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1L Year – In Words

February 22nd, 2009 4 Comments

This summarizes all my notes taken during my first year of law school. The bigger the word, the more it was used. Edit: I realized that I used a lot of shorthand in my notes. So this isn’t very accurate. I often used “C” instead of “Constitution” and “Fx” instead of foreseeability. Because one and [...]

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JRCLS Conference – 2009

February 17th, 2009 3 Comments

Joni and I went to the JRCLS Conference again – this time in Boston. We heard from some great speakers and enjoyed our short trip to Boston. Irish dancing at Ned Divine’s at the Quincy Market – which, apparently, is pronounced “Quinzy.” This is Quincy Market in Faneuil Hall. There were giant M&M cookies tempting [...]

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Phoenix & JRCLS Conference

February 18th, 2008 4 Comments

I just spent the last few days in Tempe (@ASU) at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference. It was really a fantastic conference, and I’m glad I went. Some highlights: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s speech about attorney ethics Judge Janice Rogers Brown’s speech about the role of faith in public office, particularly the judicial [...]

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Some Firsts

January 28th, 2008 2 Comments

QUANTA COMPUTER, INC. V. LG ELECTRONICS, INC I went to my first oral argument at the Supreme Court. The case was about Patent Exhaustion. IP cases are rare at SCOTUS so it seemed like a good case to start with. To get into an oral argument as a member of the public you have to [...]

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How Law School Ruined Me

June 22nd, 2007 No Comments

George at Newman’s apartment Newman : You certainly are in a bind. George : Yeah. And since you go by there everyday I was hoping that we could help each other out. Newman : Oh well. Let me perfectly blunt. I don’t care for you Costanza. You hang out at the west side of the [...]

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