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International Law Prof Blog
ABA Section of International Law
The International Law Section of the American Bar Association is holding its Spring Meeting this week in New York. Another fantastic event, very well attended, and lots of great information…
The Legal Whiteboard
Rapoport on Changing the Modal Law School
Our friend Nancy Rapoport (UNLV, below), former dean of the law schools at Houston and Nebraska (and Ohio State Buckeye fan, but we won't hold that against her), when she's…
The Legal Whiteboard
The Eye Contact Revolution
Several years ago, a student wrote in my teaching evaluations that I had a hard time with eye contact; the context was office hours. I had not really thought about…
The Legal Watercooler
If at first you f*** up …
It happens to the best of us, and it happened to me last week. I f***ed up at work and it pissed a partner off big time. He was right…
School Law
SEE YOU IN COURT! – March 2012
Mr. Superintendent was pleased to hear all the big talk about education reform. If the Governor is willing to spend State money to improve education, he thought, shouldn’t we expect…
The Legal Whiteboard
Feedback and Presentation Skills
Here is a interesting video on how large firm lawyers (specifically lawyers at Duane Morris) are getting training on the basic of good presentations skills. The touchstones are stories and…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Rainmaking advice for new lawyers.
From the Lawyerist blog, 'natch. Advice is categorized based on whether you're a first year associate, second year or three-to-five years out. Let's start with the advice for freshly minted…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Notre Dame ranked number one in use of social media
I'm going to meeting with some folks from Notre Dame today, one from the development office and another who heads Notre Dame's Innovation Park. As a Notre Dame alum, we'll…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Why bother with a law blog?
"...[Y]ou know, it reminds you that you gotta pick important stuff, because you only have a limited time." This from Bill Gates in an ABC interview when asked about the…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Twitter enables attorneys to improve their craft
The Washington Post's Emma Brown (@emmersbrown), reports this morning that Twitter enables teachers to improve their craft. Twitter's become a community of mentors offering inspiration, commiseration and classroom-tested lesson plans.…