Foreign Law Guide - An Excellent Source for Foreign Law From Nearly 200 Jurisdictions

We are now a proud subscriber to Foreign Law Guide,
which is a super source for sources of current foreign codes and basic legislation for most countries of the world. If you click on the above link from anywhere within the law school building (including wireless users), you should be able to just click on “Subscriber [...]

CALI authorization codes are not passwords

Folks,
Just a gentle reminder for those of you charged with distributing the
CALI authorization codes needed to complete registration on the CALI
website that the codes are _not_ passwords. Please make sure that you
are letting faculty, staff, and students know that they still need to
register on the site before using Lessons, etc. I suspect that
somewhere along the [...]

Who says legal opinions have to be boring?

Judge in New Hampshire pens ruling a la Dr. Seuss.
[hat tip to Betsy McKenzie over at Out of the Jungle.]

Why lawyers get a bad name

If you were wondering why public opinion of lawyers is so low, read Titan Of Torts Is Taken Down. I bet he didn’t absorb what he learned in Professional Responsibility class. If he even took it.

Google Docs in Plain English
A cute video demonstrating how to use Google Docs. Enjoy

Video : Gene Koo on New Skills, New Learning

MediaBerkman : Gene Koo on New Skills, New Learning

Success in Law School

Want to succeed in law school? Then you might want to improve your critical reading skills, according to an article linked to by Betsy McKenzie in Out of the Jungle: Critical Reading Skills Key to Success in Law School.

There’s more to life than law school

One of the first things the dean of my law school said to my first year class was that there was more to life than law school (his actual words were a bit more pungent). So I had to grin when I saw so many students wearing Ravens jerseys today in honor of tonight’s game [...]