2009

Those of you who follow the associate recruiting game may be interested in this little story.  Apparently, Reed Smith - a law firm you never realized was so huge (1500 lawyers in ...

Our colleague Eric Muller is at the center of a remarkable set of events involving the White House of the the Confederacy, in Richmond, and Trip Advisor - the travel ...

Here's a trivia quiz about the history of Internet search engines.   Do you know how the following search engines got their names? 1. Archie2. Lycos3. Yahoo!4. Overture5. GoogleAnswers below the ...

The AALS is scheduled to release the "first distribution" of FAR forms tomorrow (Thursday).How many forms will be in the "first distribution"?Here's my guess:  943.How about you?(For those of you…

I guess the impending school year is getting on top of me, but I keep having thoughts about how best to explain this strange career (and particularly the hiring process)…

The Odds On Athletes Spending Time Behind Bars This Season (via Above The Law). In The New Yorker, economist Andrew Zimbalist on the sports recession. Mary Dudziak at Legal History Blog with book…

I've spent some time over the last few weeks talking about the new paper Stephen Davis and I have up on probate in the Old South.  Now I think it's…

Scott Dodson is moving from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, to William and Mary this summer.  From the W&M Press release:Dodson received a B.A. from Rice University and a J.D.…

Resurfacing from work to mention a really great post over at legalhistoryblog.... At some point I need to talk about Mark Weiner's great books (like Black Trials) on race and…

Lists, lists, lists.  Everywhere I turn I seem to find another list.  Here are five that have caught my eye in recent days.Best Colleges:   According to the folks at…