LawIsCool Exclusive: Mark Steyn Exists
Mark Steyn asks us for help: I hope the Law Is Kool Aid guys are on to this: Mr. Steyn, I am afraid you have been punked by an Internet hoax. There is no “Mark…
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DoJ (US) Launches Mounted Prosecutors
Well it’s twice as nice when the Onion covers legal issues a second time in two weeks. The Department of Justice is considering going the way of the Canadian Mounties, and launching a division of…
Don’t Freak Out, It’s Only Law School.
It’s exam time again. The pressure is on – yet again. Don’t freak out, it’s only law school. Hahahahaha or should I say Muwhahahahaha I know what you are thinking: ‘he is either a masochist…
Stuff Lawyers Like
We’ve heard of sites like Stuff White People Like, which in turn led to a number of spin-offs like Stuff Black People Love and Stuff Educated Latinos Like. Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes…
ABA Recalls Defective Lawyers
The American Bar Association has recalled 230,000 defective lawyers who pose a danger to the general public and the judicial system. This is the biggest recall since the 1986 outbreak of Mad Barrister Disease in…
Beans, beans, the magical fruit / The more you eat, the more you go to jail.
A 12-year old boy attending Stuart’s Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School in Martin County, Florida, was arrested November 4, 2008, by a member of the county Sheriff’s Office, after a teacher said that he had “deliberately passed gas to…
“I hereby sentence you to crappy music.”
You don’t have to be a law student to appreciate the rare tendency among judges to employ novelty in their analyses or judgments. Many of us have heard what we first consider to be urban…
Why You Should Never Steal a 1L’s Laptop
You might end up looking like this: The laptop contained four months of case notes. In a frantic frenzy, the law student ripped the bat from the attacker and retaliated to retrieve his “baby.” h/t…
Batman, Turkey Sues Warner Bros.
It’s not the first time a city or location is suing for intellectual property in its name. But it’s probably the first time a major blockbuster has been the target of the lawsuit. The city…
Most Obsessive Obama Supporters Without Purpose in Life
The Purpose of Legal Writing
SNAIL Offences Act
Thomas Wisdom and I were discussing the issue of Students Not Actually In Law (SNAILs), and how the phenomenon seems prevalent across different law schools. He mentioned a post on Slaw by Simon Fodden from…