Randy Barnett
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J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Randy Barnett, Shopping, Videos, Women's Issues, YouTube
Non-Sequiturs: 11.21.13
* Amanda Bynes is deemed mentally competent to stand trial. I’d seek a second opinion. [TMZ] * Male bosses are more popular than female bosses according to Gallup. This probably reveals persistent chauvinism in the workplace, but given Gallup’s track record the last couple of elections, female bosses may well be beloved. [The Careerist] * Competing construction experts tussle over the proper way to build a parking garage. The correct answer is: in a way that doesn’t fall down. [The Expert Institute] * Jay Edelson and Chandler Givens offer their second installment addressing how to fix the legal profession. This time the target is the law school model. Join the revolution! [Legal Solutions Blog / Thompson Reuters] * Here’s Corporette’s Suit of the Week! [Corporette] * If you’re representing a defense contractor, it’s a lot easier to export their wares these days. But the system isn’t fully reformed yet. [Breaking Defense] * The Society for Chinese Law is hosting an evening of food and drinks featuring a panel of professionals from major law firms. [Society for Chinese Law at Columbia Law School] * For those who missed (or only followed along on Twitter) the FedSoc debate between Professor Randy Barnett and Judge Wilkinson on whether judges are too deferential to legislatures, the full video is available after the jump. [The Volokh Conspiracy] -
Crime, Drugs, Law Professors, Law Schools, Randy Barnett, Sentencing Law
Breaking Bad at a Leading Law School: T14 Law Student Sentenced to Four Years for Meth Dealing
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How Savvy Lawyers Build Their Law Firm Rate Sheet
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Adam Liptak, Anthony Kennedy, Blogging, D.C. Circuit, Guns / Firearms, Law Professors, Michael Dorf, New York Times, Randy Barnett
Liberal Law Professors and Guns: An Improbable Romance
Liberal law professors can be pretty predictable in their tastes. Volvo stationwagons. Fair trade coffee. Guns. Guns? Yes, guns. No, not gunners — guns. Firearms. Bang bang. The good ol’ Second Amendment. According to a very interesting NYT article, by Adam Liptak: In March, for the first time in the nation’s history, a federal appeals […]
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Ann Althouse, Arthur Leonard, Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, Dahlia Lithwick, Fashion, James Lindgren, Law Professors, Lawrence Solum, Media and Journalism, Pictures, Randy Barnett
Writing About the Law: A Correction, and Photographs
A pair of Volokh Conspirators, Professors James Lindgren and Randy Barnett, at last week’s NYLS conference on writing about the law. Inset: Professor Cameron Stracher, who organized the symposium. In our write-up of the NYLS conference panel on law reviews, we offered the following fashion commentary: Professors Barnett and Stracher are both rockin’ the “downtown […] -
Ann Althouse, Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, James Lindgren, Law Professors, Lawrence Solum, Parties, Randy Barnett, Walter Olson
Writing About the Law: A Quick Linkwrap
We had a blast at last week’s Writing About the Law conference, at New York Law School. And we weren’t the only ones. Here’s a (rather belated) round-up of conference coverage from the blogosophere: 1. Social life of a blawger [Overlawyered] As you can see from his post, Walter Olson was a social butterfly at […]
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